America Can Be Better!
Living in Viet Nam does not insulate me from receiving the incessantly forwarded "hate speech" emails touting the penultimate experience of being an American. I trust many readers may understand.
Photo: Centers for Disease Control
One such recent email forwarded to me entitled "Middle East Mystery" contained the following: Everyone seems to be wondering why Muslim terrorists are so quick to commit suicide. Let’s see now:
For a brief period at the beginning of her history, America was defined by a moral ethic and a sense of compassion around the world. America once stood for protecting civil liberties and ensuring a press free from government intervention. America was once a beacon of independence and liberty and a model of democracy around the world. That is what America was.
From What We Were, To What We Have Become
America is rapidly becoming a nation of politically-oriented Jesus followers ready to inconsistently interpret a book, based on 2,000 year old legends and re-written close to 1700 years ago at the direction of a political leader, to justify personal prejudices. America has become the Wal-Marts and Home Depots that destroy the economic sustainability of local communities, exploit workers in developing countries and cheat workers in their weekly pay packets all for an erroneously perceived lower price.
But, hey! They have a smiley face and that should make you feel good. Home Depot and Wal-Mart takes community money and sends it to distant corporate capitals. Congress also approved $38 million of your tax dollars to help ease traffic congestion into Wal-Mart headquarters.
When has America been the leader in television? Here’s some examples as seen from the outside:
Photo: Reuters
I suppose Muslims could be jealous of America because she has baseball players who will go on strike, demand higher seven-figure salaries, are unable to control explosive behaviors and become involved in on-field brawls and suffer from drug and gambling addictions. They’re jealous of football? See the comments about baseball players and add to that sex crimes, drug crimes and weapons charges.
American Values: Real As Bullets
I believe the reason for all of the violence in the Middle East has been a direct result of America’s "weaponization" of the area, the calculated interference in political stability, and arrogantly forcing countries to adopt its values while being completely unable to practice those same values at home.
Some of the values that America models are:
A Third Way
Only third parties have an independent voice and the courage to speak out against the injustices that are committed. Join a third political party. It sends a clear message to the Republocratic Party that, as Howard Beal stated in Network, "We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore!"
While you’re at it, when you get "hate-speak" emails, reply to the sender you don’t appreciate their sentiments. I certainly do.
Next week: Thomas Sowell is wrong! --Thom
Photo: Centers for Disease ControlOne such recent email forwarded to me entitled "Middle East Mystery" contained the following: Everyone seems to be wondering why Muslim terrorists are so quick to commit suicide. Let’s see now:
No JesusAnd the list continues with more derogatory and pejorative statements about Middle Easterners.
No Wal-Mart
No television
No cheerleaders
No baseball
No football
No hockey
No tailgate parties
No Home Depot
Rags for clothes and towels for hats
Constant wailing from the guy next door because he’s sick and there are no doctors
Constant wailing from the guy in the tower...
For a brief period at the beginning of her history, America was defined by a moral ethic and a sense of compassion around the world. America once stood for protecting civil liberties and ensuring a press free from government intervention. America was once a beacon of independence and liberty and a model of democracy around the world. That is what America was.
From What We Were, To What We Have Become
America is rapidly becoming a nation of politically-oriented Jesus followers ready to inconsistently interpret a book, based on 2,000 year old legends and re-written close to 1700 years ago at the direction of a political leader, to justify personal prejudices. America has become the Wal-Marts and Home Depots that destroy the economic sustainability of local communities, exploit workers in developing countries and cheat workers in their weekly pay packets all for an erroneously perceived lower price.
But, hey! They have a smiley face and that should make you feel good. Home Depot and Wal-Mart takes community money and sends it to distant corporate capitals. Congress also approved $38 million of your tax dollars to help ease traffic congestion into Wal-Mart headquarters.
When has America been the leader in television? Here’s some examples as seen from the outside:
Photo: ReutersFox News (A propaganda machine of Rupert Murdock for the Republican Party)And Baywatch, to name a few. The quality of corporate controlled commercial television programming has quickly eroded and replaced with senseless crap, for want of a better word.
Average Joe
Who Wants to Marry My Dad?
Fear Factor
I suppose Muslims could be jealous of America because she has baseball players who will go on strike, demand higher seven-figure salaries, are unable to control explosive behaviors and become involved in on-field brawls and suffer from drug and gambling addictions. They’re jealous of football? See the comments about baseball players and add to that sex crimes, drug crimes and weapons charges.
American Values: Real As Bullets
I believe the reason for all of the violence in the Middle East has been a direct result of America’s "weaponization" of the area, the calculated interference in political stability, and arrogantly forcing countries to adopt its values while being completely unable to practice those same values at home.
Some of the values that America models are:
Forcing an invaded sovereign nation to adopt a consitution on America’s time frameMostly progressive and liberal readers will see this brief article. However, as Americans, you are charged with making America better. It is time to join and support third political parties. The Democratic Party and the Republican Party have worked to the detriment of the America that was once respected.
Ignoring the right of self-determination of independent countries
Invading and conducting war in independent countries without provocation
Gaining the support of people for war on the home front based on calculated lies
Pitting groups of Americans against each other to take the attention away from the numerous American deaths in Iraq
Appointments by a dictatorial Executive Branch without consent of Congress
Ignoring the grief-stricken families of soldiers killed in Iraq
Unilateralism in regards to environmental policies and human rights violations
A Third Way
Only third parties have an independent voice and the courage to speak out against the injustices that are committed. Join a third political party. It sends a clear message to the Republocratic Party that, as Howard Beal stated in Network, "We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore!"
While you’re at it, when you get "hate-speak" emails, reply to the sender you don’t appreciate their sentiments. I certainly do.
Next week: Thomas Sowell is wrong! --Thom
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