The post election crap has filled up the Internets today and I'm greatly disturbed.
It illustrated one big thing that is wrong with America today and its people. Your patriotism, pride and hope shouldn't hinge on the ONE PERSON in the white house. The great thing about America was its people. The pride they had in themselves, in a job well done, in their resourcefulness and their independence. Personal responsibility is gone, everybody is looking to the government for what it will do FOR them. The person sitting in the White House actually has little to do with how the country is run, people. Now that Obama is President-elect, the world will not be sunshine and roses. I have a feeling some people are about to be sorely disappointed.
You know what will make things better? Get the government out of your lives as much as possible. Learn to be responsible for your own family. Participate in local things and build local communities. The founding fathers would be appalled at what we have allowed the government to get their hands into. Do you know we rebelled against England for less restrictions and intrusion that we have now? Wake up, people!
I'm grateful for one thing: the color barrier has finally been broken. Sure racism will still exist (and always will, I'm afraid, in one form or another), but this was a big step.
(Getting off soap box now - nobody will listen anyway.)
It illustrated one big thing that is wrong with America today and its people. Your patriotism, pride and hope shouldn't hinge on the ONE PERSON in the white house. The great thing about America was its people. The pride they had in themselves, in a job well done, in their resourcefulness and their independence. Personal responsibility is gone, everybody is looking to the government for what it will do FOR them. The person sitting in the White House actually has little to do with how the country is run, people. Now that Obama is President-elect, the world will not be sunshine and roses. I have a feeling some people are about to be sorely disappointed.
You know what will make things better? Get the government out of your lives as much as possible. Learn to be responsible for your own family. Participate in local things and build local communities. The founding fathers would be appalled at what we have allowed the government to get their hands into. Do you know we rebelled against England for less restrictions and intrusion that we have now? Wake up, people!
I'm grateful for one thing: the color barrier has finally been broken. Sure racism will still exist (and always will, I'm afraid, in one form or another), but this was a big step.
(Getting off soap box now - nobody will listen anyway.)
Name: LaDonna
