curmugeon | Let's make America...

If what I post inspired one person to think I have made a contribution to society. If I open one closed mind it will be a miracle. We have become a society of fear and suspicion. Therefore we now fail to communicate or compromise. Reason has become a casualty of a media that has poisoned the well of compassion. Rather than a country of immigrants we now see our country as a white nation. Unfortunately we are changing. Some people are calling themselves Americans as if that was some race. American is black, white, yellow, brown and every other color of mankind. American is a Christian a Muslim, a Jew, a Jane, a Buddhist, a Hindu. It is many religions living under the guarantee of the First Amendment. People come here to live in freedom, to flee despots, to give their children a future. Seems a lot of people are confused. They have never struggled to stay alive. They do not know what war is. We need to remember that America is already great. It will only get greater if we follow the principles set down by our forefathers. All men (and women) are created equal, endowed by their creator (be it god, Allah, Vishnu or whatever) with life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That means they want to live free, of hate, of fear, and discrimination.