Tag: American

  • What Does America Stand For Today?

    What Does America Stand For Today?

    The concern should not be party. The concern should be America. What does America stand for? Does the countries’ world standing matter? Does the Constitution hold water? Is the rule of law still something, albeit not perfect, that America wants upheld? Do we want to be a country that our allies can count on and our enemies guard against? Do the American people want to hold dear the values, morals, common sense thinking that enabled 13 Colonies to become the greatest country in the world? Does America want to remain a free and democratic society?

    Do the American people want their speech to be free? Do they want their representative to be honest? Do they want discourse engaged with intelligent and respectful disagreement?

    Can the American people accept that the monied rule the roost? Can they accept that businesses are more important than people? Is greed valued more than the health and welfare for all?

    Is the population willing to accept that the best of us are no longer interested in leading? Those willing to run are not always the most fit to lead. They are certainly not the most qualified.

    These questions are not to be answered by parties, but by people.

    At night, lights out, kids in bed, spouses in the shower, the dog in its house. If each one of us answered those questions honestly, most of America would share the same understanding. We need to vow to work toward change.

    It is not the Democrats responsibility to fix the Republican party. It is not the responsibility of the Republicans to bail out the Democrats. It is not the responsibility of the Independents to get off their fence and make real choices.

    It is up to all of us, regardless of race, color, or religion, to look inside. We need to explore what we want for our friends, family, and loved ones. We must also consider how we want the next 100 years to look.

    Then with heads clear and hearts aligned, we work towards the America that the vast majority of us want. We strive to be treated with respect. No opinion should matter more than any other. We aim to build a home, a family, and a community where each person is free. Each person can work to be their best. They aren’t swayed by those who think or feel differently.

    The reality is, being an American is a pretty easy job. Wake up each day. Live your own life. Treat others as you want to be treated. Work well. Love with lasting intent. Do the little things that make America America.

  • Examining the January 6 Insurrection: A Threat to Democracy

    Examining the January 6 Insurrection: A Threat to Democracy


    A sitting President lost his reelection bid by 74 Electoral College Votes.

    The same sitting President lost his reelection by 7,059,526 popular votes.

    The same sitting President, his party and his supporters lost over 62 court cases. These cases claimed voter fraud or election tampering without evidence.

    With no other recourse to remain in power, the same sitting President rallied his cult-like following to the nation’s capital.

    The same sitting President worked this crowd into a frenzy. He promised to lead them on a march on the Capital building. Instead, the President went back to the White House. His mob marched onto the Capital.

    Yet this no now angry, frenzied mob, high on lies and intoxicated with hate, stormed the Capital. Police were brutalized, beaten, and killed. Building windows and doors broken. Entry was forced, the halls of the Capital, its offices trashed. Elected representatives from all parties were running, hiding, and pleading for their lives.

    All the while, the same sitting President snuck away from his mob. He wanted to keep his hand clean. Instead, he chose to sit in a room and watch the violence unfold on TV.

    And for hours, he ignored the calls and pleas to end the madness. He gleefully did nothing.

    Why? Why did thousands of Americans rally in DC? Why did these people try to overthrow the government? It was a very misguided attempt to prevent the certification of the election results.

    These people wanted their guy to remain in charge. Their guy wanted to remain out of jail.

    Not since the Civil War had such a violent effort to overthrow the US Government had taken place. Never before was the leader of an insurrection the President of the United States.

    Since the failed coup attempt Democracy has been slowly dying. The same sitting President, never accepted defeat. He led the clamor that he was robbed, that he was a victim. His party maintained that if “They” could “come after” him “They” could “come after you”.

    Truth as we all know it. If you break the law through rape, sexual assault, fraud, or extortion, the justice system could come after you. Even if you cheat on your taxes, you could still face consequences.

    Why? Because you would be a criminal.

    Obey the law and no one will “come after you”.

    Yet thousands of people decided it was in their best interest to break the law to keep their guy free.

    In the end, their guy was found guilty of 34 felonies. He was labeled a criminal rapist. He surrounded himself with the most unqualified people the world has to offer. He lined his pockets with the support of many of the richest billionaires in the US and the world. He openly lies about his future actions. He lays false claims about his capabilities. He denies guilt for past actions.

    All the while many of the people that attended his rally and rode on the Capital have been jailed. Only they have been held accountable for his call to action while their guy roams free.

    The same sitting President is now the same sitting President elect.

    He promises to make life harder on the middle and lower classes. He alienates and antagonizes our allies. He plays into the hands of the most despicable world leaders. He proves to be exactly what the majority of voters always knew he was – an unqualified man child. He lacks even the simplest understanding of taxes, tariffs, economics, US and World history, science, the environment, and globalization.


    The same sitting President elect has been fortunate that the rich see him as a puppet. They manipulate him to grow their own riches and power. He enables them to take from the poor and give to themselves.

    The same sitting President elect has been even more fortunate. The worst among us are easily deceived. The dumbest of the dumb believe what he sells. The weakest of the weak cannot resist his allure. The lamest of the lame follow him blindly. They buy not just gold tennis shoes and autographed China manufactured bibles. They continue to sell their souls, their futures and their own freedom. They sell out America just so their guy can stay out of jail.

    Why? Just so they can help end Democracy. So they destroy the America that has been in development for hundreds of years. So that a professional con-man and life time criminal can steal from them, make their life harder.

    January 6, 2021, was the first day that American Democracy was put on life support.

    Now the world watches to see if the real America can perform CPR for the next four years.

    The ability of the majority to outlast the minority is the only hope America has left.

    We and the world are on notice.