Here I Sit... Past, Present, Future

Here I sit, plunking on a Bluetooth keyboard in front of a fully computerized entertainment system that can send digitalized sound and video into any room of my house at my mere command. It's Christmas Eve in the foothills of the Southern Cascades, and the bitter chill of the night nips at my sweatered bod, while wafts of warm wood stove heat inch their way down the hallway from living room to study.... And, as my weathered old hands slam their two principle digits upon the keys in front of me, my mind wanders back to my childhood and the cold, metal keys of a black typewriter upon which I wrote my first entry into the oblivion of time.

The mind wanders and remembers... creating my own ukulele at the local community center that was filled with those, old and young, who wanted to assemble their hearts and minds in a joint venture to fill the nights with Arthur Godfrey's music. Saturday nights were bingo nights and, sometimes, I even got to call the numbers. The key ingredient to those days, now that I look back, is that the locals all got together and did something; either it was entertaining or it was productive.

I really want to go on with this dialogue, because I feel that it has a valid point that we all need to sit back and consider. But, as I move on into the "today," I get angry. I find it difficult to express my feelings while displaying my frustrations in that we have allowed our evolution as a species to transcend our values as humans.

And, now I want to preach. About why we are who we are today, and why we are not functioning as a civilized and organized society.

Have you seen the latest iPod?

GOD BLESS AMERICA AT CHRISTMAS TIME. MAY WE RELEARN THE VALUES OF THE PAST AND RENEW OUR LIVES ON A POSITIVE PATH OF CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY STRENGTHS AND BELIEFS.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

The United States of America Does Not Exist

There are voices in the country who insist that the concept of God had no basis and no grounds to be included as one of the fundamental principles upon which the country was fraudulently founded. The argument here is that the new country intended to incscript "Freedom From" religion as opposed to "Freedom OF" religion.

Other voices, although some of the same, are now insisting that the "right to bear arms" was intended only to apply to the ability to create militias and to those who would join. Therefore, the argument continues, we need to turn in our guns and surrender to the atheists.

Equal justice for all? The right to declare war? Freedom of speech? Every basic cornerstone upon which the United States was founded has been successfully attacked in our Court system. Although the degrees to which these American rights have been infringed varies, the plain simple fact is that the country that our forefathers envisioned does not agree with the country that exists today.

Therefore, it follows that our Courts have incrementally ruled our Constitution to be invalid. That being the case, this "country" cannot exist. No constitution, no government, no USA.

Unless there is a sufficient number of "citizens" of this country who are ready to set the facts straight, and to stand up for the foundations upon which this country was founded, I submit that we must be governed by the Sovereign Nations of Native America.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

National Health Care

When you take a close and analytical look at the government-run programs for the people, you can't help but admit that they have royally screwed up:

Social Security

Medicare

Welfare

Education

Actually..... that's quite a chunk in and of itself but, you and I both know that the list goes on, and on, and on.......

Now, they want National Health Care. They want to tell me what doctor I can see, what hospital I can go to, what drugs I can take.

This latest move just puts us one giant step closer to pure socialism. The next thing you know, our flag will consist of a sickle and a star.

We Americans have a responsibility to our children and grandchildren to put a stop to this mindless mad rush to open the door to more government control of our lives. We need to do it.... now.

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.