As the flag to the right appears to be a bit tattered and torn, slowly falling apart at the seams, so to our wonderful USA has become tattered and torn, and we also appear to be falling apart at the seams. Why does this happen, what is the cause?
Perhaps it is out of neglect, those that we have appointed to watch over our treasured land have fallen to sleep and no longer pay attention to the signs of stress or the needs to be repaired to weather what we must go through over the years ahead to provide a land of freedom and plenty for all. It is hard to understand though, as we all can see the signs of wear, those points of stress where we seem to want to divide. It is there in plain sight, just as the flag to the right, which waves above a city in clear view, so are the issues that want to tare our country apart.
In the end of the day, we all only have our selves to blame. They problems have existed for decades and only increase year after year. Now we stand at a precipitous point in American history. Our great country has fought and stood strong throughout the centuries, but now it seems our values have fallen, corruption rules, controls grow and greed governs.
Where are the source of these dark thoughts that I ponder? Well, I have witnessed how the ethics and morals of our nation have ebbed and flowed over the last couple of decades, but especially over the last year or two. It is like the people are sleep walking and no longer pay attention to anything.
About an hour ago, I finished watching the first Presidential debate. I find it hard to believe that a country such as ours, which has been the beacon of light to the nations around the world for more than 200 years have come to the point that we would have these two candidates to select from for the leader of this great nation. These men do not seem to be worthy of even running for the office the clamor to obtain, let alone to actually be in that office. Can you really say in your heart that these two are the best we have in this nation of over 300 million people?
Maybe, it was our complacency as the issues streamed before us, or perhaps some have just been blind or fallen to sleep and did not see, nor possibly even wanted to see. For far too long citizens have swept the dirty deeds of elected officials under the carpet for one reason or another and now we all pay the price.
Where is the heart and soul of this great nation? Where is the passion of patriotism that once graced our nation as a mighty flood? Where have all the citizens gone? They are obviously not voting, they are not running for office, they clearly are not standing against the tidal waves of corruption and moral ineptness.
Slap the person next to you, we all need to wake up from this nightmare! You know, with a little effort and a little time and a lot of caring, that flag can be fixed and fly once again, complete and whole, so could this nation if people would leave their hedonistic lifestyles and think of something more than themselves! Stand firm against greed and corruption, stand firm against injustice, be the people this nation once was full of and heal the land!