"Rubber Stamps"

"Our land is now, more than ever before, the last best hope on earth. I know that we can begin here the fuller and richer realization of that hope." ~ Hubert Humphrey

"The people never give up their liberties, but under some delusion." ~ Edmund Burke, statesman and writer (1729-1797)

Independent thought must prevail, once again! We must have discourse. Real, honest, level-headed discourse. Outlaw think-tanks! Look what it has given us, a Karlrovian image of America. Foxnews daily runs a raised "terror" alert across the bottom of the screen and the puppets panic again. Watching Faux News for the news is like buying The Enquirer for sports scores, they ain't there!

We as a nation must address the disparity between the rich and the poor. Close the tax loopholes for the upper 5-10% and large corporations. Stop writing laws to aid and abet drug and insurance companies. When was the last time you tried to get something approved by your insurance company? I have lost all faith in big business, drug companies, and insurance companies within the last six years. Being a baby boomer, I continually face age discrimination in the work place, even though I continue to out work those younger than myself, both physically and intellectually.

We have a moral dilema in our country that is skewed to a "right" driven, not correct driven issue. I've recently heard so called fellow christians complain because they think too much attention has been given to the cartoon flap in Denmark, well if it was Jesus the Danes made fun of they would be just as infuriated as the Muslims. It's just like the election in Palestine, you get what you create. Create hate, you get hate. There is hope out there, new blood, not so dogmatic, not so set in regression, we must re-invent ourselves to regain America we dream about.

"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." ~ James A. Baldwin

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross." ~ Sinclair Lewis

"Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth - to see it as it is, and tell it like it is - to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth." ~ When he accepted the Republican nomination for president in 1968, Richard Nixon (yeah, right)

What goes around, does in fact come back around once more. Full circle once again.

IT DOES TRY OUR PATIENCE.......