Let me start by saying I do not wish to state my Political Party, you may conclude for your self. Republican, Democrat or I play both sides of the fence?
Our Presidents, President Obama, birth certificate was released to the public yesterday.. to prove in fact he is a U.S. Citizen. People are still not happy about this and are finding more reasons and other areas to dig into his past now. His educational past. I, as a middle class American, am asking why? Why in the world are we so concerned with THIS? There is so much going on right now. One of the people that were so on top of getting this birth certificate is from TX.. We have enough going on here on the home front, don't we? The education crisis? And as for the rest of the politicians... I, as an American Citizen, would like to start seeing a little bit more teamwork that we try to instill in our children and a little less finger pointing about what has gone wrong with this country. There may be two separate parties but this is still "One Country Under God" if I remember correctly. What happened to the "Home of the Brave and the Land of the Free"? I am a very very proud Texan Wife and Mother who wants nothing more than to see her country come together... but this will not happen if all we are doing is disrespecting our fellow politicians, presidents, past presidents and neighbors.
How about we start working on the issues that matter? The Education Crisis. The fact that it is so hard to get food stamps (or any kind of government assistance) for the Single Mom/Dad, but we see people with a Coach purse, an I Phone and/OR about 3K worth of Tats get it. Gas is almost up to $4 a gallon.. is it almost worth going to work anymore and paying for childcare and gas prices? We have thousands upon thousands of homeless people on our homeland, yet we as a country are more eager to help those in foreign countries first. Those are just a few issues off hand..
Here is another that was mentioned by a good friend: "The top 1% continue to get wealthier and wealthier and get massive tax breaks since the governments keep hoping for "Economic trickle" (which never happens).. meanwhile the middle class is getting closer and closer to lower."
Isn't this the beauty of living in this great country that we live in? To have the power of free speech? But, I am willing to bet one thing.. your just as tired of the bologna finger pointing as I am. Tired of hearing the same "I am here for Public Education" speeches. Tired of hearing the same "I am here for you and all of your health care needs". I want to start SEEING it. I will start paying more attention to who is on the School and City Boards. I want to know more about my State Representatives. I want to learn about all the candidate running for Presidency each term. Not about what state or country they were born in or what fancy school they may or may not have gotten into, but about what they have done for the U.S. already. Their achievements thus far. Whoever it is that is up for election, I will have a voice and vote. It's what we fought for. It's what I will do.
So, to the ones that were voted into office to do a job, we are watching you. The young voices of America are now watching you. We will be heard. They will be heard. Believe it or not... THEY are the future.
Well, that's all I really have to say about that.
We may agree to disagree, but that is the beauty of it all.
~Ash
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