Happy Birthday, America!
Hello to all my friends, one and all!
And, of course, happy birthday to the greatest country on the planet. Of course, I'm talking about the one, and only, United States of America. Love her or leave her, she still is the place that everyone on this planet wants to be, even with all the problems we all have in this country today. When this country was started two hundred and thirty three years ago (more on the backs of some than others, I regret to say), it was its mission statement that this would be a country that would be based on freedom, above all else. Now, a couple of centuries and three decades or so later, we're still defining what true freedom is in this country. Is it religious freedom? We would like for it to be, but the truth of that matter is the fact that certain people, who claim to be religious, want their particular form of religion to be the national status quo, with other religions coming in underneath them. (And these are always, it seems to be, the ones who seek political power in this country.) Is it individual freedom? Again, we would like for it to be, but again, certain people want everyone who wants the very best in life to be just like they are, rather than who everybody really is, either inside or out. In other words, these people abide by that familiar quote from George Orwell's "Animal Farm": "Every animal is created equal, but some are more equal than others." I guess that's the reason why, after over two hundred and thirty years, we are still defining what true freedom is in this country.
And, of course, there are the current problems that every single person in this country has to face today. And, of course, I really don't have to tell you what they are, but they all boil down to one major root problem: the economy. It's what's dampening the spirit of this national holiday season. There's no money because there's no jobs, and there's no jobs because, let's tell the truth, they've all been outsourced to other countries, and they all seem to be doing better than we are now. Yeah, I know things are bad. They're worse than bad, they're crazy!, as a certain newscaster in a certain '70's motion picture once said (don't you just love classic movie channels?), but, like everyone else have said, we've gotta hang in there. We've gotta stay tough, pull through, for that's the only way we all can get through this. But still, of course, we all have to deal with the "gifts" that we recently got: news of the richest state of the union is on the brink of bankruptcy, the fact that the jobs that were recently lost might never come back, the fact that those who still have jobs better pray that they keep them, the fact that many who don't have jobs will fall pray to the Internet work at home scams, the fact that many are wondering if they'll even be in their homes next Fourth of July to barbecue in their backyards, the fact that we really are in a depression, and not just a recession or even a "deep recession," and to top it all off, the icing on the birthday cake, the King of Pop, a real American idol, is dead. Happy freaking birthday, America.
Until next time, stay well, and keep well.
Sincerely,
Marley Sue
And, of course, happy birthday to the greatest country on the planet. Of course, I'm talking about the one, and only, United States of America. Love her or leave her, she still is the place that everyone on this planet wants to be, even with all the problems we all have in this country today. When this country was started two hundred and thirty three years ago (more on the backs of some than others, I regret to say), it was its mission statement that this would be a country that would be based on freedom, above all else. Now, a couple of centuries and three decades or so later, we're still defining what true freedom is in this country. Is it religious freedom? We would like for it to be, but the truth of that matter is the fact that certain people, who claim to be religious, want their particular form of religion to be the national status quo, with other religions coming in underneath them. (And these are always, it seems to be, the ones who seek political power in this country.) Is it individual freedom? Again, we would like for it to be, but again, certain people want everyone who wants the very best in life to be just like they are, rather than who everybody really is, either inside or out. In other words, these people abide by that familiar quote from George Orwell's "Animal Farm": "Every animal is created equal, but some are more equal than others." I guess that's the reason why, after over two hundred and thirty years, we are still defining what true freedom is in this country.
And, of course, there are the current problems that every single person in this country has to face today. And, of course, I really don't have to tell you what they are, but they all boil down to one major root problem: the economy. It's what's dampening the spirit of this national holiday season. There's no money because there's no jobs, and there's no jobs because, let's tell the truth, they've all been outsourced to other countries, and they all seem to be doing better than we are now. Yeah, I know things are bad. They're worse than bad, they're crazy!, as a certain newscaster in a certain '70's motion picture once said (don't you just love classic movie channels?), but, like everyone else have said, we've gotta hang in there. We've gotta stay tough, pull through, for that's the only way we all can get through this. But still, of course, we all have to deal with the "gifts" that we recently got: news of the richest state of the union is on the brink of bankruptcy, the fact that the jobs that were recently lost might never come back, the fact that those who still have jobs better pray that they keep them, the fact that many who don't have jobs will fall pray to the Internet work at home scams, the fact that many are wondering if they'll even be in their homes next Fourth of July to barbecue in their backyards, the fact that we really are in a depression, and not just a recession or even a "deep recession," and to top it all off, the icing on the birthday cake, the King of Pop, a real American idol, is dead. Happy freaking birthday, America.
Until next time, stay well, and keep well.
Sincerely,
Marley Sue
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