We must bring back the land I was so proud to be born a citizen of. Before we were coerced in fear from our freedoms, civil rights, human rights, equality, justice for all and defender of humanity for the world.
Remember the great truth of “There is nothing to fear but fear itself”
Before the Patriot Act, authorizing warrentless surveillance. Before we bypassed the United Nations and took justice into our own hands only to find our high handed self-righteousness was based on faulty intelligence. Before we were told that evil was “over there”. Yet to apologize and withdraw from the shock and awe.
Remember we were warned “Beware the military complex.”, way before the Military Commissions Act.
Before we withdrew from the Kyoto Treaty because it did not serve the economy. Before we abandoned the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty designed to build true inroads for peace throughout the world.
Remember that “An injustice to one is an injustice to all”. http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/03/256978.aspx
The last bastion of my being an American most recently striped away from me by the highest court in the land failing to uphold the strict separation of church and state.
Less noticeable was their ruling of injustice about the medicinal value of a plant, a ruling which spits in the face of truth.
Now I know the deepest meaning of “Give me liberty or give me death”. You can not harness free will and you can not achieve justice without truth.
This July 4th I will celebrate my sanity and treasure my humanity
as I greave for a great nation I once knew of before.
I pray for her recovery and return.