Sunday, May 27, 2007

THE WORKING MAN'S PLIGHT

  

GM Employees Face News of Layoffs

by Jerome Vaughn  

The Doraville Assembly Plant in Doraville, Ga., is one of nine plants in North America that General Motors plans to close by 2008.. 

 Morning Edition, November 22, 2005 · General Motors has announced that it will cut 30,000 jobs by 2008 and stop production at nine assembly, power train and stamping plants.

Now, its workers are coming to grips with the idea that they may lose their jobs, and questions remain about how much the cuts will help the struggling automaker going forward.

 

GM's big shakeup
Automaker ups job cuts to 30,000 jobs as it shuts plants, facilities in plan to save $7B a year.
November 21, 2005
By Chris Isidore, CNN/Money senior writer

 
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - General Motors Corp. said Monday it would cut 30,000 hourly jobs and close or scale back operations at about a dozen U.S. and Canadian locations in a bid to save $7 billion a year and halt huge losses in its core North American auto operations.

 

 

PAINFUL

Ford slashes 28% of its work force in sweeping bid to save itself

Bill Vlasic and Bryce G. Hoffman / The Detroit News

Charles V. Tines / The Detroit News

"We will be making painful sacrifices to protect Ford's heritage and secure our future," says Ford Motor Co. Chairman and CEO Bill Ford Jr., center. He discusses the cuts with, from left, Mark Schulz, group vice president of Asia Pacific; Mark Fields, president of Ford's the Americas Division; Jim Padilla, president and chief operating officer; and Don Leclair, chief financial officer of Ford Motor Co. in America.

Michigan House Speaker Craig DeRoche, R-Novi, left, and Moe Leon, owner of Leon's Food and Spirits, talk on Monday at the restaurant as disheartened employees from the plant trickled in.

The 49-year-old Wixom plant will close next year. But UAW President Ron Gettelfinger predicts a showdown at the Big Three-UAW national contract talks in 2007 over the elimination of jobs and factories.

DEARBORN -- Ford Motor Co. is staking its future on the success of a gut-wrenching restructuring of its North American operations that will dramatically downsize the No. 2 U.S. automaker.

Mired in one of the deepest crises in its 102-year history, Ford on Monday unveiled its long-awaited "way forward" plan to slash up to 30,000 manufacturing jobs, cut 4,000 salaried employees and shutter 14 factories -- including its assembly plant in Wixom.

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Chrysler Restructuring Includes 13,000 Layoffs, Closing Of Plants
By Tom Granahan, Editor-In-Chief, Manufacturing.net
Manufacturing.Net - February 14, 2007
 


DaimlerChrysler Wednesday unveiled its eagerly anticipated restructuring program, announcing a reduction in employees of 13,000 over the next few years and the closing of it Newark Assembly Plant. The struggling automaker also said it will reduce total capacity by 400,000 units, and explore further strategic options with partners.

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Kraft To Lay Off 6,000, Close 20 Plants

Milwaukee Business Journal January, 2004

Kraft Foods Inc. said Tuesday that it will lay off 6,000 jobs, or 6 percent of its workforce, and close 20 plants worldwide following sluggish sales and earnings for the food company.

 

By my count that is eighty-three thousand jobs lost in this country. I did not add Fords 28 percent because I do not know their employee numbers but that only increases the number of people losing a  job. And now our government wants to let an estimated twelve million illegal immigrants remain in this country, taking jobs away from Americans who have lived here their entire lives.

This government also wants to let another two hundred thousand more come in each year further depriving American citizens of jobs they will do.

They like to say that Americans will not do yard work but when I was in Texas the local city government had made it impossible for anyone to do it other than the illegal workers. Do you remember when a boy could take a lawn mower and make some money cutting lawns in his neighborhood? Well, they are not allowed to do that anymore in some Texas cities because they want the Mexicans to do it. The local governments told the kids they had to have a license and insurance if they wanted to mow lawns. How it works is like this, someone who is legal will get the license and insurance and then hire a bunch of illegals to do the work.

I have seen illegal immigrants working at construction sites where homes are being built and they were framing the houses, doing the finish work on them, installing carpeting and hardwood, pouring the concrete slabs, and laying bricks. These are all jobs I have seen Americans do and do them with pride. What the government is telling you is a lie and they are doing it because the people who have large financial stakes in getting very low paid workers are working behind the scenes to get someone to work this cheaply for them with our government’s approval.

These types of corporations do not care about America or our future as long as they can make a bigger profit margin today.

All I want to know is, what is it going to take for Americans to wake up to the fact that this government is selling out everything that our ancestors worked to give us to big business and foreign countries? Are we willing to just set by and let them do this?

I want to ask another question, Why is the illegal immigration from Mexico only an American responsibility? The millions of people who have broken our laws are thumbing their nose at us as they demand our government and country accommodate them. Why don’t they go back to Mexico and use the same energy there to demand their government provide jobs and end corruption as they use here to demand we let them break our laws and provide them a job?

I am sick of hearing the argument that it is our responsibility to provide illegal immigrants jobs.  It is Mexico ’s responsibility for that and it is not our place to accommodate those who would break our laws and yet demand access to our education system, health care, and jobs. We can’t even offer everyone in America good heath care and we want to give it to people who break our laws?!!! I am amazed that Americans are standing by and watching this happen.

If they want our advice on how to get some business going in Mexico let them ask but do not come here illegally and demand that we provide you a job because that is way over the line. But if you go back to the top of this article I am writing, you will see they may not want to ask about how to run a successful business  from some in this country. The officers are talking about painful cuts to be experienced but I can safely say they will not feel that pain, it will be Joe Sixpack who feels it and when he tries to find another job he won’t be able to because there will be an illegal immigrant  or a guest worker already doing it.

 

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Sunday, May 20, 2007

National laws and the Constitution

 Congress needs to stop pussy footing around with this administration and start impeachment proceedings immediately for the vice president and the president. Congress passed a bill to fund the ill begotten war in Iraq and the president vetoed it. They offered a compromise bill with timelines with a waiver provision and he threatened to veto it. This president has no intention of ever pulling the troops from the Middle East because there is where the Project for the New American Century acolytes told him to put them and to never bring them out.

 

When Nancy Pelosi said that impeachment is off the table for this administration it made me think that she may have something to gain from not impeaching the most criminal administration this country has ever seen. What Nixon did was child’s play compared to this, what Clinton did was careless and stupid compared to this. Nixon wanted to know what the opposition was doing to get elected and Clinton wanted to get a little on the side.

Bush and his minions want to use our military and economic might to take over the Middle East and stay there permanently.

 

They have killed almost 3,500 American service members in the process, they have gotten 25,000 grievously wounded, some of which will never fully recover, and we do not know how many are suffering from mental health and emotional problems because they do not allow those numbers to be seen. There is no telling how many innocent Iraqi civilians have been killed because of this administrations desire to be the rulers of the world. These people are criminally abusing our military and yet our congress is doing nothing to stop them.

 

Their arrogance in doing this is astounding to me as they tell us to mind our own business when we question what they are doing. A good example of this is the situation with Paul Wolfowitz and the World Bank, this man thought that he could just give his female companion a huge raise and cushy position and not have any questions asked. And he was supposed to be the person who stopped the corruption at the World Bank.

 

Vice President Cheney is the person who has master minded this situation in Iraq, wanting to use our brave men and women serving in the United States armed services to line his own pockets with more money than he could possibly spend. He has disrespected their desire to defend America by selling them a bill of goods that only benefits him and  his company, Halliburton with no bid and uncontested contracts.

Here is a prime example of the arrogance of these people in the area of trying to control what our congress can learn about the true nature of what is happening in this war of choice and against a much maligned nation of “Muslim Fanatics”.

Pentagon Restricting Testimony in Congress Blocks Staff Of Lower Rank May 10, 2007 by Bryan Bender, Boston Globe Staff [Excerpt] WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon has placed unprecedented restrictions on who can testify before Congress, reserving the right to bar lower-ranking officers, enlisted soldiers, and career bureaucrats from appearing before oversight committees or having their remarks transcribed, According to the Defense Department documents. The guidelines, described in an April 19 memo to the staff director of the House Armed Services Committee, adds that all field-level officers and enlisted personnel must be "deemed appropriate" by the Department of Defense before they can participate in personal briefings for members of Congress or their staffs; in addition, according to the memo the proceedings must not be recorded

If congress does not have the nerve to stand up to this administration then they should get out of the way of people who do have the nerve and who will not hesitate to use it. This entire government we have currently is undermining everything our constitution says and sets forth as law. I am going to show you some examples;

Article VI. - Debts, Supremacy, Oaths

 

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

 

This is important because we signed onto the Geneva Conventions in 1949 which very explicitly prohibits torture of combatants in any way;

 

In 1882, U.S. President Chester Arthur signed the treaty, making the U.S. the 32nd nation to do so. The U.S. Senate ratified it shortly thereafter. At the same time, the American Association of the Red Cross was formed (many nations had begun to create their own Red Cross organizations in concert with the first Geneva Convention).

 

The second Geneva Convention in 1907 extended protection to wounded armed forces at sea and to shipwreck victims. The third convention in 1929 detailed the humane treatment of prisoners of war. The fourth convention in 1949 revised the previous conventions and addressed the rights of civilians in times of war. This convention is said to be the cornerstone of modern humanitarian law. It was amended in 1977 with two protocols that further protect civilians during wartime and address armed conflicts within a nation.

According to the Red Cross/Red Crescent, the U.S. has signed each of these international agreements. However, a signature does not bind a nation to the treaty unless the document has also been ratified by that nation (in the U.S. , Congress ratifies such treaties). Generally, these treaties are open for signature for a limited time period after they're written. The U.S. ratified all the Geneva Conventions with the exception of the two protocols of 1977.

 

 

Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva , 12 August 1949.

 

Part II. General Protection of Prisoners of War

Art 12. Prisoners of war are in the hands of the enemy Power, but not of the individuals or military units who have captured them. Irrespective of the individual responsibilities that may exist, the Detaining Power is responsible for the treatment given them.

Prisoners of war may only be transferred by the Detaining Power to a Power which is a party to the Convention and after the Detaining Power has satisfied itself of the willingness and ability of such transferee Power to apply the Convention. When prisoners of war are transferred under such circumstances, responsibility for the application of the Convention rests on the Power accepting them while they are in its custody.

Nevertheless, if that Power fails to carry out the provisions of the Convention in any important respect, the Power by whom the prisoners of war were transferred shall, upon being notified by the Protecting Power, take effective measures to correct the situation or shall request the return of the prisoners of war. Such requests must be complied with.

Art 13. Prisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated. Any unlawful act or omission by the Detaining Power causing death or seriously endangering the health of a prisoner of war in its custody is prohibited, and will be regarded as a serious breach of the present Convention. In particular, no prisoner of war may be subjected to physical mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are not justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the prisoner concerned and carried out in his interest.

Likewise, prisoners of war must at all times be protected, particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity.

Measures of reprisal against prisoners of war are prohibited.

Art 14. Prisoners of war are entitled in all circumstances to respect for their persons and their honour.

Women shall be treated with all the regard due to their sex and shall in all cases benefit by treatment as favourable as that granted to men.

Prisoners of war shall retain the full civil capacity which they enjoyed at the time of their capture. The Detaining Power may not restrict the exercise, either within or without its own territory, of the rights such capacity confers except in so far as the captivity requires.

Art 15. The Power detaining prisoners of war shall be bound to provide free of charge for their maintenance and for the medical attention required by their state of health.

Art 16. Taking into consideration the provisions of the present Convention relating to rank and sex, and subject to any privileged treatment which may be accorded to them by reason of their state of health, age or professional qualifications, all prisoners of war shall be treated alike by the Detaining Power, without any adverse distinction based on race, nationality, religious belief or political opinions, or any other distinction founded on similar criteria.

Part III. Captivity

Section 1. Beginning of Captivity

Art 17. Every prisoner of war, when questioned on the subject, is bound to give only his surname, first names and rank, date of birth, and army, regimental, personal or serial number, or failing this, equivalent information.

If he willfully infringes this rule, he may render himself liable to a restriction of the privileges accorded to his rank or status.

Each Party to a conflict is required to furnish the persons under its jurisdiction who are liable to become prisoners of war, with an identity card showing the owner's surname, first names, rank, army, regimental, personal or serial number or equivalent information, and date of birth. The identity card may, furthermore, bear the signature or the fingerprints, or both, of the owner, and may bear, as well, any other information the Party to the conflict may wish to add concerning persons belonging to its armed forces. As far as possible the card shall measure 6.5 x 10 cm. and shall be issued in duplicate. The identity card shall be shown by the prisoner of war upon demand, but may in no case be taken away from him.

No physical or mental torture, nor any other form of coercion, may be inflicted on prisoners of war to secure from them information of any kind whatever. Prisoners of war who refuse to answer may not be threatened, insulted, or exposed to unpleasant or disadvantageous treatment of any kind. Also the law of land warfare which is taught to first time enlistees and officers alike in the Army is being broken by the members of the armed services who commit acts of torture against enemy prisoners of war;

 

FM 27-10

THE LAW OF LAND WARFARE

61. Prisoners of War Defined

A. Prisoners of war, in the sense of the present Convention, are persons belonging to one of the following categories, who have fallen into the power of the enemy:

(1) Members of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict, as well as members of militias or volunteer corps forming part of such armed forces.

(2) Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfill the following conditions:

a) That of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates;

(b) That of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance;

(c) That of carrying arms openly;

(d) That of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.

(3) Members of regular armed forces who profess allegiance to a government or an authority not recognized by the Detaining Power.

(4) Persons who accompany the armed forces without actually being members thereof, such as civilian members of military aircraft crews, war correspondents, supply contractors, members of labour units or of services responsible for the welfare of the armed forces, provided that they have received authorization from the armed forces which they accompany, who shall provide them for that purpose with an identity card similar to the annexed model.

(5) Members of crews, including masters, pilots and apprentices, of the merchant marine and the crews of civil aircraft of the Parties to the conflict, who do not benefit by more favorable treatment under any other provisions of international law.

6) Inhabitants of a non-occupied territory, who on the approach of the enemy spontaneously take up arms to resist the invading force, without having had time to form themselves into regular armed units, provided they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war.

B. The following shall likewise be treated as prisoners of war under the present Convention:

(1) Persons belonging, or having belonged, to the armed forces of the occupied country, if the occupying Power considers it necessary by reason of such allegiance to intern them, even though it has originally liberated them while hostilities were going on outside the territory it occupies, in particular where such persons have made an unsuccessful attempt to rejoin the armed forces to which they belong and which are engaged in combat, or where they fail to comply with a summons made to them with a view to internment.

(2) The persons belonging to one of the categories enumerated in the present Article, who have been received by neutral or non-belligerent Powers on their territory and whom these Powers are required to intern under international law, without prejudice to any more favorable treatment which these Powers may choose to give and with the exception of Articles 8, 10, 15, 30, fifth paragraph, 58-67, 92, 126 and, where diplomatic relations exist between the Parties to the conflict and the neutral or nonbelligerent Power concerned, those Articles concerning the Protecting Power. Where such diplomatic relations exist, the Parties to a conflict on whom these persons depend shall be allowed to perform towards them the functions of a Protecting Power as provided in the present Convention, without prejudice to the functions which these Parties normally exercise in conformity with diplomatic and consular usage and treaties.

C. This Article shall in no way affect the status of medical personnel and chaplains as provided for in Article 33 of the present Convention. (GPW, art. 4.)

62. Combatants and NoncombatantsThe armed forces of the belligerent parties may consist of combatants and noncombatants. In the case of capture by the enemy, both have a right to be treated as prisoners of war. (HR, art. 3.)

Section III. GENERAL PROTECTION OF PRISONERS OF WAR

89. Humane Treatment of PrisonersPrisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated. Any unlawful act or omission by the Detaining Power causing death or seriously endangering the health of a prisoner of war in its custody is prohibited, and will be regarded as a serious breach of the present Convention. In particular, no prisoner of war may be subjected to physical mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are not justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the prisoner concerned and carried out in his interest.

Likewise, prisoners of war must at all times be protected, particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity.

Measures of reprisal against prisoners of war are prohibited. (GPW, art. 13.)

90. Respect for the Person of PrisonersPrisoners of war are entitled in all circumstances to respect for their persons and their honour.

Women shall be treated with all the regard due to their sex and shall in all cases benefit by treatment as favorable as that granted to men.

Prisoners of war shall retain the full civil capacity which they enjoyed at the time of their capture. The Detaining Power may not restrict the exercise, either within or without its own territory, of the rights such capacity confers except in so far as the captivity requires. (GPW, art. 14.)

 

And we now have two republican presidential candidates, Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani, advocating law breaking and the complete disregard for our constitution when they say they would allow torture on enemy prisoners of war.

 

So you can plainly see what these people have done is against our constitution and they expect us to sit back and let them do what ever they please. I hope the American people will have the back bone to stand up and force the politicians to obey our laws.

 

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Sunday, May 13, 2007

Patriotism

What makes you a patriot only if you believe we need to have war to determine our national identity? We have allowed a group of people, who want only to use our military and economic resources on an ill begotten war of choice, to convince a lot of us that we are not patriotic if we do not believe everything they say about this war.  I want you to read the following mission statement which is from the organization, The Project for the New American Century, and then take a good look at the names below this statement.

In the decade since the end of the Cold War, the Persian Gulf and the surrounding region has witnessed a geometric increase in the presence of U.S. armed forces, peaking above 500,000 troops during Operation Desert Storm, but rarely falling below 20,000 in the intervening years. In Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other neighboring states roughly 5,000 airmen and a large and varied Fleet of Air Force aircraft patrol the skies of Operation Southern Watch, often complemented by Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf and, during the strikes reacting to Saddam Hussein’s periodic provocations, cruise missiles from Navy surface vessels and submarines. Flights from Turkey under Northern Watch also involve substantial forces, and indeed more often result in Combat actions. After eight years of no-fly-zone operations, there is little reason to anticipate that the U.S. air presence in the region should diminish significantly as long as Saddam Hussein remains in power. Although Saudi domestic sensibilities demand that the forces based in the Kingdom nominally remain rotational forces, it has become apparent that this is now a semi-permanent mission. From an American perspective, the value of such bases would endure even should Saddam pass from the scene. Over the long term, Iran may well prove as large a threat to U.S. interests in the Gulf as Iraq has. And even should U.S.-Iranian relations improve, retaining forward-based forces in the region would still be an essential element in U.S. security strategy given the longstanding American interests in the region.

June 3, 1998 American foreign and defense policy is adrift. Conservatives have criticized the incoherent policies of the Clinton Administration. They have also resisted isolationist impulses from within their own ranks. But conservatives have not confidently advanced a strategic vision of America 's role in the world. They have not set forth guiding principles for American foreign policy. They have allowed differences over tactics to obscure potential agreement on strategic objectives. And they have not fought for a defense budget that would maintain American security and advance American interests in the new century. We aim to change this. We aim to make the case and rally support for American global leadership.

As the 20th century draws to a close, the United States stands as the world's preeminent power. Having led the West to victory in the Cold War, America faces an opportunity and a challenge: Does the United States have the vision to build upon the achievements of past decades? Does the United States have the resolve to shape a new century favorable to American principles and interests?

We are in danger of squandering the opportunity and failing the challenge. We are living off the capital -- both the military investments and the foreign policy achievements -- built up by past administrations. Cuts in foreign affairs and defense spending, inattention to the tools of statecraft, and inconstant leadership are making it increasingly difficult to sustain American influence around the world. And the promise of short-term commercial benefits threatens to override strategic considerations. As a consequence, we are jeopardizing the nation's ability to meet present threats and to deal with potentially greater challenges that lie ahead.

We seem to have forgotten the essential elements of the Reagan Administration's success: a military that is strong and ready to meet both present and future challenges; a foreign policy that boldly and purposefully promotes American principles abroad; and national leadership that accepts the United States' global responsibilities.

Of course, the United States must be prudent in how it exercises its power. But we cannot safely avoid the responsibilities of global leadership or the costs that are associated with its exercise. America has a vital role in maintaining peace and security in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East . If we shirk our responsibilities, we invite challenges to our fundamental interests. The history of the 20th century should have taught us that it is important to shape circumstances before crises emerge, and to meet threats before they become dire. The history of this century should have taught us to embrace the cause of American leadership.

Our aim is to remind Americans of these lessons and to draw their consequences for today. Here are four consequences:

• we need to increase defense spending significantly if we are to carry out our global responsibilities today and modernize our armed forces for the future;

• we need to strengthen our ties to democratic allies and to challenge regimes hostile to our interests and values;

• we need to promote the cause of political and economic freedom abroad;

• We need to accept responsibility for America 's unique role in preserving and extending an international order friendly to our security, our prosperity, and our principles.

Such a Reaganite policy of military strength and moral clarity may not be fashionable today. But it is necessary if the United States is to build on the successes of this past century and to ensure our security and our greatness in the next.

Elliott Abrams    Gary Bauer    William J. Bennett    Jeb Bush

Dick Cheney    Eliot A. Cohen    Midge Decter    Paula Dobriansky  

Steve Forbes   Aaron Friedberg    Francis Fukuyama   

 Frank Gaffney    Fred C. Ikle   Donald Kagan    Zalmay Khalilzad   

 I. Lewis Libby     Norman Podhoretz    Dan Quayle   

Peter W. Rodman     Stephen P. Rosen     Henry S. Row  

 Donald Rumsfeld    Vin Weber     George Weigel    Paul Wolfowitz

 
Both of these statements should give you a clearer picture of just what these people are up to. These people, in their desire to rule the world, are getting good Americans killed who serve this country to defend it.   I have to ask, “Is this the way we want to handle ourselves as Americans”? Is this what we really want for our nation? When I enlisted in the military it was to defend the ideals of the constitution and country from attack by anyone who would attempt to violate our constitutional rights and our home. This current administration has done more to undermine the founding of this country more than any made up terrorists ever could.

The American people need to realize they have the authority to run this country and the government workers, to include the president and congress, are the employees of the citizenry of the United States . This authority is given to them by the United States constitution; 

 Amendment 9 - Construction of Constitution. Ratified 12/15/1791. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. 

 Amendment 10 - Powers of the States and People. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

The federal and state governments are, by the law of this land, subservient to the people of the United States . The people we hire to manage our business have managed to make most of us believe they are the ones who know better than the rest of us and that we should let them guide us lesser beings because they know what is good for us. I challenge Americans to stand up and take back their responsibility for running this country from the career politicians and demand they run the country within the laws of the United States Constitution. If we stand by and let these people pervert our country then we have no right to complain about what they are doing.

It is a sad day in America when more people vote for the contestants of American Idol than in the last presidential election. Everyone seems to want to have all the benefits of being American and none of the responsibility. Well, I say you cannot have it both ways, you either accept the responsibility or you should not expect any of the rights.

There seems to be a large segment of our nation who is afraid to do the right thing and I do not understand this about the people of this nation, who have descended from the pioneers who had to face much harder living conditions than we now do. There are people here who have descended from the slaves and we all know that the slaves had to endure much more harsh conditions than we now do and yet they fought with all of their being to be free of the madness they were faced with.

Are you asking me to believe that modern Americans with all of their conveniences cannot pull themselves up enough to stand up for what is right? Are we so spoiled and out of touch with what is going around us that we cannot see when we are being lied to outright? Are we going to create another committee to talk about what is wrong or are we going find it within ourselves to stand up and be counted for what we believe?

I, for one, have a much better vision of what we should be in this country and it is nothing like we have allowed ourselves to become in recent history and I am going to continue to try and prevent our country from getting any worse than it is now. I may not be able to affect a large scale but I am going to do what I can, how about you, want to help? 

 

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