Wake up America!
My most important and inspired writing yet?!?
Wow the political climate in the nation is quickly becoming a horror show. What we actually need is folks willing to look at issues individually and making decisions based on effectiveness and solving problems, not serving a radical agenda left or right.
We need a radical centrist movement. The religious right and the political right want us to accept no regulation on industry, allowing private industry to rip us off with everything from sub prime mortgage and raping the environment, denying environmental responsibility, and keeping the power elite fat and rich.
The extremists of the religious right would like to regulate morality, force Christianity on us, and demonize non Christian or non religious people. They want control over us. They want to treat gays, who are proven to be a genetically different subset of the population, like it is a choice (as if anyone would choose it), and treat them as less than human. They want to start a "christian jihad" against the rest of the world and spread fear and loathing. They have no understanding about Jesus teaching love and tolerance and do not abide with Christ's teachings. Since when is judgment and hatred of other people a Christian tenet? Dont get me wrong, most religious people are good decent folks, but the extremists make the whole lot frightening. The obnoxious vocal minority that so proudly proclaims to be the religious right are seldom really religious or right, they are just sheeple that fear what they dont understand and hate what they fear. Even so, it is not ours to hate them or condemn them in retaliation, but to try and teach by example, how to really abide by that golden rule!
The radical left would allow too much regulation, an oppressive tax structure, and support this insane trial lawyer system where everyone sues as a get rich scheme. The trouble is the Democrats that purport to stand for the little man are bought off too by different special interest. It is all lunacy from both sides.
And then the right and the left tells good American "moderates" that we stand for nothing and have no morals or beliefs and treat us as if we are stupid.
This is somewhat deserved, as we sit idly by and let radicals with radical agendas do what they will, without standing up for sanity and sense! As a centrist, I stand for balance and taking ideas that work above a party line or agenda. Treating issues individually and working for solutions that work, and not hitching my wagon to one party because of one hot button issue and ignoring the evil corruption behind these people, just because of say a desire to see socialized medicine, or perhaps a belief about a minor issue like abortion. Granted people feel strongly about these issues but in the final analysis, to blindly follow a philosophy that is wrong, just because of a sticking point is wrong. Sometimes tough compromise is the right thing, and someone has to be willing to work towards it.
I didn't like Bush, I don't like Obama and there are things terribly wrong with both, but to believe that either was completely evil and out to destroy their nation is ludicrous! They are more similar than anyone cares to admit. The president though does not wield as much power as the average American believes anyway. Congress, both the house senate are the bad guys and it is because of the lobbyist system. Special interests can buy our elected officials votes and it is wrong! Term limits and an end to lobbyists is essential if this nation is going to be guided by its people or by the money. Money is a tool and is not an evil in and of itself, but the love of it is the root of evil. We do need sensible regulation, not radical agendas. We are served well by many areas of government and we should not demand to pay no taxes, but we neither should be expected to be hurt by the burden.
Answer me this; would you prefer that your doctor be in it primarily for the money he can make off your illness, or to help people and live the essence of the Hippocratic Oath to first do no harm rather than to first make a buck? The whole medicine for profit thing is a fundamentally flawed concept. This is one thing that should be a right and a service and not a business and a privilege of only those who can afford it.
So we need to rise up, and I don't mean angrily, violently, but with peaceful dissent, call your congressmen and women, and demand that they serve our best interests, and be active and be a radical movement for sense and an end to partisan politics. Run for office on these principles if you feel you can make a positive difference! Martin Luther King did more for blacks (and all of us) than a hundred Malcolm Xs and or Reverend Sharptons, or any such men of any race (not to take anything from them, as they do some good despite their flaws). To peacefully resist and respectfully disagree and work together we can make so much more difference than we can with angry protests, tea parties, brandishing weapons! Treat each other with respect and tolerance, yet stand up for the people's best interests, and we can achieve so much! Teach each other things we know in our hearts as right, don't preach from mountain tops with arrogance, this is what I believe is our only hope. Be willing and open to learn where others are right too, we can take our country back without anger and strife, but with respect and openness. Nobody likes to be told I am right, do it my way and shut up, but everyone likes to learn new things that make everyone better off without judgment or condescension.
I have expressed strong ideas here, I am no better than any of you and I don't have every answer, but some of what I say I know in my heart is right on the mark and I think if we all open our minds and hearts to such concepts we know deep down that it is right. I am not on a mountain top and I am wrong sometimes, but we know, deep down what is right and wrong, but when we need to talk ourselves into out positions on things, when we need to convince ourselves with complex arguments that we are right are we not surely astray?
It is my sincere belief that the fundamental idea of God (and in my mind it just stands for good orderly direction, and the connection of all living things in spirit, does not deny nor confirm any religions, so long as the people preach love and not hate) is deep within every person and only can be found in our hearts and spirits. Sure some supposed "men of god" or religion are self serving with evil agendas, but others of those very same religions know about love and tolerance of our fellow man and doing right by others the best they can. I personally know wonderful people who are everything from atheists, to Christians to Muslims, Taoists and Buddhists, even Hindus, that all have this concept down. We need to look at the similarities and not the differences in my opinion. The golden rule is essentially all that matters. "The Spirit" of benevolence is within us all and can be obscured by calamity, pomp or worship of other things, but it is in all of us, that conscience, that subtle voice in our hearts that tells us right from wrong, and it is only selfish will when we go against it.
Well I have said my peace and feel much better for having done so. Just try to walk a mile in the other guy's shoes before you judge too harshly and follow that golden rule. I hope some of you who read this got something good from it, but I did and that is what matters most to me.
May the universe bless you all with that which I want for myself; love for my existence and all those about me, understanding and enlightenment? Have wonderful holidays all of you!
-One simple American man, no better or worse than any of you
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and I actually enjoy a little civil discord but if you have no desire to debate/defend then there is nothing I can learn from you, and sadly probably nothing you can learn from others. 
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