American is no longer the America I know - when I grew up the Constitution and Bill of Rights meant something. Compassion for those less fortunate was a calling. The rich carried their load instead of getting out of paying their fair share. There was no Fox News and no Tea Party - who were driven to hatred and avoiding universal health care by rich Black-hearted special interests. Sarah Palin would have been a kook, but that is all that has changed.
I'm an atheist but also a compassionate citizen, a “helper” and fundamentalist when it comes to American values, our founding fathers, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Instead of supporting right-wing interests, let's review our basic values, and return to an America of compassion, not self-interest.
I’ve never met a Tea Party or Sarah Palin supporter, or an opponent of health care, who is literate with the Bill of Rights. Let’s start each day by reciting a passage from Congress to the grammar school Pledge of Allegiance. Maybe when people know our founding comments, we can learn to live together.
See you on the water, Ling Yai (Thai for 'Big Monkey') AKA John Caveman Gray
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