When I was a young girl, I thought I wanted to be president. As I grew older I figured out I couldn't be president and that there were a lot of things I couldn't actually be like a professional athlete; there wasn't really a lot of professional female athletics. I'm not saying I didn't do anything because I've been all over the world and held positions of power and influence but I did not reach as far as I should have. Don't worry I have not given up, I still have a couple of things I need to do.
The election of Barrack Obama should be one of the most inspirational things our nation has ever seen; it was to me and most people. The improbable happened: A non-white man became the president of the United States, the most powerful person on the earth. We as a nation overcame centuries of racism and the pain and destruction that come with it. As a nation we said we want change and we want it in a big way. Despite the fact that I did not vote for Obama (I voted for a third party candidate), I was proud that he won. It made me feel good and I like many other Americans understood what Michelle Obama meant when she said for the first time she feel good about America. I am not the type of person who keeps celebrity memorabilia or tries to stay up on celebrity activities but I have several keepsakes from the Obama inauguration. I have the Stars and stripes newspaper from that day. I have a commemorative tote bag and a key chain and I use them both. I like to see what the First Lady is wearing, also we both have gardening in common and want to promote healthy eating. I have never really cared what the President and First Lady did before but Barrack and Michelle Obama seem more real to me. And I am sure it must be the same for lots of people of all "races". People all over the world are counting on Obama to change things. My Hairdresser is from Ghana and she said to me after the election "I'm glad we finally have a president". We meaning black people. I have a Hispanic American friend who told me she never voted before because she "never felt anything for the people who ran for president before."
Everyone expected Obama to do things radically differently. But he didn't! This is precisely why so many people are disappointed in what has happen over the past three years.
To compound the problems Republican politicians and their operatives have totally lost their minds, so much so they would destroy our country to keep the President from doing anything positive for the people of America and the world. They were afraid of the changes he would have/should or made.
With so much positive energy for change, we should be speeding along on the change superhighway in a supercharged electric car. But instead we are keeping to the old well trodden path of the 20th century in a belching, creaking old AMC Gremlin right before it gets hit in the rear and blows up. Our leaders are advocating the same actions that got us to this place and except us to believe that this time something different will happen. We only need to believe, click our heals three times and say we're number one! Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is not just insanity, it is stupidity.
Millions are still out of work, millions have lost and will lose their homes. Children are going hungry along with their parents. Pointless wars are still going on and America's arm-chair warlords are always trying to find ways to justify starting more wars. The people in the streets are crying out for help because our nation cannot continue like this. But nothing happens, we cannot come together as a nation because of a few people who are scared and harbor out-dated prejudices. These people want to return to a time that never existed and to values we never had. The USA has been about change from the moment it was founded. Most people came to America to get a fresh start;to get away from the old, oppressive corrupt and rotting places in the world. We are not suppose to be stagnant. The past holds no fascination for us, we tear down old building and build new ones. We move from fad to fad without looking back. Americans are progressive people and it is time we remember that fact and stop listening to people who only want to hold us back.
Demand a better future for everyone. No more homeless people. No more hungry families. Everyone educated to help move the world forward. No more draconian laws that needlessly incarcerate people. No more violating our constitutional rights by constantly an needlessly searching and surveilling people.
All my life I thought America could be the best place in the world but they way to do things would have to change. If our government could loan the banks 7 Trillion dollars which is about half of our GDP, why cant we spend more to make our lives better? It would cost less and have a bigger effect on the world than giving more money to the banks. There is no nobility in suffering. Going hungry and worrying about how your going to pay the bills is not a badge of honor. Constantly worry about whether or not you will have a job does not make you stronger.
No one in the United States of America should suffer. We are the richest nation on earth but we do not have the least amount of suffering. The question that is never asked is why, Why aren't we the best country in the world to live in? Why aren't our citizens the best educated? Why doesn't everyone in America have their basic needs met? The answer is simple; we have let ourselves be brainwashed in accepting less than we deserve. We are in an abusive relationship and we need to get out of it. We are humans first and foremost. All humans have inalienable rights. Everyone is human and it does not matter what they have done or not done. We need to always remember that. We need to stop hurting each other and stop standing by while others hurt people. When we begin to see each other as equally human as ourselves, we will begin to treat each offensive to a stranger as an offense to you or your family. When this happens injustice will no longer to tolerated or accepted and that is when the world will change.
I call on our miracle President to lead us out of these dark times. But he did not make this miracle
alone and he can't fix the problems without our help. Demand Justice for all. Support your local
Occupation Movement in what ever form it might take. Call/Fax or Mail your State, Local and Federal
representatives and President Obama and:
Demand more money for primary and secondary education.
Demand Free Tuition at State run colleges and universities.
Demand more low cost housing and an end to homelessness.
Demand a government jobs creation program.
Demand medicare for all.
Demand Social Security remain intact or upgraded.
Demand a more transparent government.
Demand a demilitarization on our Local police forces.
Demand clean water, clean air and clean food.
Demand an end to corporate person-hood.
Demand an end to the off-shoring of American jobs.
Demand a new electrical grid and other infrastructure projects.
Demand an end to the PATRIOT Act and other laws that violate our constitution rights.
Demand an end to the "War on Drugs".
Demand an better environmental protections.
Demand an end to slave labor in producing the goods we use.
Demand equality for all people.
Demand justice for all people.
Demand whatever you think will improve America for the better.
Demand your rights as a human and an American!
Power to the People,
Fobbsie
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