Oh America, Sweet America, What Fate Awaits You?
If the power is inherent in "We the People," how will we use it?
“FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMING AMERICA”
Each week, this author and a close friend have lunch together and discuss the issues and events of the day, political and otherwise. These are constructive discussions, as it allow us to expand our perspective on those issues. Over the last several years we have covered lots of ground and when we think we have come up with a solution to one or more of America’s problems, we are brought up short on how to implement them. Identifying the problems is not all that difficult. Coming up with a politically palatable solution is outright problematical.
The other day he said: “You are a good writer, but for the last 4 years you have found a thousand ways to say the same thing.” After mulling his ego-deflating statement over a few times, the tone of our articles was indeed, similar from one to the other ….. a description of the problems, over and over again, but without plausible solutions. It would appear he was probably right. We had no defense.
On many occasions, we exchange e-mail messages with others on these very same issues and we can sense the frustration of those who are engaged in trying to make sense of what is going on and searching for workable solutions.
One gentleman said the other day in an e-mail, in part: “I would like to identify the enemy before the fight begins and I want to know that we are going after the root cause of our problems …….” A logical goal if there ever was one. “Know thine enemy.”
And now… the rest of the story. …..
Harold
