WORDS OF THE PROPHETS
The words by which we live our lives basically comes from two different but distinct groups of people: Republicans and Democrats.
“The main difference between the two parties is,
indeed, their political orientation. The Democratic Party is left-leaning,
liberal and usually associated with progressiveness and equality. The
Republican Party, instead, is right-leaning, traditional and associated with
equity and economic freedom and with the ideal of ‘survival of the fittest’.”
Some of us believe that
the Democrats support the following:
Large government
Adequate military
No homeland security
Social welfare
Abortion & Late Term Abortion
Strict regulation of second amendment
Same sex marriage
Open borders
Free healthcare
High taxes on wealthy
Free education
Increasing national debt
High wages
Universal legalization of marijuana
Consequently, some of
believe that the Republicans support exactly the opposite. Now, it is not this simply, but it is close
except for the area of defense and military, the Republicans want it to be
super big and strong… just in case.
Recently, we have seen
that a majority of the media outlets (now referred to as mainstream media) favor
the Democratic points-of-view and in so doing, negatively report the news that
looks bad for the Republicans while soft pedaling the news that looks bad for
the Democrats. And, even though we have
“freedom of the press” in this country through the first amendment, biased
reporting is not responsible journalism…
journalism should be fair, balanced, and unbiased regardless of one’s
personal feelings.
These same standards
should apply to our law enforcement agencies but we have discovered that our
own FBI and quite possibly our DOJ were politically biased during the 2016
Presidential Election. We have no idea
of the ramifications that are yet to result from this realization that may
impact the future of both these fine institutions that have served us so well
in the past.
And so, the words of our
prophets have again come into question.
And, once again, our
prophets are on separate shores of our political present and ultimately our
political future and in so doing have divided our great country into two bitter
camps of attitudes and opinions.
And, once again, the
words of our prophets have put us into a position where opposing anger could
ignite another civil war in this country.
But, this civil war will not be fought with firearms but with words that
will make the HATE of our first civil war look timid and foolish.
The words of our
prophets will hurt and burn for decades with neither side giving any
forgiveness to the other side, no matter how many Christian Churches both sides
represent.
The words of our
prophets will cause a lack of respect and trust worse than the racists
attitudes of the 1960’s that has never quite disappeared even though the
well-to-do’s of both sides claim have improved.
The words of our
prophets are as hollow as hollow point bullets used by criminals and hunters in
a futile attempt to level the playing field.
Who am I to make this
kind of a claim and indictment of our society?
I am a nobody…
I was born in 1947 and have seen 7 decades of political missteps and stupid approaches by both parties… and, what has been impressed upon me the most is that NOTHING CHANGES…
I am not a political expert.
I am not a historian.
I have never lived a very influential life although I have been a teacher of sorts.
I am a Vietnam Veteran and a very proud American who loves his country.
I am a senior citizen who now believes our two parties have gone too far with their political rhetoric and the general public is copying their attitudes by showing extreme hatred to the other side, that is to say, those that represent the other party.
It is also sad to say
that these sentiments are now being absorbed by comedians who have only showed
or demonstrated HATRED for the Republican Party while giving the Democratic
Party a PASS.
What kind of equality or
fair play is this?
Whose fault is this?
It is the fault of our
prophets and their followers…
And that my friends is
you and I.
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