Michael1942's Blog

The past 2 Presidential elections have brought out the best and worst in Americans. All of vituperative and laudatory comments have been couched in some cases by the underlying racism that some Americans harbor. The civil war was more about economics (slaves as chattel) than freedom but the widespread bias and hatred against non white (including Native Americans, Chinese and Hispanics to name a few) served to fuel a divisive war with a terrible loss of life and economic instability for half of the United States. This loss affected the entire country for many years after but the underlying prejudices were still festering in some areas including the North. To become what many consider the greatest country in the free world, residents must put aside the issue of race and move to strike a better understanding and cooperative tone. The first step in this is understanding that we all suffer under the same impotent legislative leaders. Do not think for a minute that the people you have elected have only your concerns in mind. The evil tone  in the last 2 major elections has been viral in the media with no substance as to what the cures for the economy would be. Now that the same man is in the Oval office, the tone has changed because it cannot be business as usual. This modern day “Civil War” has the same effects as the past one without the massive loss of life but the same disastrous economic effect. When the majority of Americans (all of Us) allows themselves to think beyond our personal biases we will begin to see  that we need to elect some new people to the Congress who will do what is required but first change the pay rates, benefits and pensions of the current Congress.  What if we had a Congress that reflected the American public instead of the one that seemingly reflects the troop of apes that shares the Name?