Things Long Taken For Granted
July 6th, 2006 by Laura Moncur in QuotationsWhat have I long taken for granted?
America is land of the free and home of the brave.
Yeah, that’s a concept that I’ve believed for a long time and I don’t know if it’s true anymore. I know our soldiers out there fighting are brave, but I haven’t see much bravery from the leaders of our great country lately.
I also haven’t seen much freedom lately. It’s nearly impossible to buy pseudoephedrine (a mostly harmless decongestant – Sudafed) because of the war against drugs. Our leadership is more worried about a few meth labs than the comfort of their law-abiding citizens.
There are entire groups of people in our nation that are not allowed to marry. By some counts our nation is discriminating against ten percent of its population, witholding benefits and protection that is usually given to people automatically.
Health insurance is another method of discrimination that is running rampant in our nation. People who are self-employed pay four to five times what corporations pay for health insurance. This company was built of self-starters, but they are being edged out by lack of health coverage.
You want to see brave? You want to see freedom? How about a politician willing to support gay marriage, universal health coverage and end the “war on drugs”? I haven’t seen much of that in my hometown. In fact, I’ve seen the opposite. I’ve seen a lot of cowardice in this land of the free and home of the brave.
If America isn’t living up to its image as land of the free and home of the brave? Where will the world turn to?
August 3rd, 2006 at 7:16 am
Laura, I just wanted to thank you for this post. It does not contain anything that had not been said elsewhere before, but it does say it extremely succinctly. I couldn’t stand that there were no comments to that affect and wanted to make sure that someone told you thank you.