7-4-09

As I look out at America 233 years after the birth of the nation, I see a different country than our forefathers anticipated.

No one at that Philadelphia convention could ever imagine the enormity, the expanse of the newly formed country. The world power, the most dominant country in the world sprung from that Declaration.

None at that convention could ever imagine that we would abandon religion. That Harvard,founded on Christian principles, would be so humanistic, so secular that religion is seen in a negative vein. Where we have become our own god because of our superior intelligence. Harvard still sets the way for other universities who try to compare themselves with the Ivy League.

None at that sweltering convention could ever imagine the sacrifices of so many. Oh, they had seen plenty themselves. But not on such a large scale, not on such massive numbers--33,000 killed at Gettysburg. Another 59,000 in Viet Nam. Two World Wars that took our nation's best.

None could ever imagine trillions of dollars in indebtness. None could imagine other tea parties. One today in MTV is entitled TEA for Taxed Enough Already.

None could ever imagine a President who is half Black/half White. Who was elected without ever governing over anything. Whose Senate record included not one bill he sponsored or even co-authored. Whose Senate voting record was primarily recorded as "Present".

But that's America as I see it today. Still a lot of good. Still the best place ever to live. But still with lots and lots of problems that I don't see going away anytime soon.