The greatest characteristic of any
patriot, be they actor, babysitter, caregiver of the elderly, Teacher, President
or whatever, is the willingness to insist on rational answers and logical
solutions for survival and prosperity of society and nation, without war.
Right, flanked by Gun Appreciation Day, and
on the Left, the traditional pomp of Presidential Inauguration, the Constitution
of the United States will be honored on Sunday January 20, 2013, by the swearing
in of our 44th President -- a new kind of President, like the chess masters who
preceded him, numbers 16, 32 and 35.
Unfortunately, his first time around,
being the community oriented consensus builder he is, he opted to say "I
got this" to those who elected him, believing Congressional GOP leadership
would, like any true patriotic Americans, put country first and help a new
young president reverse our downward plunge -- he followed hope into Boehner alley.
Asking Washington to think "change,"
well differently, and revitalize "Out of Many, One," somehow Healthcare
Reform became law.
The second time around, older and wiser
number 44 is asking us to 'Organize for Action,' which I suggest we interpret in part as, leave the cheer-leading
sidelines and get into the game.
Lead government into insisting that individuals
who run our domestic conglomerate of greed for perpetual war and foreclosure, embrace
different priorities and goals: transforming their 19th century 'Robber Baron'
Mission statements into a more realistic reflection of our new 21st century
demographic.
It's no longer sensible or profitable to
be a nation of Red /Blue, Rural/Urban, South/North, Arizona/Immigrant, Male/Female
or White/Black/Brown. If there must be a
dividing line, let it define us, and distinguish "We the People" from
bought and paid for Congressional leadership, politicized Supremes and the individual bankers (not just banks)
who corrupt with checks, against balance.
It's not hunters nor other responsible gun
owners denying a child's safety or the danger of making military style weapons
available to mentally ill civilians without background checks; it's the
slippery slope myth of NRA leadership.
It's not that Republicans, even Tea Party
Republicans are bad people; It's that most of the people they elect to Congress
to lead the GOP are bad Americans.
It's not that Obama is the second coming,
any more than George Washington never lied; It's that Bush/Cheney lies deeply
wound tens of thousands still, on and off the battlefield.
It's not just equal pay, vaginal probes
or finally passing the Equal Rights Amendment; It's our constantly subverting
our focus and priorities, to what's on Congressional K Street Lobbyists'
sponsored television.
It's not just religious zealots imposing their
beliefs on the free will of others; It's Governors, State Attorneys General and
Legislators in places like Mississippi, Arkansas, both Dakotas, Virginia and
Kentucky that refuse restoration of full citizenship to those who've served
their time, while attempting 'end run' around Roe v. Wade, scoring against low
income Americans, who most need Planned Parenthood.
It's not financial district granite of
Wall Street institutions; It's the individual Board Members, CEOs and CFOs of Goldman
Sachs, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, CITI, JPMorgan Chase and PNC that should
be fined and tried for transforming "America the Beautiful" into 'The
Home of the Foreclosed!'
It's not just Romney's 47%; it's conspiratorial
plotting against an elected US President, by Newt, Oklahoma's Tom Coburn, California's
Kevin McCarthy, Arizona's Joh Kyl, Paul Ryan, Heritage millionaire Jim DeMint, infamous
Anti-PDA Cantor and Bill Maher's Machiavellian guest Frank Luntz, which Mitch
McConnell Kristollized into GOP "one term" mission statement.
Whether pro or con-job, it's not President
Obama, it's the moneyed, manipulating the masses against their best interest: common
sense solutions for gun violence, Climate Change and Immigration.
It's not because it's The Reasonable
Voice Mission; it's because we've heard it all before, but didn't listen.
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