There are cover-ups in America regarding tainted beef and tainted government. America wouldn't even be what it is without the wholesale slaughter of the American INdian and the subsequent destruction of that culture, a cover-up of gigantic proportions as American government of the 19th century portrayed the American Indian as a mindless savage. That was a lie, but the lie stuck. I'm just using it as an example; there are plenty more examples of America taking the less than righteous path to continental and then world domination. America got where it is by brushing and sweeping aside all nay-sayers. What makes us tick, and what give us hope, is the fact that we can rely on a solid constitution, one of the oldest in the world, that upholds the individual's rights. Even though it seems that the individual is being attacked from all angles and being forced to comply and blend in, oh whatever it takes to reassure those in the majority that they are not threatened by difference and dissent. But to dissent is human. American tradition of the independent voice and spirit is belied by the track record of American government, especially the past eight years (see legislation for electronic surveillance -- let's all celebrate our new police state). We can still hope that Americans think independently and want to see what is right done, and what is wrong cast aside, but so many think with their profits and their ambition, and not with their independent spirit that it seems these days that the true independent spirit is to be found in Western Europe. I hope maybe we can take back the independence and the freedom that America is known for within the next several months.
01 Sep 2008, 2:58 am
