Pro-America or Anti-America, a Simplification?

Listening to Keith Olbermann blast from his soapbox about Sarah Palin tonight struck a nerve. Nothing in his tone gave me the idea that America could unify. In fact he seemed like an evil, greedy, peddler hawking his tonic on a dusty road in the 1800’s. “My tonic is best for all your ills,” and it turns out only to be liquor. I don’t know much about Sarah Palin, but I can understand Keith’s viewpoint. Maybe she is a soccer mom, and that is meant to be her addition to the tired and geriatric McCain campain. Certainly no one thinks the two of them would work together in any capacity after the election. That is not the way the American political system works. Al Gore said the veep job was the loneliest time of his life, and I believe it. When both candidates were soliciting Vice Presidential running mates, the majority of senior politicians irrevocably said, “No.” She was a token choice for a token job, disregarding the small point that if the president gets shot, she would become the President of the United States. It has happened, and some people believe Barack Obama is setting himself up for the same fate. Is bigoted America soaked in the blood of the Klu Klux Klan ready for a half-black president? I would have thought a woman would have achieved it first. Joe Biden and the secret service have to be cognizant of the possibility. Assassination is always a possibility, and as the first African-American president, he should be prepared. His image on the screen in front of all those needy Americans eerily is reminiscent of a Martin Luther King rally. With the recent loss of the American mainstream, who can say who is Pro-America and who is Anti-America? After sitting in the living room listening to Keith and watching new coverage of the election, I can only feel that I am Anti-American. I have watched the “ConditionofAmerica” drastically wane in the last 8 years to what seems like a point of no return. The electing of Barack Obama does not instill faith in me that things will change. Whatever these powers are that have led America down the path of unrighteousness are not going away. I assume they are the ones that still have the money, the “Old Money.” With the credit gone and lack of mobility of a younger generation of entrepreneurs, who else is standing there waiting to take the purse strings of America? “Old Money.” I am surrounded by it everyday, and it makes me sick. It is not based on intellect. It is not based on entrepreneurial concepts. It is not based on Christian faith. It is based upon blood money, the mob, violence, intimidation, terrorism, and oppression. Why do I feel Anti-American? I feel Anti-American because I feel oppressed by our socio-economic system. Does that mean I am a Socialist? The answer is yes, because although this system can become distorted and corrupt like any system that is abused, it is all ready the case in America. Who does not know this? The government employs over 50% of the people in America. Technically the definition of Socialism is governmental ownership of the means of production. It seems in these unstable times “regulation” or the overseeing of private industry and business will return. Once in this country this was common and necessary. Our recent political regime reversed that process, and look what happened. Without going into the myriad of unconstitutional legislation that has been enacted in the Bush administration, America has been steered down a dark and menacing alley dotted with evil. There is not one federal policy that seems it is looking out for mainstream America. They conversely have been implemented to serve the rich. How, looking at a man that raises 180 million dollars in one month, can Americans believe Barack Obama has the common man in mind? I have no health care. I have no retirement. I have what America is offering the majority of Americans. Is this going to change? Am I suddenly going to be offered affordable health insurance after Barak Obama becomes president? Is that massive private system based upon raising money for the wealthy suddenly just going to turn over and, “Fess up the drugs?” I think not. I have not heard one concrete idea in this campaign that suggests how millions of uninsured Americans will find proper health insurance and therefore care. Hillary didn’t know either, but at least she was passionate about the cause. I am Anti-America, because I no longer can remember what America was like when it cared about her people. I can’t remember when there was quality programming on television. I can’t remember when there used to be a corner drugstore. I can’t remember when it was not a crime to ride a skateboard on a public sidewalk or on government property. I can’t remember when teachers were well-paid and respected members of society. Now they are afraid for their lives when they enter the classroom. I can’t remember when there were no AC Traction diesel locomotives causing hum and vibration in the air. Pro-America? I am a musician and a composer, and I see nothing on a daily basis that motivates me to do anything other than sit on my ass and hate America. Should I feel differently?