Is Our Republic Raveling from Misunderstanding?

How is it that the future of the United States got dumped on Barack Obama’s plate? The token black man, like a terrible Ivey League hazing gone awry, got stuck holding the hash. “Hurry up, man! Run! Here come the cops,” and Barack Obama is left with the refuse of an epic scale fallen Republican Party. Funk-O-Meter Reading: Republican Party, that neutron star in earth’s orbit. Barack Obama, gristle, fat, and bone. Was a “Dead Men Walking” sequel released? Suddenly all comprehension of our American Republic just flew south. Vamoosed. The term “free market” became “put your hand in the cookie jar.” There were no parents around to discipline the spoiled children. How could the federal government fail on a massive scale with no safety net? Dick Cheney continues to guffaw at the thought that the American people are smart enough to decipher Haliburton. “The only time it matters what the American people think is when they are voting,” Dick said when he set the example for Rod Blagojevich. With Italian mafia condescendence, impudence, and self-confidence Cheney laughs in the face of the people. Illinois has decided to pursue the impeachment process if Blagojevich doesn’t resign. Why has America not done the same to Bush and Cheney? Is it because we are afraid? Paul Revere and the Militiamen sealed the fate of the Revolutionary War. It was not our government. It was the common man who took up arms under the rights of the Constitution and defended his honor and country. Appalachians, after a two week march over the rugged mountains of North Carolina, defeated Cornwallis at King’s Mountain. Arrogant puff-chested Redcoats were defeated by Americans fighting in the style of Native-Americans. They learned from the people from whom we took this country. We will never win in Afghanistan or Iraq, just like we couldn’t win in Viet Nam. Men fighting on foreign soil never will win against men born on that soil. Our Constitution outlines that. “A well-armed militia made up of common citizens will be responsible for the preservation of the country.” That is Iraq. That is Afghanistan. America has adopted a double standard to believe otherwise. In the Bush White House there is grave misunderstanding of America’s principles. It is an unraveling of the Republic. There has been an unraveling of the “free market.” America’s hearty, bold, empowering, and liberal Constitution allows Americans the right to choose. We empower the human being, his brain, and his heart to function with respect. We do not put the burden of justice on the system. We put that responsibility where it should be placed, on the individual. The individual in America gets to choose. We get the respect of being respected. That is the freedom other countries seek. George W. Bush is an anomaly. While running up a 3 trillion dollar price tag for his failed presidency, Bush still touts the attributes of a “free society.” He was not angered when a newsman through shoes at him at a press conference. He embraced it almost as if to challenge someone to call his bluff of his American presidency, but no one has. No one has challenged his unconstitutional rule. In the lineage of America’s soiled political past, no one has raised a musket, a sword, or a rotten tomato to Mr. Bush. Why? It is because some discreet, unseen, impotent force has influenced America. Our Elvi, our muscle cars, and our cowboys have been castrated for something else. Is it Proposition 8? Is America to revel in failure, insecurity, and false sentiment? Are we no longer to revel in achievement, accomplishment, and success? It is a tenuous line to toe. Do we want security and acceptance, or are we still prepared to fight the enemy? It seems in Bush’s case we have chosen the former. We as Americans are too lazy, fat, and stupid to have seen the enemy burrow into our government. Have we been brainwashed to no longer care about our government? Is it now inconsequential? These eight years of abuse have proven that we as Americans are not afforded that luxury. We must understand our government. An unraveling of the Republic is not an option.