No, you're not hallucinating, I'm actually writing twice today. I was doing my Philosophy homework, i.e. writing on on the discussion board, and the post I wrote was so pertinent for this blog that I decided it must be shared.
This was my discussion board post: "I caught a brief news blurb earlier this week about this wall they're building to seal our border with Mexico against illegal immigrants. It seems that this oh-so-wonderful wall will cross over land owned by some pretty wealthy and influential people in Texas, who have complained that they don't want this to happen. Our government has responded in typical fashion and given in to the desires of the wealthy and powerful. Now the wall will have planned gaps to avoid infringing on the property of the wealthy. (Not terribly secure, if you ask me, and I thought the propaganda was supposed to convince us that all illegal immigrants are criminals and terrorists. Guess that doesn't apply to the ones who cross over in the better neighborhoods.) Everyone else whose land is impacted will just have to deal with it. Reminds me of when they put up the Berlin wall... which didn't work out so well in the end either."
We've already lost our country. We lost it the day we allowed our government to take away our constitutional rights. We lost it the day we traded our freedoms for a false sense of security and became the land of the formerly free and the home of the perpetually terrified. We lost it the day we learned that our government is using torture and we did nothing to stop it. We lose it every day we fail to protest our soldiers dying in Bush's war for oil. The only way we'll ever be able to regain our country, our constitutional rights and our collective self-respect is to work toward creating peace, attempting to remedy the harm we've allowed to happen, and by learning from those mistakes and making an honest record of those mistakes available for future generations to learn from so they won't let it happen again. It's time for the Bush administration to eat some crow, admit they made a mistake by invading Iraq, and get the hell out of there. It's time for us to march in protest of the Patriot Act, flood our legislators with demands to repeal the Patriot Act, deluge them with petitions, tie up their phone lines and fill their e-mail boxes with our pleas until they listen and take action. It's time for the torture to end and for the US to own up to its violations of the Geneva convention. It's time for change. It's time for hope to be restored. It's time for this country to begin acting like a responsible member of the world community once more. It's time for peace, and justice, and understanding. It's time for all of us to roll up our sleeves and get to work rebuilding a country we can be proud of.
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always.” - Gandhi
Peace,
AuntieM
About Me
- AuntieM
- I returned to school after a 20+ year absence and have since completed a Bachelor's in Sociology and a Master's in Public Administration with a concentration in Nonprofit Management. I work for a nonprofit organization where I do fund development/grant writing, manage government contracts, and assist with organizational compliance and transparency. I am also adjunct faculty in the Sociology department of a local community college. I am married, no kids, 2 cats. I am also an aspiring author with one novel completed thus far, so writing comes very naturally to me. I have long been a supporter of various liberal causes, and have reached the point in my life where I feel the need to give voice to my beliefs. This blog is intended to be a public outlet for those beliefs. It is a collection of original essays on peace, justice and positive social change, and how we can get there from here. If it raises awareness, generates discussion and makes people THINK, then it will have served its purpose.
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