A meaningless National Anthem?

" Land of the free….Home of the brave ".

No meaning, anymore? Are we still the United States of America, in the eyes of the Real World? Where are the values we have been recognized for?

The land of the free? Our votes have no input anymore (counted or not), because our leaders do their own short-sighted way.

Home of the brave? Who is the Brave in the 110th Congress?
We disregard results of elections in communist, or totalitarian countries, because the voters have no choice, but to vote for one nomination, or between two candidates of the same party.
Is there any difference here? Irresponsible leaders who ignored the will of the majority, and a Congress with no Brave to stand up to defend the Constitution. No Brave to work for “we, the people”.
Our children, when they face the real story, and/or be reminded by the rest of the world, will be ashamed of us. Unfortunately, they will pay a heavy price via deteriorating living conditions, and quality of life. Our economic and military supremacies are dangerously becoming “chose du passé”
What a great heritage? The Rise and Fall of United States.
The New Congress must immediately concentrate to fix our Foreign Affairs, and restore our Foreign Policy with Latin America, before we reach a zone of no-return.
As we have seen in a previous article “What are we boycotting, now” – January Archive, New York is no more the financial market of the world. More than 40 million Americans can not afford a decent health program. The well being of our middle class is gone with the wind.

We have never been so insecure (ports, airlines, future economic expectations). We now require a passport for everyone entering or coming back into United States, but at the same time, the border with Mexico is in a free for all state. We even jail those who are paid to protect us.

We have been brainwashed that we were more secure, but we live in panicked mania (shoes at airports, bugging bedrooms, advertsing devices in Boston) .
A quote from President Eisenhower is more than appropriate here, especially coming from a respected General:
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired represents, in the final analysis, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, who are cold and are not clothed "
With $600 billion, and counting, we could have done quite a lot for our healthcare services, education system, and initiate jobs/services of tomorrow's world.

We do not dare to put a dollar value for the trust and credibility we have lost, and the disastrous image, for generations to come, at the international level.

The Congress has the duty, responsibility, and power to save United States. Time is running short. We will never recover, if we limit ourselves to timid efforts. Fearful resolutions will not liberate us.

So far, we have seen embryonic brave gestures from:
Russell Feingold, Wisconsin; Ted Kennedy, Massachusetts; John Edwards, former Senator; Richard Durbin, Illinois; Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania; Jos Biden, Delaware; Carl Levin, Michigan; Chuck Hagel, Nebraska; Susan Collins, Maine; John Warner, Virginia; Ben Nelson, Nebraska.

We need more than 11 courageous and brave soldiers, to save our Constitution, and our Country.

What kind of message are we sending abroad?

We are spineles, with no stomach, no guts, no courage, to defend our country...at home?

Where are the Braves that made America so great?

Destroying others will not provide us with a strong future. Efficiency in our Foreign Affairs will assure us a long lasting and willing relationship with the Real World. We need Braves with "savoir faire" and clairvoyance.

Spending billions for an Intelligence who is telling us (wrongly, once more) that Castro will die in a few weeks, just show how incompetent, immature and ignorant we are. By the way, is Castro a threat to United States or to a certain enclave in Miami? Should the taxpayers continue to support such a disgrace to our nation?

Where are the Braves?

The Facilitator