tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23768728.post6611712560588276610..comments2023-11-05T07:32:07.024-05:00Comments on life's journey: open thread fridaybilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16206096509976316141noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23768728.post-10932538137538464832007-06-02T11:29:00.000-04:002007-06-02T11:29:00.000-04:00the idea was taught to me. that is my bigger poin...the idea was taught to me. that is my bigger point. i grew up believing in that ideal and that was my world. then i started seeing things as they really were- much like not believing in santa claus anymore. that is where i am today. i want to strive for the ideal and the idea of america.billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16206096509976316141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23768728.post-64639187851651727352007-06-02T08:20:00.000-04:002007-06-02T08:20:00.000-04:00It feels like we have this same discussion every f...It feels like we have this same discussion every few months,but I still can't see where you get the idea that America once had these noble ideals. It has always been an uber-capitalist behemoth hellbent on empire. <BR/><BR/>The question is how can we stop it?<BR/><BR/>Check out this site, i just found: <BR/><BR/>http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon2/world.htmlIntrepidflamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185093331334990403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23768728.post-33641085088642443902007-06-01T21:53:00.000-04:002007-06-01T21:53:00.000-04:00I believe we are looking at the fall of a "Great E...I believe we are looking at the fall of a "Great Empire" here. Our lack of ACTUAL morals - not the ones the religious right whines about all the time - is going to be our downfall. <BR/><BR/>Time is right - we are a nation of brats. We ignore our great ideals, such as the Constitution and the Declaration, for much more shallow goals.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07291982664925432847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23768728.post-13188581817005504182007-06-01T17:11:00.000-04:002007-06-01T17:11:00.000-04:00that's true- but it's precisely those folks who ar...that's true- but it's precisely those folks who are in charge- and i just don't want the folks in power to have power over whether i end up in a torture chamber for having a brain in my head. that is what i have been trying to stop. definitions don't bother me- secret prisons do. i live my life according to my own moral code. i had lived according to my constitutional code as well- but now i have to rely solely on my moral code. i still believe in the declaration of independence and the constitution. i would love to be able to reinstate them, but i don't look for that to happen. the grand experiment has failed.billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16206096509976316141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23768728.post-71891510121457247642007-06-01T12:46:00.000-04:002007-06-01T12:46:00.000-04:00As you know, I'm not exactly thrilled with "things...As you know, I'm not exactly thrilled with "things", myself. I have learned, painfully, but at least I did learn, that these things don't need to define me, unless I wish to let them.<BR/><BR/>Everything seems to be crumbling around us: that doesn't mean my values and morals have to crumble along with them. Believe in "us." It's all we have. The people who are busy making America the #1 terrorist in the world, do not define us.The Future Was Yesterdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06515544130113138363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23768728.post-385143735127991942007-06-01T11:14:00.000-04:002007-06-01T11:14:00.000-04:00We have been telling ourselves for so long; how gr...We have been telling ourselves for so long; how great we are, that we have become snobbish, superior, egotistical, selfish, materialistic, monsters. Believing our own hype, and letting it go to our heads.<BR/><BR/>Our aggressive approach to progress and our fierce sense of independence, has always had the effect of neglecting the consequences of what we ruin , as we go.<BR/><BR/>We killed off the Indians, raped the land, stepped on the weaker people in our society, enslaved humans to enrich ourselves, worshiped the idol of money, and on, and on, and on.<BR/><BR/>Now we are doing the same to the rest of the world, and we wonder why we have so many enemies and bad feelings towards us ! Which only shows that we are also stupid !<BR/><BR/>When will we learn? Will we learn, or will we continue to be a nation of brats who think only our way is the right way.<BR/><BR/>It's amazing (based on the Constitution we have) that we turned out to be such failures at decent national character.Timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09474837430855732529noreply@blogger.com