There are times when
the power of wealth overcomes the checks and balances of Democracy, and the needs of the
citizens are ignored.
The United States is
facing one of those times, and it's the responsibility of us - the people - to assert our
collective power - united to demand that our leaders serve us - the citizens - for whom
the country was founded.
Answers to many of
the problems and issues we face today are available - but it takes leaders who are
actually willing to resolve the issues, free of special interests and personal gain in
order to resolve them.
We must make the
right choices for people first, and re-instruct our "lesser of two
evils" political systems that their mandate and loyalty must remain to the individual
citizens of the world. We must demonstrate that the honor and responsibility of their
authority is revocable and subject to scrutiny. And, that scrutiny should not be limited
to a single political party or ideology.
People complain and talk
about how money and politics has betrayed the people of this country, and then wait in
hopes that someone will save them. It is that very hope that betrays us, because we
believe those people - who speak empty words to convince us that they will deliver
us from our concerns - and who, as a matter of history, consistently fail us.
We joke and say "Oh, it's just
politics." That's what people do when they surrender to corruption. What else is
there to do?
I say that we, the
citizens, must take it upon ourselves to reject settling for what we are offered, and demand
that our government serve us and seek ways to secure our nation while passionately
defending our rights and liberties. That is not accomplished by diminishing them.
We must regain control
of the agenda and legislative powers of this nation and in the world, which are often
misused to the detriment of citizens and to the benefit of special interests.
We must agree to unite as a nation once
again based on the principles of Democracy, justice and ethical values that we claim
as the foundations of our culture, the liberty and free will as described in the Bible in
the book of St. John.
"We must embrace a NEW
American Revolution, a Global transformation, a social and cultural revolution of ideas,
accountability, transparency and responsibility to ensure that our governments serve us...
It begins in America... as citizens and as peers, to ensure that we are truly empowered to
be the people and the nation we envision when we say "I'm proud to be an
American".
