Finding the Truth (1.)

  The strangest part for me is that I'm writing this at all. For the first time in my life, I didn't want to write. The problem was that try as I might, everything I started to write turned out being political in some way. I tried so hard to get away from it, I stopped watching the news and pretty much ignored the internet. But still from bits and pieces, the headlines found their way in, clouding over far more important subjects. Recently, the Islamist murder of the kids at a dance club, and now this dumb racist targeting white cops, and it became too much! What in God's name is happening to us? Both are hate crimes and should be tried as such. But yesterday's attack wasn't only about whites, but as the radicals themselves have said, Its a war on police. Cops are being shot and killed at alarming rates, all across the country, and the majority of them were probably black and hispanic. This kid may have been a racist nut, but he'd a killed any cop, black or white. No matter your politics, you have to admit that these men were heroes, they ran toward the bullets, like our military, fire firefighters and the like, they ran toward the danger, not for themselves, but for others, and you have to respect that.
So what has happened, how has it come to this, will this be the end or only the beginning? When I think about the country I love, I am saddened by what I see. There is so much wrong, and we have become so divided, how can any of it be fixed? What is needed is an honest conversation, a conversation where PC speak is ignored, and a person speaks honestly and unafraid. Speak the truth about what you believe and why. And even though you think you'll probably disagree, listen to the other guys point of view and treat him with respect. There is always a lot of talk about phobias. racial phobias, sexual phobias, and Obama's personal favorite, Islam a phobia. Strangely, the biggest phobia is the most dangerous for the country and the least well known. Amer a phobia, or the fear of embarrassment for being called a patriot. In our schools words like liberators when landing on foreign soil is being replaced with invaders? The lessons being taught is that America is not a great nation, and that we are just a mean ole bully. How else do you explain so many kids thinking that maybe this time socialism will work? Obama just got back from the second apology tour, where he apologized for the dropping of the bomb that ended the war. Key word, ended, and though terrible, it saved millions. Historians on both sides agree on that point. That is just one of many examples, but the bottom line is our children don't know their own history, and are being made to feel ashamed of their heritage. That same lack of respect is why that evil man thought it was OK to feel like that, and justified in his decision. Disrespect for our country, and disrespect for those who defend her, and that is a politically learned response. That is at the core of what is wrong.