A country divided:How will we survive?
Daily News of Newburyport
There are so many issues that need solutions for this country to survive as our founders had hoped for, and the outcome of this election will have a direct bearing on our direction.
This country is so divided on issues that I fear for our survival. While Dick and Jane go off to work daily in a struggle to survive and provide a few comforts and needs for themselves and their children, the world around them is in turmoil and the country is slowly crumbling from democracy to socialism, while our leaders try spreading democracy.
Republicans spend time on "flag burning" and "same-sex marriage" while important issues sit by the wayside with no solutions.
We have Ann Coulter going around spouting her words of "wisdom," making millions with garbage words.
We have Cindy Sheehan saying she'd rather live under Hugo Chavez instead of President Bush.
We have Sen. Barbara Boxer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi and the likes of Ramsey Clark (who went to Iraq to defend Hussein) calling for impeachment.
Republicans are calling Democrats the "cut and run guys."
We have the bitter voices of John Murtha, John Kerry, John Dean, Carl Levin, Harry Reid, The New York Times, Julian Bond, Pat Robertson, Al Gore, Charlie Sheen, Al Franken and many more.
Someone asked what treason was. I have an answer - treason is when a United States congressman, who is supposed to be addressed as "the honorable," tells the country "do not join the U.S. military" as John Murtha did - that's treason as I see it.
Now Americans are asked to go to the polls in November and vote.
How? Vote for who?
Nobody should want an American president to fail, but in today's politics it seems some in government hate the president so much that to defeat him, they are willing to sacrifice this country.
On the Supreme Court are the words "Equal Justice Under Law." I have a new phrase, "Moral Words with Ethical Value."
Al Gore, while in Saudi Arabia, denounced American policy toward the Muslim world, accusing America of unwanted and unwarranted capture of Muslims. To me, that's treason. The Saudis support schools that teach hatred of Jews, the Western nations and the United States.
With words, ideas and thoughts like this all around us, we are expected to go to the polls in November and elect our future.
With all this on my mind, I sent the following letter to all 100 of our senators:
"The Gettysburg Address, 19 Nov. 1863
" ' ... that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.'
"Unless you Democrats and Republicans start to downplay your rhetoric of blame, nothing will get done. Today's political situation that is dividing this nation for votes is absolutely the beginning of the end of our country as we once knew it.
"When will Congress govern correctly and stop playing politics?
"We need someone to start acting like a 'true' candidate for 'Profiles in Courage' and to break this discord and create a government that actually governs for the people.
"At one time this country, our flag, the Statue of Liberty stood for strength and free people.
"What happened, Senator?
"Hopefully this piece I have written will incite you to think, to ponder, to discuss all the issues, all the words and help you to vote the right way. It's a vital decision; our country's future and direction are at stake."
Richard A. Astukewicz of Salisbury is a retired business manager.
WE ARE BITTER because of all the killing going on in our name for our so called defense while our freedoms are eroding away. We have had enough and we are standing up for our rights as Americans.
Everyone MUST USE YOUR FREEDOM AND VOTE! If we have masses show up at the polls in support of ending the invasion, standing up for our freedoms that are being taken away. Then and only then can we get our votes counted and take back our country from the thieves who have stolen it who think they are the true Americans.
We wonder, however, whether he would do the same if one of Sheehan's new friends, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, were to come to Salt Lake City. Chavez has apparently grown weary of press criticisms in his own country and has threatened to use new laws to clamp down on such things. He is consolidating power and making alliances with people like Fidel Castro while poverty rises among his own citizens.
Yet Sheehan embraces Chavez while calling President Bush a terrorist. She is emphatic that the president himself killed her son, who died in Iraq in 2004. Anderson maintains that he supports the troops, even though he opposes the war. His support of Sheehan, however, lends deeper meaning to his protests. At what point does opposition to a war cross over the line of aiding the enemy?
A year ago, many in the media were wondering whether it was appropriate to be harshly critical of Sheehan. After all, she was a grieving mother whose son had paid the ultimate price for his country. That gave her an aura of entitlement and a shield of respect. But her actions in the past year have changed all that.
Legitimate debates can be waged over whether the war in Iraq was appropriate, whether it is being waged correctly, whether a civil war is about to engulf all that coalition forces are trying to do, and whether the fight should be carried to Iran and other terror-sponsoring nations in the region.
But Sheehan's mantra is little more than a tiresome and angry repetition of "bring the troops home." She has yet to articulate how she would deal with terrorism in the broad sense, or what an Iraq left to its own devices might mean to the security of the world. The sound and fury that she, the mayor and other protesters will generate here later this month won't be heard by the president or his entourage, nor will it add a chapter to any foreign policy textbook. It will, however, get media attention — much more than something as mundane as a vote on the budget.
A year ago, we said Anderson's decision to organize protests against the president's last visit here diminished his position and was an embarrassment to the city. Like any American, he has a right to do this again, but that assessment has not changed.
I am very offended with people who think they can slam my friend Cindy Sheehan for her tireless efforts in bringing peace to the world while they do nothing to make our planet a better place for us to live. She will keep doing what she is doing until the killing is stopped. We all will stay the course defending our right to speak outagainsts King George until he stops killing us and destroying ourchildren'ss future by selling our country to China.
What is tiresome of people putting down Hugo while making Bush a saint. Hugo has done more to better human life while George does everything he can to destroy it. Hugo helped after Katrina when Bush was on vacation. Hugo gave heating to the poor people of our country last winter while Bush allowed the oil companies to makeunbelievablee profits off of us.
By Dave Wedge
Boston Herald Chief Enterprise Reporter
What has always made America great has been our freedom to opine and disagree, no matter how unpopular or outrageous the views.
YES!!! What is so un-American about that? I am loving the protest music that is out now. I listen to it everyday. It's good for my soul.
Speak the truth to your family and friends. Make them aware of how many have died while they go about their happy day.
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