member for 35 weeks 2 days
"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty."
Edward R Murrow 1954
This statement rings true today.
America is a fantastic country. I have traveled a bit in my life so I think I can have that opinion...
But fantastic doesn't make us perfect. And if we can do better, then we should. We can do better. MUCH better.
This Labor Day weekend has been book ended by the National Conventions and I am thrilled since I love American Politics with a great glass of Pinot Noir!
America was founded by rebels... rebellious men who uprooted their lives and their families to find something better than they had at home.
Labor Day was started by an early, radical, union leader in the late 1800's who fought for workers rights in New York...
Most of what is great in America was founded or started by people who were dissatisfied with the status-quo and wanted to better a place they already loved.
Somehow it has become unpatriotic to question authority and strive for something better than what we are living today. I believe it unpatriotic to sit still.
I honor our founding fathers by fighting for what I believe in... in my community, my children's school, my state government, my federal government. Our leaders are merely people. Capable of greatness and folly. It is our job to watch and shout from the rooftops when we disagree, and applaud when they do something right.
It is MY job this labor day to celebrate the all the work I love to do, to voice my gratitude for the opportunity this great country has given me, and to cast my vote to steer the country in the direction I think it needs to go.
And teach my children to love their country enough to praise it's greatness and acknowledge it's shortcomings, and serve it's people with the passion they will discover as their own.
Happy Labor Day Everyone and God Bless America!!
Here's a clip of my daughter singing in the car... sorry it's so dark, but I thought it was too cute!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3tDSBuuX8Q
Comments
Login or register to post a commentGreat Post
Nice going. Great post. I came of age during the seventies in New York where I attended Barnard College. Yes, I marched. Yes, I protested. And, one of the biggest lessons I learned from Vietnam was to never, ever trust people in authority. It never ceases to amaze me that so many of the very people who so opposed that war, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, didn't take away the some lesson. That their prescription for every social, economic or global ill is more government, more authority, more bureaucrats in our lives.
Anyway, very nice post.