I've been listening to a whole lotta folks telling everyone all the things that they think are wrong with the Good Old USA. If you listen long enough, you might think that there ain't nothing right, so I decided to sit back and look at a few years of our country, and what it has done and what it has stood for. If you look at the years between 1789 and 1989, you might notice about 200 years of the USA growing from an upstart little brat that defied the lords of Europe and two centuries later became the single most powerful nation in the world, since when the "Cold War" ended, there weren't but one superpower left During those two centuries there were a lot of Presidents serving the country, some better than others, and some cutting a bigger swath than others. However, they all shared a lot in common starting with the fact that they all came from that same section of humanity, which is really a minority group, that today seem to get blamed for everything bad and not remembered for much of the good.
Now let me see, what are some of the things that theses leaders accomplished over two centuries? Well of course there is the fact that the USA is the single most powerful country in the world. And then there is that thing about being the wealthyist country in the world. The USA also has the largest and most successful middle class in the history of the world. The Good Old USA also has the most successful Democratic Republic in world history, which has provided more equality and justice for all than ever seen before. It is also the nation that has contributed more help and aid to the rest of the world than most other nations combined. Americans have also done more dying all over the planet to insure peace and safety. than any other country. We stopped aggression in WWI and in WWII, and stopped the threat of nuclear annihilation by ending the Cold War. We have saved more people, fed more people, clothed more people than any other nation.
We have enjoyed the status of being number one in most categories that count, and have provided a standard of living for our citizens admired by the entire planet. That was the first two hundred years of the Good Old USA. During these last twenty five or thirty years we have come under attack from without as well as from within, as we are led to believe that we have not done well by our fellow mankind and have much to be ashamed of, and the blame has been laid on that same minority group that provided us with presidents like George and Ronald with Abe and some others in between.
This group of individuals as well as belonging to that one minority section of humanity also shared many other traits, such as belief in God, The Rule of Law, The challenge of being responsible for one's self, and respectful of others. These presidents also shared a belief in their country and an obligation to contribute as a citizen to the well being of all. Great leaders are know by their works rather than their words, and it is time to demand work rather than words from our leaders today.. The only way the American Dream can be kept alive is for us to pull together in a united effort to maintain and enhance what so many before have worked so hard for.
