Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Work Together

Saturday was a tragic day in the United States.  An Arizona Congresswoman was shot and is in critical condition with many others injured, and a few others dead, notably a prominent judge and a young girl who was related to a baseball manager.   This is a terrible event and unfortunately it comes at a very stressful time in our nation (no coincidence).  With war still waging in the Middle East, the economy still sluggish and an election that just reversed political alignment in the US Congress, this was a cherry on top of all the negativity that our country has been going through.

I find it ridiculous that a nation has not been able to truly come together to make our nation better.  We came together during 9/11 and that patriotism and comradary has fallen by the way side year after year since that terrible September day.  Now instead of coming together, we have separated ourselves, (some might argue more than ever) between Red and Blue, Liberal and Conservative, Democrat and Republican.  And now people have physically been injured because of this divide.  What is worse, people who only strengthen the divide are using this tragic opportunity to make themselves rise above the ashes and garner support for themselves.

Here is a NY Times article discussing what Blue and Red want to do...http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/us/politics/10politics.html?hp

The Republican's still want to repeal the health care bill this week.  Dem's want to halt it because of this accident.  Both are trying to use this opportunity to strengthen their own hands.  This is nonsense! The Congress, as well as "The People", need to take a step back, and use this time to ask, "Are we really making America/ns' better?"

We should use this difficult time to look at what we have done over the last decade and make sure we understand what exactly we are doing.  Are we sure that we are bringing a nation together? I am not sure.  It seems, if anything, we are dividing a nation.  We (The People) and Politicians need to make some sense of the Fox News v. CNN or MSNBC.  We need to let go of the ridiculous back and forth about issues and start to say, how we can make everyone better.  Healthcare would be a start.  I am not for nor am I against but I believe everyone should have access to healthcare.  Whether it is federally mandated or privately controlled, the bottom line is everyone should be able to get it.

This is just one example and I won’t go into all the issues, but we should want the best for everyone else.  That’s how we make our nation better. Let’s stop bitching at the small things, and move on.  Let’s make America the best country in the world by working together!

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