What ever happened to Hope in America? Hope in Mankinds ability to do more than get by. Why do we settle for the dream that we might get out of this resession, or might have a public Health Plan that works.

Why did so many lose sight of the possible for ourselves, our childern, our collective power to exact a world we want. Not a world we live with, not a series of half measures and comprimises. But a place that actually provides the " Rights we believe to be Self Evident."

Our Apathy, depression, self centered consumer minds forgot, and re-forget even when we are reminded we can do great things.

I believe our needs, our Pursuit of Happiness, our ability to fulfill a dream a vision of a better place.. a place of prosperity, equality, growth, education, health, tolerance, justice, leadership, kinship, honor and ingretity.

Do we now lack the drive to self sacrafice, do we really only care about ourselves, and what we get out of it? 

What of the words and actions that stir your hearts and souls and minds?  The John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Aristotle, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King... many I am slighting by not listing here. Do we not see that dream? Do we no longer have the heart of sacrifice left?

I ask only cause the road is very dark... I am seeing the glass half empty for us in America these days. We are not starving in the streets... yet.  But our measures to get back on track are all so full of comprimise, politics, doubt... They lack ingenuity, Hope, Clarity, Leadership, Commitment.

Some people still dream, some still fight... There are many awesome teachers, firefighters, soldiers, doctors, scientists, parents, patriots... But do we realy listen anymore? Do we really act? Do we sacrifice or care beyond the scope of tommorow, today, our next fast food fill up?

The colonies formed from many different economies, hardships, political angles, religions, industries... etc. To form a Union. To form a Country whos principles gave opputunity for something maybe never before seen in the world. A place for the poor the weak the estranged and the persicuted. We fought a war against an Empire to gain that.. at cost I think few of us can imagine in blood, life, and hardship.

It was far from perfect... It barely worked.. we had almost no structured ability for executing the laws that protected these Right we Held as Self Evident. No taxes.. etc.

We under went a Civil War, A Great depression, A Civil Rights movement, WWII... All in the pursuit to either defend these ideals, or make right those we had over looked or forgotten. Each time we entered a dark hour, day, year or period in our American History we united. We fought passionatly, We sacrificed our selves and all we are made up of. To make sure the dream lived, grew, prospered!

Where is the passion? Where is the hope? Where is the voice of Integrity? Where are the dreamers of the future?

What do you want for your kids? What do you want of this world? How do we stand so many little slights and injustices to a beautifull dream? How do we allow corperations to rob us of our taxes? How do allow Ghettoes in our Cities? How do we sleep knowing that we are slowly ( or fastly ) destroying Earth itself... for .. well what? SUVS? Porn? .. you tell me.

Are we waiting for it to get worse? are we lacking a leader? are we lacking a will? How many Ecological, Economical, Political tradigies / scandals / disasters will it take?

Why do we settle for 35mpg cars in 4-8 years when we all know we could have 80-100mpg.. or all electric? Why do we allow employees to get robbed by corperations of their life savings, retirement etc. When we have the power to stop or make sure it never happens again? Why do we allow childern to recieve poor education? Poorer medical? Why do we allow ourselves to be misled by the media? our peers? our very fabric into thinking it is okay to let it go?

I know I am beating this to death a little for a sad little My Space blog.

I know many of my freinds of heard this from my mouth before.

I know I lack putting any of the answers into this blog. 

 But I want those whom read this to know. I am no longer settling for half measures. I want dreams, I want to achieve the fantastical. I don't just want cheap health care for most. I want comprehensive medical for all. I don't want slightly more eco-freindly cars I want a entirely new approach to the use of energy on this planet and in this nation. I don't want one man of integrity in office I want all my representatives to have my and our current and future interests at their heart.

 We have more ability individually and collectively to do any or all of these things than we like to admit. We can all change our perceptions, our actions, our involvement in a better nation and world.

 I no longer find the idea of Apathy acceptable. I am making a choice to begin my own self education, self reinvention, self. but I know longer want or wish that I become a smarter or stronger person for just me. I want to be a part of making things as they should be. I want to toil, inspire, I want ppl to think there is a man whom has a dream, who sees a future, I don't need wealth or power to make change. I can change myself.

 I invite everybody to share a dream, I invite everybody to forget there petty problems and remeber what we where, and more importantly want we can be... and then to make it happen. Cause no one but us can.

Please respond. Please remind me when I am being all those things I point my finger at. Please ignore the grammer and typos. Please think of want can be.. and help me chart the course for making it happen. Please tell me to STFU... Lets do coffee, blog, protest, run for office, go to school, be awesome parents, speak at rallies... Please let us act instead of being acted on.