I am part of a great groundswell of citizens taking back their power from the corrupt forces that have taken advantage of our collective complacency. It is time to rise up and fight for the country I want.
This image brings to mind John Lennon's Imagine and the idea of daring to dream of the world we want to create. What if we take it a step further? What if we dare to create the world we dream of?
We may not be half slave and half free anymore, at least in 19th century terms, but we are half left-wing and half right-wing. And propaganda has been pushing us further apart. Could the Union be dissolved? Could the house fall?
I have been thinking about the word "triggered" that is bandied about so much these days. It has become somewhat of a loaded word, but all it means is that something has touched a nerve.
Is what I have to say helping the situation - ie, offering light to guide me and others - or am I spewing more debris into the storm that only contributes to the damage it can do?
As a collective, we in the United States are emerging from a long, foggy stupor of complacency. As more and more corruption is exposed, we see that things have gone way too far.