God Bless America

in a nation built on the shoulders of freedom and upheld on the back of liberty, how have we come so far only to see all that slip into the butt-crack of fear and false truths? how can we allow our rights...the rights earned through revolution, through bloodshed, through anguish...be diminished and trampled upon all under the pretense of "anti-terrorism"?

as we made our way through the monuments...Jefferson, who defined freedom; Lincoln, who defined equality; Roosevelt, who defined strength; and of course, Washington, who defined America...it was chilling to imagine the reactions of these men if they were able to see what the country they built has become.

but this is not a time for blame or riding a high-horse, it is a time for real Americans, for all of us to enact our duties as citizens. we are responsible to challenge and question our leaders, it is our job, it is our duty, it is our right.

and with all that, i'm moving to china...