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sheshe2

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Tue Jun 13, 2017, 09:47 PM Jun 2017

Please Read: You Will Never Get Your Country Back [View all]

Please read carefully, because I don’t want you to miss a single word.



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My need to bridge the divide is a product of having spent my entire life trying to see both sides of the argument. Trying to not fall into the trap of absolutes. Refusing to accept that the world we live in exists only in black and white. Doing my best to show my country that we could be more than the very things that separate us. At some point, enough is enough though. At some point, I can’t be a consensus builder. At some point, even I run out of excuses and explanations for people who can’t even be honest with themselves.

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America belongs to Republicans just as much as America belongs to Democrats.That’s how these UNITED States work. To the uninformed and incompetent former mayor from Alaska, the knuckle-dragging bigot masquerading as a special advisor, and the race-baiting failure of a president that currently have the loudest voices in the Republican Party, you do not have a monopoly on this great country. You never will.

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America is more than just a catchphrase or a collection of colors on a piece of cloth. America means liberty. America means freedom. Being American isn’t just a political term, it’s a way of life. It would serve many enablers and supporters of our President to stop going through the motions of calling themselves an American and ask themselves what it means to actually be an American. I think the term for that is personal responsibility. The time for party politics is over. Your nation, my nation, our nation is under attack. Not just from a foreign entity, but a domestic one as well.

Standing by this president makes you an embarrassment to all that is good in this country. It makes you a stain on the fabric of our nation. It makes you the antithesis of everything that your party purports to stand for. Simply put, it makes you un-American.

Read More:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/you-will-never-get-your-country-back_us_59373e52e4b06bff911d7be5

This Land Is Your Land
Bob Dylan
This land is your land, this land is my land
From the California to the New York island
From the Redwood Forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me
As I went walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
And saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me
I roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me , a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me
When the sun comes shining, then I was strolling
In the wheat fields waving and dust clouds rolling
The voice was chanting as the fog was lifting
This land was made for you and me
This land is your land and this land is my land
From the California to the New York island
From the Redwood Forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me
When the sun comes shining, then I was strolling
In wheat fields waving and dust clouds rolling
The voice come chanting as the fog was lifting
This land was made for you and me
Songwriters: WOODY GUTHRIE

https://www.bing.com/search?q=this+land+is+your+land+lyrics&form=EDGNTC&qs=LS&cvid=3e7beebb2a7e4e889e9ca65348de1961&cc=US&setlang=en-US

This land was made for you and me.

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When I call my Republicon congresscritters WhiteTara Jun 2017 #1
Good for you! Keep it up WhiteTara. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #2
I used to be and now I'm in Arkansas WhiteTara Jun 2017 #3
I most certainly do wish you luck. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #5
Good Luck TomSlick Jun 2017 #13
I sent a scathing letter to the Gazette and they published it WhiteTara Jun 2017 #14
Sorry, I misunderstood TomSlick Jun 2017 #15
Actually, I want a bi-weekly column WhiteTara Jun 2017 #16
Oh please...do it. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #23
Please let us know if this works out. TomSlick Jun 2017 #25
okay WhiteTara Jun 2017 #30
My first column prints next week! WhiteTara Jun 2017 #38
That's REALLY shrewd, my friend. calimary Jun 2017 #31
Really? WhiteTara Jun 2017 #32
Nice!!! calimary Jun 2017 #33
Thank You! WhiteTara Jun 2017 #37
I, too, use republi-CON all the time. This is GREAT, WhiteTara! calimary Jun 2017 #39
Your keyboard to the syndicators ears! WhiteTara Jun 2017 #43
thought you might like to see my first column WhiteTara Jun 2017 #47
You might want to have it framed, just to mark this auspicious occasion! calimary Jun 2017 #49
Thank you for your kind thoughts! WhiteTara Jun 2017 #50
I'd take the column, AND the mast head. And have it framed so you see not only the work calimary Jun 2017 #52
Thanks for all the great suggestions. WhiteTara Jun 2017 #53
I didn't realize what a rush I would get when I found out the column WhiteTara Jun 2017 #54
Ooooooh yeah!!!!!! calimary Jun 2017 #55
Thanks and WhiteTara Jun 2017 #56
I grow more proud of you by the day! calimary Jun 2017 #57
You're lucky Bettie Jun 2017 #4
I sorry... sheshe2 Jun 2017 #7
I'm curious...what's their response? Jacquette Jun 2017 #27
It's mixed. Some are true believers and they WhiteTara Jun 2017 #29
The thing is Bettie Jun 2017 #6
It is their fantasy world... sheshe2 Jun 2017 #8
I watched those shows after school when I was a kid Bettie Jun 2017 #9
I didn't watch those shows, but my mother did. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2017 #36
So sorry that was your childhood, Blanche. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #41
Awww thanks she. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2017 #44
I knew that, Blanche. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #45
Me too, she. I hope so too. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2017 #46
Great article, volstork Jun 2017 #10
Yes...performed by Dylan and Woody was credited in my OP as author. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #11
My apologies-- volstork Jun 2017 #18
No problem, volstork. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #21
It is brer cat Jun 2017 #12
Thank you, brer, no apology. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #22
That was very moving. brer cat Jun 2017 #24
Yes it was moving. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #26
Its their world, they own it elmac Jun 2017 #17
A powerful statement, elmac. volstork Jun 2017 #19
This is moving and beautiful and true. Thanks so much, She... Hekate Jun 2017 #20
So many of us from that era see the words as a point of reference.. asiliveandbreathe Jun 2017 #28
Thanks so much, asiliveandbreathe. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #42
an idea put to test Demonaut Jun 2017 #34
I have pretty much been a Black-and-White kind o' gal. Republicans have never proven me wrong. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #35
It's not unlike the rhetoric associated with addiction ck4829 Jun 2017 #40
it no longer means anything to be an American, aside from geography and legalities. geek tragedy Jun 2017 #48
The UNITED States of America are just words to Conservatives. HughBeaumont Jun 2017 #51
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