Can’t disagree with anything you’ve cited about what America has written down that it stands for. (We can quibble about school choice.) But from its inception, the words and deeds have never matched—still don’t. Main Street was never primary to wealth or trade.
I suspect we might differ on what parts or processes of government to limit,…
Can’t disagree with anything you’ve cited about what America has written down that it stands for. (We can quibble about school choice.) But from its inception, the words and deeds have never matched—still don’t. Main Street was never primary to wealth or trade.
I suspect we might differ on what parts or processes of government to limit, but that’s normal. We need a coherent border and immigration policy—which hasn’t been seen since maybe Eisenhower’s braceros program. I worked for the NSA, so have much to say about “security” and government spending (waste). But I digress…
How can there be an “Again” when the written America was never the actual America?
America has always been in the process of becoming its ideals, with great tension between the ideals written in the Declaration of Independence (all Men are created equal)vs the harsh exclusivity of The Constitution (Blacks were 3/5 of a person, women and men not owning property could not vote).
I think we are all “making America” everyday by fulfilling our duties—and courtesies—of citizens and residents living together (jury duty, volunteering at the library or polling places, using turn signals, not killing schoolchildren, etc)
I traveled all over the US for 25 years on business. I’ve lived overseas. America is a special piece of Earth geographically, unique from being created by all immigrants, and so incredibly diverse—long before one gets to all the many ethnicities.
Can’t disagree with anything you’ve cited about what America has written down that it stands for. (We can quibble about school choice.) But from its inception, the words and deeds have never matched—still don’t. Main Street was never primary to wealth or trade.
I suspect we might differ on what parts or processes of government to limit, but that’s normal. We need a coherent border and immigration policy—which hasn’t been seen since maybe Eisenhower’s braceros program. I worked for the NSA, so have much to say about “security” and government spending (waste). But I digress…
How can there be an “Again” when the written America was never the actual America?
America has always been in the process of becoming its ideals, with great tension between the ideals written in the Declaration of Independence (all Men are created equal)vs the harsh exclusivity of The Constitution (Blacks were 3/5 of a person, women and men not owning property could not vote).
I think we are all “making America” everyday by fulfilling our duties—and courtesies—of citizens and residents living together (jury duty, volunteering at the library or polling places, using turn signals, not killing schoolchildren, etc)
I traveled all over the US for 25 years on business. I’ve lived overseas. America is a special piece of Earth geographically, unique from being created by all immigrants, and so incredibly diverse—long before one gets to all the many ethnicities.