My Political Rant...

One voice out of millions. That is all I have. And a tiny voice at that. I can barely get my little girl to listen to me at bedtime. But one thing I know for sure is that I am an American, and so proud of it. I love this country. I love all that the flag stands for. I am an American. I see Old Glory unfurled in the wind and I can’t help but think of all the men-and boys, really-fighting in a distant land for others who would rather spit on them then thank them. This is an amazing country. I had a wonderful History teacher in high school (shout out to Mr. Dearden). Before that class, I had no idea what it was to be an American. I remember he told us once that if we learned nothing ease in his class, he wanted us to know what our rights are. How are we to know if our rights are being taken away if we don’t even know what they are? I came away from his class with an understanding and a love for this country that I didn’t possess going into it. The next year, I live in Russia for almost a year, and I got to see first hand how an other government operates. I still remember when I came home from Russia; we were at the Cincinnati airport where I saw my first American flag in a number of months. To see that brought tears to my eyes. I love this country, and that is why I am so nervous about the direction it had been heading towards. I am a conservative Republican. I listen to Sean Hannity and Glen Beck, and I agree with most of what they have to say. I, on the other hand, am just a girl with no connections and influence what so ever. I feel like I am a who on Horton Hears a Who. I am standing here on my speck trying to get someone to listen to me and no one can hear me. So this is me, on my speck, giving you my two cents in the only why I know how to do. The amount of money our congress has been spending in the last 50 days (today is the 50th day of President Obamas reign of change) is staggering. 770+ billion in the first spending bill, stimulus bill (which, by the way, we really won’t see any of it), and an other bill that was passed and should be on President Obama’s desk tomorrow to either sign, or Veto which would be an other 400+Billion dollars. Yes, you read right, I said billions, not millions. That is no typo. And these bills are full of earmarks and pork barrel spending for pet projects which would do nothing but push us further and further into a depression. But that really isn’t all that is making me nervous. I could mention how President Obama sent back to Great Britain a bust of William Churchill that was a gift to our country after 9-11, but that just might be proof of his ignorance as far as foreign policy goes. I am more concern at the march towards socialism that he is leading us on. I have lived in a country that is socialist, and I prefer our capitalist society. Yes, there is a division of wealth, but we have freedom and opportunity not given to any other country on this planet! Doesn’t it always seem to go that we don’t know what we’ve got until it’s gone? I hope not. I didn’t ask for change. I voted for McCain. I welcome all coments, weather you agree with me or not. Because I am an American, and I believe in my rights of freedom of speech and your right to disagree with me.