{"id":7453,"date":"2023-03-21T17:59:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T17:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movesflash.com\/?p=7453"},"modified":"2023-03-21T17:59:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T17:59:44","slug":"what-do-you-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev2025-2-2.movesflash.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/21\/what-do-you-want\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do You Want ?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What Do You Want ?<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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I sometimes find myself sitting here in disbelief, wondering what is going on with this country. What are we doing, what are we out to accomplish. It\u2019s a common feeling for me nowadays to ponder what we have become and where we are headed. There is only one answer I can come up and the answer is\u2026 I really don\u2019t know what that answer is. I don\u2019t know what people want, what they crave, what they need. I don\u2019t know anymore. We seem to have no direction and when we finally get a direction \u2013 in the form of a completely fresh start for all of us \u2013 it is abandoned in an instant, rejected with disdain. I don\u2019t know where to go from here, where to turn. And frankly, it\u2019s scary.<\/p>\n

For 234 years and counting, this nation cannot make up its mind. We don\u2019t know what we want. We know we are all passionate, taking sides, and when that side wins, well, what do we do next? We seem to be rudderless politically. The people have been lied to and fed bullshit for so long we cannot decipher what is a lie and what is truth. In and out, rapidly changing, evolving, adding, dumping, subtracting, lopping off, forgetting, remembering then forgetting again, misunderstanding, misspeaking, hating, loving, caring, shunning, and all the other \u201cings\u201d we can insert into this paragraph. We just can\u2019t seem to stay the course, ever changing our minds\u2026<\/p>\n

But don\u2019t you get that strange feeling that we\u2019re going in circles? Who do you believe? Every election year I view the candidates and witness a sea of empty promises and a lot of false hope. This year is no different and I am sick and tired of the same drivel.
\nIt\u2019s taken me a while to put my fingers to the keyboard for this article, as every time I go to write, I find myself more and more bitter; angry at the state of our so-called union. The problem for America is its passion: We don\u2019t know how to shut it off or direct it to the common good. Patriotism and deep-rooted traditions have scarred what was once a promising nation. Americans are fickle, quick to point out faults and ridicule an opposing view and label it as blasphemous. Do you notice that the same tea-baggers are from the same group that started this mess in the first place? Our political candidates, churned, recycled and then dusted off and propped like a ventriloquist\u2019s dummy every four years, rally their troops and think they are fighting the good fight; they have the answers. Everyone\u2019s got a new and exciting idea, the way to \u201cchange America.\u201d The problem with America is that there is too much change, kids in the playground picking sides \u2013 strongest and dumbest first and then the smartest last. Didn\u2019t we adults learn from these games? We\u2019re all big kids with a small attention span.<\/p>\n

Thinking and putting forth right decisions that benefit all of our citizens is the first step in righting the ship. We got that 2 years ago (it was only two fucking years ago, shit, time flies). Now we don\u2019t want it. I liked to think of America as a place where people can come together and see the goal and work together to attain it. Don\u2019t see that today. I see a split, major groups fighting\u2026 it is a civil war. Our divisiveness is no good anymore, doesn\u2019t work. We have two factors at play here: those that want to stay stagnant and those that want sweeping change. As for the stagnant ones, I call that selfishness. Those are the people that are close to death\u2019s door, mid-life and above that want to bring it back to the way we were which was isolationism, one country, one paycheck, one block party and 4th of July picnic. They can\u2019t help but want to live Rockwellian again. The changlings? Well, they\u2019re looking for solutions, global growth, a new millennia. We shouldn\u2019t go back; we needant go back.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know what the answer is, don\u2019t really have a clue. Just a guy with some thoughts on where we are headed and I don\u2019t like it. Not one bit. All I know is that two years ago we wanted change, got it unilaterally, now on the verge of crushing it with a radical vengeance. Whether the change is unprecedented and we\u2019re scared remains to be seen. You just have to give it a chance and move forward, progress. I don\u2019t know about you but I think we should stop and listen to one another\u2026 we just might like what the other is saying.<\/p>\n

So I say put the toys down and come out of the sandbox. Come to the table with one clear vision and go for it. I know opinions matter but opinions are like assholes\u2026 ah, you know the rest. Everyone\u2019s got one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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