My Fellow Americans:
I am tired of all this “Bull Shouting.” We think if we keep shouting “Falsehood!” somehow they will become true. Facts are facts and truth will always be revealed. How we treat each other matters. Because I disagree with you does not mean you are the devil incarnate and I must attack your self-worth and dignity. It does not mean you are the enemy and I must destroy you to be a winner. A winner is not “I win and you lose.” A true winner is when we all benefit. We have lied to ourselves, our souls, friends, and to each other. We put ideology over facts and truth. We have put party and power over the well-being of the country. It takes courage to do the right thing and no effort to follow blindly. Ask yourself, if you had to stand before God, and God asked you, “How did you treat yourself and your fellowman? Did you treat others in a loving way, even if you disagreed?”, what would be your answer? To my Christian brothers and sisters, when do you stand up to the powers that be and say truth and love cannot be deceived? If the unborn life matters so much to you, then why doesn’t the life all the people born mean the same to you? Does the three-year-old boy who died on a Greek shore trying to escape the horrors of war in Syria life matter as much as the unborn? I am calling you out before the most high to be loving and truthful. That all life matters and sometimes we have to make sacrifices for the good of all. Look at the “Greatest Generation” in which Tom Brokaw argued that these men and women fought not for fame and recognition, but because it was the “right thing to do.”
It seems our ideology has been distorted such that the only way to control people is to sow fear and doubt. What makes America great is our ability to come together to solve any problem in a loving and caring way. Our diversity and entrepreneurship makes us stronger. An entrepreneur is one who challenges the conventional wisdom and stands it on its head. The belief in a better tomorrow cannot be realized if we live in fear and doubt. What makes us great is our belief that we can make life better, not only for ourselves but for our children most of all. It is difficult to be creative if we live in fear and doubt. Like President Reagan said “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” The slogan “Make America Great Again” is wrong. It should be “Put American (and others, since we live in a global society) People First.” Put people first, not the party or false ideologies that promise much and delivers little. Like the promised GOP-backed Trumpcare. We cannot have everything. There are tradeoffs and sacrifices to be made. The questions we should be asking is “Why does our health care cost so much? Why at Hospital “A” is a CAT scan $5,000, at Hospital “B” it costs $3,000, satellite-related hospital facilities charge $1,000 and at an independent standalone it only costs $500. Slogans do not address the details. Details matter, just like my recent real-life CAT scan saga. My fellow Americans, our slogan should be “People First and Details Matter” or as President Reagan said, “Trust (people), but verify (detail).”