THE GOOD AMERICANS

With all of the negativity spewing out of Washington you’d think that the country was filled to the brim with racists, Nazis, political terrorists, and gun-toting right-wing extremist conspirators. Nothing could be further from the truth.

When you get out there in Des Moines, IA or Des Moines, WA or Sarasota, FL you discover that this country is filled almost to the brim with church-going, community-minded, family-oriented Americans who work together everyday to meet the needs of their communities and their families in a positive way. I said, “Almost to the brim.” We all are aware that there are bad apples in this country. Unfortunately for the rest of us, the scum always seems to rise to the top.

There are those who have been out there farming and growing food for the rest of the country. There are those who haul the food to processing plants, distribution centers, and retail outlets. There’s the gal at Burger King with the big smile, the priest with his flock, the electrician on the pole, the nurse in the hospital…. These are all good, honest, down-to-earth Americans who rush to the aid of their friends and neighbors when tragedy strikes, who show up in high school bleachers for the Friday night games, who summarily make up the backbone of everything this country has been about since its inception in 1776.

When you take a close look at the values that really matter in this country, such as honesty, ethics, loving care, religion, hard work… They are all cornerstones of Middle America that hold the country together. These American people have been taking it for granted that the rest of the country is filled with people just like them, people who they can trust just as they trust their uncle or the guy down in the feed store.

Today, these good Americans wake up to discover that they have been betrayed by the scum at the top. They learn that their hard-earned money that was sent to Washington in the form of taxes to run this country, have been misspent. They learn of the rampant corruption among the leaders they elected, and they come to recognize that those leaders don’t really care about their country at all.

These good Americans are NOT to blame for the runaway misspending, for the corruption, for the lies, for the manipulations that are leading us to the brink of disaster. But, they are now aware of it and they are madder than hell.

Those in the corridors of power in our government don’t realize it, but the day of reckoning is fast approaching. Middle America, the Good Americans, want their country back. Somehow, I don’t thing the Ugly Americans are going to be able to spin, lie, connive or talk their way out of it this time.