hello america! i have yet to finish an earlier writing concerning obama being sworn in &, for anyone looking for it, i promise to get back to it very soon. but, first, i must write this letter to my new president so he'll know where i stand, what i expect, what i need, &, what all i don't want.
obama, congratulations to you & i am happy for you. that being said, i must say this...i am extremely informal in my writings:::no tittles, no capital letters in names (generally), no mr & mrs:::nope, none of that. plus, i can be very sarcastic at times. so, if you can accept that, please read on.
you ran on a platform of "change" & how you are the only one that can fix america's problems. i've listened to you & i have been very judgemental & critical about you & your plans for my country. &, no where in your plans did you address the issues that affect each & every one of us daily. america became so caught up in your smooth, flowery rhetoric that they failed to hear what you didn't say. well, i'm here to tell you that i heard what you didn't say.
you know better then most that in order to grow, you must start as a little seed, then you root, then you sprout &, if you're lucky, you blossom. buildings are built from the ground up: in other words, everything in life starts from ground zero. isn't that how you grew? from a seed?
well, my country needs to be allowed to 'grow' &, to be honest, your plans do not allow for that growth. your plans sound great & offer hope but, they don't address the problems that hinder america's growth.
yes, we are in dire times which call for drastic actions but, the actions you plan won't help us as a people. &, in a minute, i'll prove to you why.
the greatest problem facing america is, we have allowed politicians & the supreme court to peel off the layers of what made america america. america's history is deeply rooted in churches & organizations & GOD, the american flag, schools & education, parenting, neighbors helping neighbors, mom & pop stores & (MOST IMPORTANTLY), the american will to remain a free country &, english. just eight little things but, together, they make up the foundation of this great nation--- from the ground up.
our foundation has been trampled & undermined by the very system installed to guarantee its survival (OF WHICH YOU ARE NOW THE LEADER). &, it amazes me that you continue to fail to address these issues.
SO, LET'S DO SO NOW BUT, NOT IN THE ORDER THEY'RE LISTED!
the american flag is the symbol that represents us here as well as abroad. it should be given the utmost respect &, no other flag should be raised higher then it. well, somewhere along the line, some idiots in washington felt it would do their constituents good to allow the desecration of our flag &, this needs to stop. if i am correct, you voted to allow the desecration of our flag. how can our flag be a representation of this country when we allow it to be worn on it's citizens butts & burned. obama, restore the respect to our flag that it deserves---after all, america saw you salute &/or put a hand to your heart (as did your wife) as our flag passed your inaguration viewing station. don't be a hypocrit, have washington make flag desecration a felony with strong penalties.
schools & education have always been part of the american backbone. building better schools, raising teachers pay &, providing the opportunity for every child to get a good, affordable education does not address the problem. the biggest problems concerning our school systems are: the crime rate for all schools has gone up (some even have police stationed within the schools). there are gangs in & around the schools. drugs are being sold & used within the schools. parents, organizations, communitees &, churches lack the power to enforce their child's attendance.
obama, you may mean well but, since you're there, why not do the best job you can for us? fix the problems that have allowed our school systems to fall apart to the point that our children attend school to 'hang out' & show off the hottest gear & bling-bling. if you think that your plan will solve this problem, you're crazy. take the worst part of your home state---has to be chi-town---build a better building, pay the teachers top pay, make it as 'green' as you want &, mandate its affordability & then tell me you solved the problem. be for real! a lot of teachers have lost their true desire to teach because of the conditions they are confronted with. a lot of the students don't get to learn all they should because of the conditions they're confronted with. a lot of kids don't go to shool or cut out of school & nothing is done about it---i should say, very little is done about it. intead of punishing the child, the system punishes the parent or guardian with fines &/or jail time. & yet, the parent or guardian lacks the authority to 'force' the child to school whether it be from fear of the child &/or fear of the penal system (they call it "child abuse now").
no, your plan is only window dressing & i'm here to tell you it won't stay in the window long. fix the conditions & the overcrowding & the system will take care of itself (even in an old shack).
parents & guardians, as stated above, have very litle influence on their children. they can't lay down the law as they once could for fear of being hauled off to jail. our system has become so backwards that it allows children to sue their paents & guardians &/or jail them. yes, i had my butt beaten by my father with a belt. i know now that i am better off for it. yes, there is a point when it crosses the line & only then should the authorities step in. let's see: there's verbal abuse, abuse through intimadation, there's physical abuse, there's kidnapping by forceably keeping a child from going out &, there's mental abuse. the line between 'good' & 'bad' abuse is so frail & grey that it can be stepped over without ill will towards the child. obama, if you really want to fix anything, give the parent & guardian back the authority they once ruled their home with.
also a major part of this problem is that one of the parents can walk away from their responsibilities with very little repercussions & divorce is extremely easy to attain. children are having children. too many children being born out of wedlock. these are our problems & they are very real. fix them!
english should be our national language by law. if one wants to enter our country, learning english must be mandatory. if we should choose to learn another language, fine. as a true american, i am tired of government issued papers in multiple languages. same thing with calling different companies. i'm american & we speak english here. make it mandatory for all who enter our borders to learn it & speak it---this is not to say that they cannot speak their own language,,,they should but, don't force it on me. don't come to my country & tell me i have to live by your rules or speak your language---i'm american, it's just that simple.
attendance for churches & the various organizations that serve america is down. parents can't get their children to attend & washington has to accept a lot of the blame. by taking GOD & religion out of the schools-specifically, the pledge of allegiance, & ruling what can & can't be in public buildings has had a trickle down effect on us. if church & state must be so severely separated, why is a clergyman allowed to say a prayer before the proceedings & why is the GOOD BOOK still allowed to be sworn on? you did it. we are a country where the majority of us do beleive in GOD, &, the CROSS should be allowed to hang in all public buildings. if you are truely a man of & for the people, make it happen.
america used to be filled with neighbors helping neighbors & watching overs each others children without having to be asked to do so. when one was sick, they would bring you a pot of home made soup. they always talked to one another & shared coffee & cakes. they looked out for one another & their neighborhoods. now a days, they barely nod at one another. neighborhoods are over run with gangs, drugs &, crime. people are afraid to go out at night &, in some areas, they are afraid to go out in the day. it wouldn't be too bad if it were just american gangs doing business here; no we have chineese gangs, russian gangs, jamaican gangs &, mexican gangs...they come from all over the world & some of them are extremely brutal. neighborhoods can't be fixed until the gangs are rooted out, crime is shrunken &, drugs weeded out. you want america to grow, eliminate those three problems.
obama, your plan to help the little businessman won't work & i don't care how much money you pour into it. since the creation of malls & the chains of grocery stores, the mom & pop stores were doomed to die. if you honestly wanted to help the little businesses, you would be 'killing' america. your point on jobs being lost & unemployment skyrocketing is well known & agreed to. however, take a good look at just how many of the little businesses are going overseas & when you talk of the laying off by the thousands, the little businessman's company is not even in the same paragraph. it's the big companies that are firing & laying off their workers or, moving overseas.
if you wanted to help the mom & pop stores the only way you could do it would be to close the walmarts, the k-marts, the sears, the t-mobiles etc...the little business sector is hurting because they can't compete with the larger chainstores. especially in the food market. you can answer this for america & settle any dispute we may have about the little business company; did you get your suit from the washington hood-which is about 4 blocks from your front door? or did you go to your old neighborhood (altgeld gardens or that area) & get the little tailer to make it? now you can see why the little busiman is having such a hard time. & yes, target is all over & has helped put the little business out of business because the little man can't compete with them. it's simple math.
i live in allentown pa & since home depot showed up, the small businesses that were selling the same products as home depot have collasped, sold out or, just simply disappeared. they couldn't compete with the prices, the services, the selections &, the warranties.
obama, be careful of what you promise us. in order for you to allow the little businesses to grow, you have to close or downsize the bigger ones & you know the repercussions of that would swell the unemployment lines greatly.
america's will to remain free will always be at the forefront of thought whenever facing foreign dangers with or without you. you can either make us stronger, or you can make us weaker. i honestly hope it's the former of the two. it doesn't take a general or congressman/woman to tell anyone that our military has kept us safe. our weapon systems & troops need to be the best of the best &, above all else, we must always be totally willing to employ our military without second thought. that & that alone is what has kept us free.
obama, if you can handle the above problems, you will truely help this country in ways it hasn't been helped for decades. they are the real problems that affect each & every one of us daily. &, even though i voted for mccain, i accept you as my president & will support you 100%, but, I, as an american, need the above problems fixed first.
thankyou!
