Hi Sam
The culture needs to be fixed, not the system. 70% of all black children are born out of wedlock, uh the break down of the family is a result of the sick culture we have now, that celebrates evil and hates what is good. Anytime there is something we don't like, the powers at be, re-define it to make it better.... The media and movies are the god of this generation which tells people how to live and what moral values to have. The fact that many Americans don't have insurance is a result of the victim mentality. Most are not prevented from getting a couple of jobs or living with other family members or other solutions which means personal involvement by each of us. The problem is that we want the government to take care of it and we don't want any personal responsibility.... I could write volumes, but none of this fixes anything, since the problem has to be fixed by the inside out, not by correcting the outside. The political parties need to talk about personal responsibility and not about the Mother government taking care of us.
The Dems of today should have listened to JFK, as they always bring up his name but don't live to his principles from his inaugural speech:
All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, nor in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.
In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than in mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered the call to service surround the globe.
Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are - but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation" - a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.
Can we forge against these enemies a grand and global alliance, North and South, East and West, that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind? Will you join in that historic effort?
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shank from this responsibility - I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavour will light our country and all who serve it -- and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.
My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.
AI
