Cause We Forgot
Let America be America Again
LANGSTON HUGHES 1938
Originally published in Esquire and in the International Worker Order pamphlet A New Song (1938)
Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.)
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed-- Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.
(It never was America to me.)
O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath , But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe. (There's never been equality for me, Nor freedom in this "homeland of the free.")
Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark? And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?
I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart, I am the Negro bearing slavery's scars. I am the red man driven from the land, I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek-- And finding only the same old stupid plan Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.
I am the young man, full of strength and hope, Tangled in that ancient endless chain Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land! Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need! Of work the men! Of take the pay! Of owning everything for one's own greed!
I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil. I am the worker sold to the machine. I am the Negro, servant to you all. I am the people, humble, hungry, mean-- Hungry yet today despite the dream. Beaten yet today--O, Pioneers! I am the man who never got ahead, The poorest worker bartered through the years.
Yet I'm the one who dreamt our basic dream In the Old World while still a serf of kings, Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true, That even yet its mighty daring sings In every brick and stone, in every furrow turned That's made America the land it has become. O, I'm the man who sailed those early seas In search of what I meant to be my home-- For I'm the one who left dark Ireland's shore, And Poland's plain, and England's grassy lea, And torn from Black Africa's strand I came To build a "homeland of the free."
The free?
Who said the free? Not me? Surely not me? The millions on relief today? The millions shot down when we strike? The millions who have nothing for our pay? For all the dreams we've dreamed And all the songs we've sung And all the hopes we've held And all the flags we've hung, The millions who have nothing for our pay-- Except the dream that's almost dead today.
O, let America be America again-- The land that never has been yet-- And yet must be--the land where every man is free. The land that's mine--the poor man's, Indian's, Negro's, ME-- Who made America, Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain, Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain, Must bring back our mighty dream again.
Sure, call me any ugly name you choose-- The steel of freedom does not stain. From those who live like leeches on the people's lives, We must take back our land again, America!
O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath-- America will be!
Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death, The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies, We, the people, must redeem The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers. The mountains and the endless plain-- All, all the stretch of these great green states-- And make America again!
"Make America Great
Again" Campaign slogan - Donald Trump 2015
I'd like to begin this with a glance back in
time 2008 when gas prices were at an
all time
high and jobs loss 800,000 a month and unemployment was at its highest since
the great depression; and banks like Goldman Sachs, ENRON, AIG, JP Morgan, they
all were selling junk bonds and the housing market all were on the brink of
ruin. TARP bailouts, 2008-2009.
1/3rd of Americans didn't have access to health insurance, due to pre-existing conditions, there was no coverage for adult children at home or in college past age 21.
The Republican Party 2001-2005 held both houses and voted for biggest tax cuts in history during war depleted the US Treasury and 2009 called the first African American President a liar out loud interrupting his speech during his first State of the Union Address because of his remarks about immigration, remember "You lie!"
Why does America want to put them back at the realm;
After 6 years and 75 repeals, a government shutdown? The Republican Majority in the House has no replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act better known as Obamacare.
They're defiance alone has staggered the
economic recovery for many middle to low income Americans. Have judges
who advocate from the bench; 2014 Ebola was first unleashed because the
state of Texas has no health care policies in place. Their delegates i.e., TX
delegation Ted Cruz and Louie Gomer have trashed all bills coming to the house
and senate floor. Also, Ted Cruz was single handily responsible for the
government shutdown.
Obstructing any and all olive branches that came from the Executive Branch. In order to reclaim total power in all three branches of government. The Supreme Court of the United States is party neutral yet you nobody called out the government officials of that state to be accountable for their policies which hurt women and other minorities due to gerrymandered districts, which was implemented by Former Congressman Tom Delay from Texas, who eventually served time in prison for some shady mismanagement of funds.
Why does America not realize that the right
leaning Supreme Court upheld Citizens United RIP Antonin Scalia advocated while
on the bench for outlawing, affirmative action, voting rights act, Roe vs. Wade
woman's right to choose, and protection of the gun lobbyist. These cases were
already litigated and settled 48 and 50+years ago.
Governor Chris Christie hugged President Obama
and said during Hurricane Sandy cleanup he would rebuild; where are the funds
promised to those people in New Jersey who lost their businesses, homes and
possessions?
Why does America forget about the disasters that have happened over the years yet Republicans fail to govern and send budget cuts to the Senate that hurt average Americans such as SNAP and the Farm bill.
A government shutdown 2010 that almost ruined our nation’s credit rating.
Despite the huge headwind, President Obama endured still managed to accomplished a lot through executive order; passed a major health care law while the Democrats briefly held both Houses;
1st: January 4, 2007 –
December 19, 2007 2nd: January 3, 2008 – January 3, 2009,
In 2010 lost back House to Tea Party Republicans who rejected all bills sent from the Whitehouse, many were for infrastructure, help get the economy stimulated get middle class back to work but they died on the way those Jobs bills to Congress controlled by GOP leaders Speaker of the House who opposed any bills coming from the direction of the Executive Branch; Mitch McConnell and others spent Obama's Inauguration evening with 15 other strategist in 2009 while the newly elected President & First Lady were being serenaded by Beyoncé' singing rendition of Etta James "At Last" famous song, meanwhile Newt Gingrich, and the other Strategist plotted a course to deny and delegitimize Obama's presidency and destroy his legacy. The Minority leader went so far that on the Senate floor he vowed that his main agenda was to see that Barack Obama was a one term President and he hoped his Administration failed.
The media whose always fueling the dueling coroneted Hillary Clinton, and loyal Democrats rallied to get her the nomination; what' was her message, it was I'm next in line, I want to be the 1st woman elected as President regardless of the baggage her opponents set for her. Yet she ran almost unopposed by the Democratic Party based upon loyal peers who often sought her and Bill Clinton's endorsement and support it was payback time. What she accomplished during her tenure as Secretary of State besides promote issues that compliment her agenda, was destroyed by hearings on Benghazi, and a stand-alone server. Previous Secretaries of Defense Robert Gates and Leon Panetta both publish memoirs to embarrass Obama administration. Yet both of them knew the President regarded their advice in handling most Middle East foreign affairs.
How soon we forget, because it’s not good to remember the roughest times... but when Obama had to send stimulus packages to the House and Senate to bailout this country they bailed out all of the largest banks, even two mentioned above and the Federal Reserve kept their word to yield on interest rate lowest ever and buy government bonds. How could they forget the working man, our infrastructure? Jobs were never created to put our working class people back to work. No investment in fixing our middle economic structure, research and development programs cut funding for Education, Planned Parenthood, EPA, CDC, and VA, and many other government funded programs that would have stabilized the middle class of America just the same as Wall Street; yet due to the GOP shutdowns/stubbornness to made austerity cuts mandated due to stalemate. Instead of stimulating the middle of America they only stimulated the wealth or the 1% which saved wall street the DOW has hit two historical highs since President Obama was elected in 2012.Unemployment is at an all-time low since 2008 4.9% more Americans are back to work but at lower wages, which again the minimum wage bill is being blocked by the GOP (while the NRA is controlling the RNC Republican National Committee). Alongside of blocking confirmation of Supreme Court Nominee to replace Justice Scalia. Convincing constituency that Congress is upholding the constitution, I think not!
Since domestic terrorism began, experienced high body counts but the gun lobbyist refused to allow legislation for background checks to ensure that mentally unstable or any terrorist wouldn't get guns. They oppose any immigration legislation to legitimize undocumented, finally the Republicans want to eliminate any right to choose or contraception available to women, yet no mention of what Viagra has done to men who often die from heart disease.
We need to wake up and stop allowing the media to feed us what we should think or our pastors whether you are for either party, you have to wake up and realize that the scales of justice and equality are tilting to one side; that's to the privileged whose party affiliation is Money and Power! (Let's end Citizens United)
2009- President Obama has done some amazing things for this Nation - we haven't had any terrorist attacks since 911, and he has tried to meet his counter parts half way but each time they only seek to bring him down and embarrass him as a world leader. History will write his-story quite well. How soon we forget he caught Bin laden, he responded to Ebola in Africa with troops building hospitals; he didn't go to war in Syria two reasons 1.) It’s a Civil War that will never end 2.) Who’s the enemy and who the rebels are, and all agreed Bashar al-Assad must go; so he formed a coalition of Nations to deal with the crisis.
Now he's fighting his fellow countryman to prevent a ground War but establish the groundwork for limiting nuclear proliferation in Middle East. Rejected outright by same individuals who rallied and fueled fear enraged the population to go to war in Iraq. They were wrong had no strategy and the result same soldiers we trained ran away from the fight with ISIS. Trillions on propping up a government unprepared 10 years later.
ISIS is Saddam Hussein's former Military that went underground, Late in 2003, after the Americans had defeated and disbanded Saddam’s army, Baghdadi helped found Jaysh Ahl al-Sunna wa-l-Jamaah (Army of the People of the Sunna and Communal Solidarity), an insurgent group; that's what Dick Cheney and Fox News don't tell you.
This decision not to go into Syria has spared lives of our sons and daughters some veterans who still haven't received help from Congress after being wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. George W. Bush and; Dick Cheney Administration started this mess when they went into a sovereign Country to westernize them for control of their minerals "OIL" black gold.
Now they're fighting to maintain the foot hole in that region.
President Eisenhower/General Eisenhower called it "The Industrial War complex he warned about these things we see in Foreign Affairs today which generates billions of dollars for DOD hires thousands of private contractors, training, feeding, and housing our troops, building internal infrastructure for IT in Green zone. These jobs would have been given to civil service workers in 1958-1980. Since the days of Ronald Regan, government has gotten more and more private. So whose surprised that they all are living in chaos 13 years later after the UN inspectors left without finding weapons of mass destruction and the US hasn't seen a "mushroom cloud" to date. Lastly, gas prices are down to the lowest in years because of President Obama energy policy that is working. Fracking has proved to cause a lot issues, Nebraska American Indians protested and won, but questions about the environment have not proven out but, the GOP say’s the Keystone pipeline is the key to economic growth; well if so how come it only creates 50,000 jobs?
They are banking on fear and hate to get their "base" out well; we do have to be cautious because middle America is about to end as we know it if they get control and a possible impeachment of this President for his promise to sign an executive order on immigration for he isn't like "Washington" and that's what we voted for he doesn't spend evenings drinking with Congressman or Senators but at home with his wife and children, no He's not like Washington those Ole pol's who do backroom deals like establishing Jim Crow laws after the emancipation.
How soon we forget the good old "Southern Strategy" and how LBJ's fight on poverty swiftly changed to WAR and became the fight in Vietnam. Over 500,000 lives lost...
I saved the best for last recent news one month before he leaves office these are the headlines
"Israel summons US ambassador as
Netanyahu lashes out at Obama" our friends.
Benjamin Netanyahu is a friend
with Adelson, Trump's son in law and others who tend to not get that there is
an agreement they're not upholding to it. Since 1968. But they keep building
settlements on the West Bank, and now the incoming President Elect Donald Trump
nominated an Ambassador who’s his bankruptcy attorney who’s so pro-Israel he
wants to move the Embassy to Jerusalem...
The world alliances are
watching from a distance and will judge and condemn those who seek adversity
over peace.
Israel has
powerful Billionaire Republicans friends, and a Democrat with power
Chuck Schumer the new Minority Leader whose main objective is protect Prime
Minister Netanyahu although feels justified to insult, besmirch the sitting
President Obama's integrity.
Since Donald Trump got elected his
Administration will be in control of diplomacy in Middle East with peace talks;
So far how he's handling peace between 2 tribes Palestine and Israel with
one state solution. By taking sides with Israel of course! Netanyahu was
invited by former Speaker of the House Boehner with the audacity to give a
speech to the 113th Congress House Republicans to undermine our 44th
President. Netanyahu is considered a friend of who? After President
Obama gave them 39 Billion dollars in aid that's no friend but a major FOE!
How soon we forget...........
Trump Won! ....but then Judas thought he'd won too 30 pieces of silver.....
Gods plan don't always coincide with our earthly, carnal ways of rationalizing. God doesn't always show his hand, so it doesn't make sense to some or all.
"Keep your Head to the Sky~yyy"..........
God Bless and Thanks for letting me share my own personal opinions.!
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