Our nation

Another 4th of July celebration is over. One wonders how many people actually understand what it means. The special sacrifices made by our founding fathers, in all aspects of their lives, make the whining people who did not use common sense in managing their finances, pitiful. These men, and by extension, their families sacrificed their lives and their fortunes, not by the whims of financial institutions, but, by their questing for a nation where they were entirely free. Colonial rule by England was harsh and distant. Their was no one to actually take their grievances to. Communication with a distant government took up to one year.

Does this sound familiar? Our Federal government may only be in Washington, D.C., but their responses to our pleas seem to take months, years, decades?????!!!! Our state governments are no better. One wonders whether our votes are merely leaves cast into a stream, soon seen floating away or sinking. Our elected officials are not responsive to our needs, merely to their pocketbooks. "We have the best government money can buy!" is a personal quote from my husband.

It does not matter whether we vote Democrat or Republican. These two parties have become blended in a mishmash where it is difficult to tell them apart. And, conservatism is not something that the moneyed Republicans even have a clue about. They are so out of touch with the common ordinary American and can't understand why their plans don't seem to work or become acceptable to those of us in the "hinterland".

More of this rant to follow!