Want a better America? Then DO something about it!

almost daily I get e-mails from people spouting off something about how Obama isn't an American.. or Palin is a snake handler.

I've often wondered... what are these people on the left or right of? I'v recently decided... they're on the left and right side of life's path holding giant signs and screaming craziness while the rest of us are just staying ON the path so we can get to work!

Here's our problem... We all GAVE them power! We played along as they put themselves in places of power at OUR expense! All the while, we're complaining about how things aren't getting any better and we want government to stay OUT of our lives.

Do we really?

We have become a generation of people who can't LIVE without the help of the government!

I mean... we all agree that senior citizens should receive special treatment... but are any of us willing to step in and actually HELP a senior citizen? Would any of the people who keep telling me "the Dancing with the stars producers are working to make sure Bristol Palin wins" actually go to nursing home and spend a couple hours a week visiting those people who society has forgotten?

What has happened to us?

I remember a time when people HELPED one another!

There was no real need for food stamps... because almost everyone had a garden and people SHARED! If someone had fallen on hard times... they didn't have to go to some agency filled with hateful, judgemental government workers who made sure the person got just enough help to TRAP them in a vicious cycle, securing their own jobs!

In those times, the world news came on once a day... and the anchor man (it was always a man) kept his political views to himself... because he knew no one really had time to CARE what he thought... he was lucky to HAVE viewers who could spare 30 minutes to listen to him!

Our parents parents were a busy, self sufficient generation... a generation that survived countless challenges... but kept fighting for THEIR american dream.

My grandparents actually were the ones who taught me to care for my neighbor... To give my time freely to those who needed a helping hand KNOWING that I could expect the same when *I * needed it.... And they taught me to take care of everything and everyone in my life rather than just tossing it all out for something new.

So, after you've sat in front of your television and allowed your head and heart to be filled with someone else's views and agendas.... As you sit there, wallowing in your anger that a candidate that's not even KIN to you won or didn't win... As you consider forwarding that email about how Obama is actually the devil... or Palin actually used to be a man before becomeing the whore of babylon as mentioned in the bible... think again... and take me off your list.

Quite honestly... I don't want to give of that propeganda my time!

Instead, I WILL step in and volunteer for community based organizations... to help ELIMINATE the NEED for Government ones!

If you want to keep government out of your life... don't give them a reason to come into it!