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America the senile

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America is 230 years old today. And, as sometimes happens with age, it looks like dementia has set in.

Gone is the bold idealism of her youth. This 230-year-old America has lost her way.

She has lost sight of her history and the values that made her great. She forgets who she is and what she stands for.

She doesn't acknowledge the true patriots who love her, but submits to the selfish agenda of her caretakers.

We need an antidote quickly, lest she die.

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Mary Shaw is a Philadelphia-based writer and activist, with a focus on politics, human rights, and social justice. She is a former Philadelphia Area Coordinator for the Nobel-Prize-winning human rights group Amnesty International, and her views (more...)
 

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Great thinkers... by cherylee on Wednesday, Jul 5, 2006 at 3:48:10 AM