Sunday, December 18, 2016

America, America...?


I never expected a President to send me personal condolences
when someone with whom I was close was injured or died.
Never once have I waited to receive a phone call with a message
of hope when I lost a job. Never did I ask for or expect Federal
assistance or aid during those rough financial times when I
struggled to pay the bills.

Who am I, but one in some 340-million who admits responsi-
bility for his own actions and deeds. And yet, there is always
a measure of faith and hope held in community for better times.
It is of worth to say that keeping our homeland safe and relying
on a viable economy is our right as taxpayers to expect of those
we place in public office with the trust of our vote.

I am proud, I must say, of my country when in the face of tragedy
our President stands up in front of a congregation of mourners in
South Carolina to elevate as he sings Amazing Grace; who with
profound compassion openly sheds tears for all Americans over
precious lives lost at Sandy Hook Elementary.

As a Nation, through rough times, we must press on, and fer-
vently commit to doing the best we can. However, I must admit
that I am disturbed and reviled by a President-elect whose words
and actions bully and divide; he who spends his time before dawn
spewing sophomoric and venomous rhetorical diatribes of para-
noia and revenge; he who Tweets so callously in 120-words or
fewer; he the obnoxious one who so openly admires the despotic
leadership of international murderers and thugs.

America, America, what the hell?


Chris Hanch 12-18-16






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