Return The American Dream

To preface the point, I would like to first define what the American Dream is (was).

It can mean different things to different people. I, for one, think that the American Dream is grounded on being an entrepreneur. Living life on your own terms, which can be a good topic for another article.

To others, the American Dream can be a house in the suburbs with a doting wife and 2.3 children or it can mean owning a convenience store or a donut shop.

To others still, it could mean just being happy.

Enjoying life.

Sharing.

Caring.

It is this American Dream that I am referring to here. Our standards as a nation have been compromised. Let me explain:

People today may “appear” to be happy and content on the outside but when you look at what they have come to accept as “living” is actually quite pathetic.

When looked at realistically, their lives consist of going to a job that they hate and are grossly underpaid at, their salaries being left in the dust as the cost of living raises much quicker than their wage. This forces them to perhaps take on second and even third jobs to accomplish the same things they have done before and sometimes even less.

There is really no such thing, any more, as a one income household like we had when I was growing up. More and more of the children everyone claims to care about are going home after school to an empty house because mom and dad are both at work. That is if dad is even in the picture any more.

It’s no wonder crime is raising across America at such an alarming rate. Kids are killing kids, not just in an unjust war, but right here in America. Right in our own back yards.

But we can always trust our government to help us, right? Surely they will help keep the American Dream alive. However, their actions and inactions, as well as the facts, shine a different light of truth on their intentions.

We feel it first at the pump, where gas prices have sharply risen to ridiculous levels, which has an escalating effect on damn near everything that can be purchased. From groceries to __________________ . (FILL IN THE BLANK)

This is going on at the same time that billions and billions of dollars are being shipped off to fund a corrupt presidents war in Iraq, which by the way a significant portion of these AMERICAN DOLLARS has gone unaccounted for.

While the American economy seems to be crumbling all around us, with recessionlike retail numbers and more and more small business closing their doors unable to compete with the WalMart mentality of doing business.

We see our friends, family and neighbors in near panic mode, not knowing what to do about the downward spiral they seem to have found themselves in, seemingly losing the ability to think logically and become stupid, complacent sheep, blindly following what they hear on the nightly news about Hillary dodging sniper fire in Bosnia or what Obama’s former pastor has said or who the new American Idol is going to be.

We have become a nation steeped in stupidity and ignorance and those fortunate enough to still have possession of a functioning brain are becoming disenchanted with the way things are.

Things aren’t supposed to be this way. What happened?

What happened to the American Dream of, at the very least, being happy?

Have our standards of being happy lowered to THIS level?

Join us tonight on my blogatalk show where this topic will be discussed in greater detail. The show starts at 8PM CST and the call in number, if you feel compelled to call in, is 347-215-8200.

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