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Thursday, July 03, 2008

“CHANGE” IS IN THE AIR…..BUT BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH (OR VOTE) FOR!

The idea that America needs to “change” is all the rage—it’s sweeping MANY citizens, especially among those too young to have significant experience of anywhere but their own country.  But, “change” to what?  Shouldn’t we have a clear idea of where we’re headed before we set off?  And change AWAY from what?  Wouldn’t it make sense to do some comparisons of important aspects of this country in relation to those same aspects of the countries we’re expected to become more like?

Well, I think so.

Here’s a description of a bunch of kids, who became “the Fugees”, now living near me in Georgia…...

They’re war refugees from 24 countries, every nightmare on earth. Most had spoken no English when they arrived in America. They’d been placed in classrooms according to their age rather than their reading level and left to wither. Most of their families had been shattered, their fathers killed, imprisoned or divorced because a single mother had a better chance to get a visa out of hell ... and God knows what marauding armies had done to some of those mothers. Several Fugees had fought as child soldiers in Liberia. One had seen his father gunned down by soldiers, another had seen his dad’s fingers sliced off. One had watched rebels give his brother a gun and a choice: Kill yourself or your best friend. Then he’d watched his brother blow the friend away.

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Posted by Earl on 07/03 at 02:11 PM
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