A Country Consumed (Commentary)

We are a country either consumed by politics, religion, or both.
Far Right Extremists want a Nationalist One-Party Rule with Christianity as a State Religion. While Far Left Progressives want to drag everyone kicking and screaming into their idea of the future. And both Left and Right Extremists Militant Groups use Hate to try and topple the other.
Let’s not leave out what is happening to the Christian faith in our country. Where is this Great Christian Religion with all the hate going on? They have forsaken their faith, the ideals of their good book and their Savior, Jesus Christ.
For what? To hate and discriminate against a people who are different from what Christians now want to believe. Where is love thy neighbor, turn the other check, and let he who is without sin cast the first stone? It went to twisting a book to suit a need to Judge others. I thought it was your God that was to do the judging not you the individual! Who died and left you to the judgement of others?
No wonder our Countries streets are in turmoil.
The three branches of Government all have separate agendas.
New laws are enacted to regulate and control people and the press.
Protections for the environment are either repealed. Or the repeal is stricken. Congress seems impotent to any bipartisanship. And one-party refuses to stand up for itself. When either party has control of Congress legislation passes along party line. Sure, there is some bipartisan legislation that passes. But what is more important than the economy, environment, unemployment, and the big one, the National Debt. (32 Trillion Dollars)
Our democracy is being undermined here at home, helped by foreign powers. Foreign powers that are allowed to by U.S. properties
Our Government saddles our university students with lifelong debt with interest!
It's no wonder students are rebelling and protesting. When, what is termed, an entitlement program gets reduced funding, restructure or closed down the money gets reproportioned to the military and the military-industrial complex, not to those in the military who need it. So, more overpriced equipment and other military hardware can be made. Does our military machine need more money than the next 11 industrial countries?
Our poor get more destitute. The backbone of our economy, and our country, the middle class will soon become upper poorer.
While major contributors and ultra-rich receive tax breaks. Of course, all the rest of us get the trickle-down effect. (Like there really is one!)
They’re supposed to get these tax breaks to hire and train employees. Instead, buy up their own stocks to enrich themselves and stockholders.
So, unemployment steadily goes up with new technologies taking away jobs. Our standard of living goes down and wages stagnate.
Then there's inflation. We're told because of wage increases, lack of consumer demand, and supply train problems. Though, corporates meet or exceed their projected profits outlook and investors, usually they the corporation, receive fat dividend checks.
This, all on the backs of the consumer.
Then there's law enforcement and the court system.
Using and abusing the Civil Forfeiture Law.
Police have a shoot first ask questions later unspoken policy.
Try defending oneself verbally to a police office.
When you do there'll be free sleeping accommodations for you. While you wait to be heard in our overcrowded courts.
Now, when you try to defend yourself physically you're resisting. There may be sleeping accommodations or a spot at the local morgue awaits, depending on the hue of your skin. We, or at least I, was taught to trust the police. But how can one trust police when some come off with an attitude, 'I got all the power'.
More and more citizens are realizing the police and our courts cannot be trusted.
Our country is trying to stop fundamentalist religious extremist at home and aboard, terrorists.
These terrorists are resentful and jealous of our way of life. Threaten us not only with their sectarian doctrinal dogma untruths. But with suicide bombers, car bombers and with recruiting others to do their dirty business for them. They want to destroy our dream, our way of life! Along with other countries that fund these terrorists! These murderers have no perception for the sanctity of life. Let alone the rule of law, common sense, or reasoning. It’s their way or you die by highway.
At home legislators in red states change laws to suppress people's lives living in those states. They believe there is a Great Conspiracy coming from the left to change our way of life.
These legislators and other far right leaning people spread fear mongering lies to support their lies. The conservative religious right nuts what to impose their morality on us all. And get that help from the State. To these religious conservative zealots free will is evil!
Both these groups of people do not believe in the separation of church and state.
Remaking our country and personal freedoms into one religion, and one thought. Under the guise of Nationalism!
Strong leadership and the biggest military on the planet will not suffice.
We're now at a precipice in our country’s history. Now, more than ever we must stand together. This country needs an epiphany!
Let's wake up and smell reality people!

That’s all I have to say on these subjects.

The following are supposed to be important.
"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
"and that government of the people, by the people, for the people".

Empty words along with empty pockets.

Sheilah Say