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We Were a Country

We were a country where people roamed free
   where you drove cross-country without paying a fee

We were a country where folks dreamed big 
   outside of Washington where men wore wigs

We were a country known for ingenuity
   not for divorces, abortions, and promiscuity

We were a country built by entrepreneurs
   not by bureaucrats cranking out horse manure

We were a country where a man said what he thought
  not what some PhD. thinks that Mao taught

Yes, we were a country, alright
  not a chorus of banshees from the left and the right

Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2022

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Michael Tor Date: 8/23/2022 2:18:00 PM Love this insightful write Gershon. Bring back in time please... In America that is... Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/23/2022 6:36:00 PM Climb into my Time Machine, Michael. We're going forward, after all the current silliness has passed...

Elizabeth Mccann Date: 8/22/2022 4:06:00 PM How sad, Gershon. Is it an inevitable progression or have we just made a wrong, and hopefully temporary, turn? Australia has just had a sneaky little power grab of its own! Elizabeth Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/22/2022 7:47:00 PM Wish I could answer your question. History shows America's decline to be inevitable. Perhaps the faster they rise, the swifter they fall, ala the Soviet Union and the Third Reich. :) gw

John Lawless Date: 8/22/2022 3:24:00 PM Howling into a virtual vortex.... Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/22/2022 7:42:00 PM I was blind 'til David Zuckerburg showed me the way. :) Mickey Mouse

L Milton Hankins Date: 8/22/2022 12:17:00 PM Well, actually, I think we are still most of those things, gw. And, I assert that our country is still the greatest! Milt, Piled Higher and Deeper! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/22/2022 1:48:00 PM Ha, ha. Either I've become more jaded than I used to be or your classes have a rose-colored tint to them, Milt. Either way, it's a great country. Just saw off the eastern seaboard. lol. :)

Jack Ellison Date: 8/22/2022 4:56:00 AM There's still hope GW! What do you think? I'm a dreamer too... though at 87 it at my last stage... hmmm Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/22/2022 2:05:00 PM You never know, Jack. Keep dreaming, and who's to say (or care) what stage it is! Excelsior! :) gw

Mike Gentile Date: 8/22/2022 4:45:00 AM Your words ring true GW yet I still have hope! I pray that it is not too late and that common sense and love will prevail! I hope that I am not just a dreamer, though we were once a country of dreamers too!! Well done! Happy Monday Gershon! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/22/2022 2:02:00 PM Great point, Mike. We were a country of dreamers. Not so much anywhere. Or perhaps the dreams are vertical (skyscraper-like) now, instead of horizontal (new frontiers). Thanks for such an insightful comment. ~ Davey Crockett

Shirley Hawkins Date: 8/21/2022 7:18:00 PM We were a country. Who would think that anyone could say that about a country and be absolutely right? I do not think this applies to America alone, It is a World wide problem were the chorus of banshees are singing out of tune. Thank you, Gershon Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/22/2022 1:58:00 PM Well, you are right, Shirley. The problem is worldwide. I think it's amplified here though, as the USA represents the banner of freedom, however tattered, for so many around the world. :) gw