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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

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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...

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

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....

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!

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

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!

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

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