2005 / A REVIEW & CHALLENGE FOR THE NEW YEAR

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December 31, 2005

 

2005 / A REVIEW & CHALLENGE FOR THE NEW YEAR

We became a lonely nation in 2005 ~ Our light has been diminished

 

by Allen L Roland, Ph.D

 

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" But this year, what a lonely nation we have become. And to how many

fewer peoples are we the tribune of hope. How like exile is our

" homeland, " and what is " security " if it depends on suspicion of those

who are unlike us? " : James Carroll

 

 

We became a lonely nation

in 2005 .

Our light has been

diminished .

Suspicion has replaced

our serene and

fair temper.

 

We spy, torture and lie

in denial of this moral

dilemma .

 

Fear has taken its

toll and we

have settled for

the false security

of arms and

preemptive war

while the world

watches in

bewildered amazement.

 

We have struck a deal

with the devil and

it has taken its toll .

 

We have lost our

spiritual moorings

and the great

ship of state is adrift.

 

As the pale light of

winter settles in

we face the cold reality

of an unjust war gone

horribly wrong .

 

Iraq has become our

prison ~ and we are

being held hostage

against our will.

 

Hurricane Katrina has swept

away all pretense and

laid bare the soft corrupt

underbelly

of the Cheney/Bush administration

and the cold reality of John Edward's

two Americas .

 

It is at times like this

that we must go inside

and find, once again, our

core beliefs of what

we once stood for .

 

For what we once

accomplished and meant

to mankind.

 

Dedicated at our birth

to the spread of liberty

and freedom ~ we have

become the world's

largest supplier of arms .

 

We have supported inhumane

dictatorships through-out

the world ~ including Saddam

Hussain ~ both overtly

and covertly .

 

We have obviously sold

our divine birthright for

mometary and superficial

gains.

 

It has taken its toll and

we have become alone

and mistrusted with all

our excesses.

 

There is a way out

of this moral quagmire.

 

And it lies with that

critical minority of

human beings who

continue to make a

stand for human

and spiritual values .

 

That critical minority

of human beings

who will speak their

truth despite the

risks ~ much like the

9/11 families who

forced the Bush

Administration

to examine its

failed intelligence

policies.

 

Much like Cindy Sheehan

who forced Bush out of

his bunker and rekindled

the anti- war movement.

 

Much like Congressman

John Murtha who said

its time to bring the troops

home and

rightfully called Iraq

a flawed policy

wrapped in Illusion.

 

Much like Senator

Russ Feingold who voted

against the war and also

against

the Patriot Act.

 

Much like the scores of

bloggers, like myself, whose

relentless quest for the

truth has driven the media

to question versus accept

the lies and deceptions of

the Cheney/Bush Administration..

 

Yes, the hope of America

lies within the hearts and

voices of its people ~ not

within the walls of its

institutions.

 

The hope of America

lies with you .

 

Allen L Roland

 

www.allenroland.com

 

Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer

who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog

http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/ and website www.allenroland.com He

also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on Conscious

talk radio www.conscioustalk.net

 

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