It’s been a tough year for the American people, with violence creeping up throughout its’ states and politicians arguing amongst themselves, we are all bracing as to who will be our next elected president; as neither are the right candidates for this world. Election Day is Tuesday, November 8th, and millions will be glued to their television, no matter how late it might be…awaiting the next chapter of ‘what will be’. I’ve heard from the mouths of many, that they could care less, as this election goes down as one of the worst in history…and as for me, I no longer can stand to watch or listen to Campaign ads, political news or ‘others’ views for that matter; I’m exhausted listening to all of the slandering remarks from those in the public eye, and beyond. Let’s face it, not only is it exhausting, it’s degrading of the American people, and I’m not just referring to our presidential candidates, but most of the constituents in many of the states; mud throwing has increased over the years and it’s not teaching the next generation anything worthwhile.
I often wonder about these last eight years in America, while asking myself, “What happened with the American dream and how did everyone become so angry?” Most of us will never know, but we do know that the Ideals of America, along with Morales and freedom of religion have been taken away. Flags have been disgraced, A Pledge of Allegiance is no longer in Schools, ‘In God We Trust’ has been taken off of the American money and the divorce rate booms, as infidelity ranks high among married couples…and now… I’m sad. This country has so many problems’; I’m wondering how America will recover. I’m not sure anyone has the answer, and what’s worse…I don’t believe either of the electoral presidency candidates know. We, the people, need to come together and make change happen…beginning with, how we treat each other as human beings and react to others. We need to respect our elders and bring communities together again, and I will once more leave you with three words to abide by, just for starters; Faith, Hope and Love. God Bless You America.
Make your week count.
The pledge of allegiance is recited every day in classrooms. “In God we Trust” is still on our money. The divorce rate is declining. My grandkids and others are helpful and respectful. Stop making things up. You’re part of the problem.
She isn’t making anything up. You’re kids may recite the pledge but over half of the schools in the US do not. “About half of the US states require the pledge to be recited. Now, kids can opt out, but social pressure and occasional threats from teachers encourage them not to. This is case-by-case and depends on the school, the student, and the teacher; legally no one is required to recite the pledge.
In the 1950s, Jehovah’s Witnesses argued that it was in violation of their rights to freedom of religion to be required to pledge allegiance to anything but God. The only children I remember not reciting the pledge when I was in elementary school were Jehovah’s Witnesses (at the time, I just thought they were missing out, because they also couldn’t come to school on their birthday, Halloween, around Christmas, or Valentine’s day – which were the most fun times, in my opinion).
In 1954, the term “under God” was added to the pledge. More recently this has caused atheist children to abstain from reciting the pledge in school.”
In 2014 there was a pretty large movement among the atheist population to have “In God We Trust” taken off the currency but it lost. That doesn’t mean that there still aren’t people out there working toward that very thing happening. She’s not making this up and the reason for the declining divorce rates is because the marriage rates have also fallen, not as many getting married, not as many getting divorced. According to Live Science, “About half of the US states require the pledge to be recited. Now, kids can opt out, but social pressure and occasional threats from teachers encourage them not to. This is case-by-case and depends on the school, the student, and the teacher; legally no one is required to recite the pledge.
In the 1950s, Jehovah’s Witnesses argued that it was in violation of their rights to freedom of religion to be required to pledge allegiance to anything but God. The only children I remember not reciting the pledge when I was in elementary school were Jehovah’s Witnesses (at the time, I just thought they were missing out, because they also couldn’t come to school on their birthday, Halloween, around Christmas, or Valentine’s day – which were the most fun times, in my opinion).
In 1954, the term “under God” was added to the pledge. More recently this has caused atheist children to abstain from reciting the pledge in school.
She’s not making this up. In 2014 there was a huge movement to take “In God We Trust” off American currency but it didn’t go anywhere…still they tried.
Divorce rates are declining over the past two decades but only because marriage rates have declined as well. According to Live Science, The marriage rate in the United States is continuing its decades-long downward slide, with fewer American women than ever getting married and others waiting longer to wed, according to a new report.
The marriage rate has fluctuated in the past, with dips in the 1930s and 1960s, but it has been in steady decline since the 1970s.
Now, researchers report that the marriage rate has dropped to a new low of 31.1, meaning there are about 31 marriages in the U.S. for every 1,000 unmarried women, researchers found. In 1950, that number was 90.2. In 1920, it was 92.3.
Your grandkids may be helpful and respectful but you sure can’t deny there are those who are not, in fact they are quite rude and lazy for the most part. Many of the kids today don’t know hard work, they know entitlement, hand outs, gangbanging, bullying, drugs and freebees and rioting when they don’t get their way…that’s not the American future I want to see…Lisa’s right.
Campaigns are not based on merit, they’re based on mud slinging and there’s plenty of mud to be had on both sides of the fence
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Notwithstanding this person’s sour outlook on life. Why does he know so many awful children?
Who is “He” that you are referring to when you ask “Why does he know so many awful children?” I wrote this and yes, added some content from websites which I believe I stated that it was from a web site or it was written in quotations. The comments in between the web comments were in fact written by the same person who posted the comment.