Strange day

Sometimes my rememberer kicks in and I remember something from long ago. Sometimes it is something that happened even before I was born.
Today I thought about Tom Jefferson's statement "A government big enough to give you every thing you want is big enough to take everything you got."
And that really sent me off in a tangent. I remembered such things as our CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS, AND GOD AND UNALIENABLE RIGHTS.
How wonderful it was in the beginning. Our nation was founded on Christian principles with a motto "In God we trust". It was on our money, the 10 commandments were in every courthouse and statehouse and on the Supreme Court building and in all the schools. Congress started each day with a prayer.
We welcomed immigrants who wanted to share our heritage, NOT change it. And America prospered and became strong. It also became compassionate, and was willing to share our good fortune with others. We believed in liberty and human rights, and the dignity of human beings.
Suddenly, as I looked around at America today, all this seemed like a dream.
God is no longer in the courthouse, or schools, or state houses. God and Christianity can be blasphemed, and the bible can be desecrated------but don't mess with Allah or the Koran.
And that makes me think about our two candidates for President. One is an American who believes in America and loves this country. The other one---I don't know. He says he wants to CHANGE America. How? Back like in the beginning? (I THINK NOT.) Or changes that will lead to the further destruction of our America, to a socialist, communistic America, to a muslim America, and the elimination of our "UNALIENABLE RIGHTS?"
I JUST HOPE THIS DREAM DOES NOT TURN INTO A NIGHTMARE.
Thanks for listening.
BJ
8/10/2008