An open letter to America

[tsubaki]

My friends and neighbors, my brothers and sisters, my supporters, my detractors, Democrat, Republican, Baptist, Catholic, sophisticates and fellow hillbillies, lend me your ears, or rather your eyes for a few minutes.
Upon reflection I find myself guilty lately of falling in with the bad news crowd, and goodness knows there's plenty of it to fall into, but since I've been guilty of accentuating the negative and ignoring the positive lately, I'd like do something different.
There is certainly a lot wrong with our country, but sometimes by being overwhelmed by the twenty-four hour news cycles and the endless flow of bad news we tend to forget that America is still America, the envy of the world and the greatest nation the world has ever known.
We are still the freest, the most prosperous, the most powerful, and the most technologically advanced nation on Earth.
We can live where we want, pursue our dreams, raise our families in whatever faith we desire and vote candidates out of office when we want to.
We have the greatest industrial capacity in the world, one of the planet's biggest caches of natural resources, and the minds of the best and the brightest to bring about the energy revolution we so desperately need.
We lead the world in the treatment of catastrophic diseases and the development of new drugs and medicines.
The leadership of our nation is not decided by a military coup or headed by a puppet leader. We don't have to fear a midnight knock on the door or a sentence in a gulag if we disagree with the party in power.
The heartland of America has some of the most fertile soil on Earth. We can easily feed ourselves and a goodly part of the rest of the world.
For the most part we have a population of productive people, who get up and go to work in the morning, pay their bills and taxes, educate their children and lend a helping hand to their neighbors when it's needed.
And America, always remember one thing, Jesus Christ died for you and Almighty God is still on His throne, He always will be and He cares about what happens to His children.
Don't let the doomsayers scare you, this nation has weathered tough financial times before and it has always bounced back and it will this time too. We've survived wars, terrorist attacks, crooked politicians, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and earthquakes.
This too shall pass.
What do you think?
Pray for our troops
God Bless America
Charlie Daniels

October 10, 2008