Life, Liberty, and Property - or the Pursuit of Happiness

The title above was quoted by Edmund Burke, a past time philosopher of Western Political Theory.

Burke is known as the founding father of conservatism. But it wasn't the conservatism that we know and think of in this generation. In his time of philosophy it meant valuing tradition, and preserving mankind.

When I think of his words, I feel connected to them. America isn't what the founding fathers wanted it to be, the American dream is crumbling - as socialism rises.

Tradition, is and will be something that should be valued by all us Americans. We celebrate the fourth of July, we celebrate anything worth a happy or dominate memory. Tradition is crumbling my friends, and life liberty and property will soon be shattered. the pursuit of happiness is becoming the main central force of American culture. We celebrate diversity, we cry together, we fight together.

Lately, Washington has been making sure we don't honor tradition. We don't elect statesmen that honor what the citizens want anymore, we elect career politicians who want to put their best interest in our way of life. If Burke could see what America is like now, (even though he was across the pond) he would say we are doing American a dis-justice.

There is only one thing I disagree with Burke on, and it is that we should not avoid revolutions. America needed a couple in the past, and we need one now. We have let the career politicians, the immoral decide the fate of this country. And I for one, am sick of it.

I have to remind myself it could be worse, but America and the American dream is becoming a distant memory. People of my generation think going from $7.25 an hour minimum wage to $15.00 an hour at McDonalds is the American dream. NEWSFLASH it is not.

We need a new President, new leaders at the Capitol to restore tradition, and honor to the Red, White, and Blue. We need something to believe in again, because before we know it, We'll change our flag and our stripes to something that looks like socialism. And that scares me.

We aren't preserving, or thriving, we're becoming a country that wants everyone to be the same, but yet find diversity in it. Telling children it's okay to identify as someone else, robbing them of a childhood by handing them electronics instead of imaginary games and outdoor time. Telling people it's okay to mutilate the body God gave you, but the second you do, you're discriminated against because you can't find love with the gender you want. Is this a world you want to live in? Being confused, and violated and robbed of the core values of our Constitution and Bill of Rights?

I think as Americans, we need to step back, think long and hard about the upcoming elections and pick someone that preserves tradition, preserves mankind, and preserves honor. Because if we don't a negative revolution will take place, of something dark and evil. Instead of a revolution of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness - preserving our core values. Touching base on what makes us Americans.

-M