Simply put...we've gone too far

I am all for freedom of speech. I am all for the pursuit of happiness. I am all for life and liberty. What I am not for is how far we have taken this. We’ve swung the pendulum so far to the left and the right that there is no balance.

Take a look around – step outside of yourself and let’s evaluate where we live for starters. Everything is out of whack. Our lives, our homes, our jobs, our governments for Christ’s sake, our animals are out of balance.

I am sure that each one of us knows someone who is underemployed or unemployed. I can recall when being unemployed was a tragedy and was a direct result from your own inability to keep a job. Now we are unemployed because we are gay or African American or Latino or fat or some one just didn’t like us. ::insert caveat:: I am in no way implying that these are the only reasons people are unemployed – true some people are lazy, sorry and undereducated and that plays a big role in it as well but there is more to this picture than meets the eye.

How do we get off this vicious cycle? I am not sure. We need a cleansing – we need new rules and we need to stop being so permissive. Now, the word permissive cuts to my very core – I have been a permissive parent for the majority of my daughter’s 19 years and let me assure you…it has only provided me with glimmers of satisfaction. I was permissive because I wanted her to be happy – and happiness has jack shit to do with responsibility, compassion, understanding and commitment.