Today's Best Email: 2016

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

POST MORTEM

I did not write this but it describes my sentiments over this election. So I’m sending this to all my conservative friends but I wish I could send it to my liberal friends but I guess that would not be politically correct for crying out loud! And it would show how full of “hate” I am….. ugh.

8 years ago, we the Republicans and certainly us Conservatives were just as angry as you guys are. The people chose a man who had no experience because you all wanted change. And you bet, our panties were in knots too. But you know what we did? We got up the next day, took off our pajama bottoms, put on our big girl/boy pants and we went to work, and continued on. And for the next 8 years we worked. We worked to pay the bills , our taxes and the entitlement programs. And many of us took on extra hours, another shift, a second job so that after the government took what they did , we still had just enough to get by. Paycheck to paycheck. We cut down our Christmas lists, we cut corners and we cut coupons.

And when Obamacare was forced upon us, we had to take on even more hours to pay for that as well. We worked sick because we couldn't afford not to work and we couldn't afford the higher deductibles. We didn't go to the dentist, because we didn't have free dental. We didn't get new glasses, because we didn't have free eye. We cancelled our previously scheduled screenings and we didn't go to the ER unless we were practically dying. And many of us soon found ourselves with less hours because our Employers could not afford the insurance and some of us had to take on a third ( part time ) job to make ends meet. We didn't go out to dinner but maybe once a week, if that ,because we had to pay for utilities, our mortgages, car insurance etc. We didn't go on vacations, because we had to pay for new tires, replace a broken appliance, pay for our kids basketball sneakers, help them with buying a car so they could work, etc.

We stayed home, and we watched the news. And over those 8 years, the news got worse and worse. We mourned right along with you guys, for those who were killed in that school, in that cinema, in that church, but we blamed the killers not the weapons. We watched news of our veterans not being able to get proper treatment, we watched those still in the Middle East being killed in a battle that they were not equipted or meant to win, we watched our embassy being taken over and 4 lives lost and no one taking responsibility. We watched continuous riots every time you guys thought a black person was unjustly detained, accidentally killed or in your words murdered. And we sat there, shaking our heads in anger. We watched as radical Islamists shot up night clubs, bombed a marathon, cut off peoples heads, and burned people in cages. And then listened to the President not even be able to call it for what it was. And we got angry. We watched as Conservative businesses and non profit organizations were singled out by the IRS. We shook our heads as gender neutrality and safe spaces flooded our colleges and TV screens.We watched Confederate Flags and even our own United States Flag being made taken down and Rainbow Flags going up. We watched our schools and our children forced into Common Core and anything religious forced out.

And we thought to ourselves, this can't be happening. Aren't we still a free country? We watched as business owners were forced to provide services they did not want to do, we watched our beliefs being trampled on and our rights being threatened. We watched the twenty somethings crawl out of their parents basements and protest against Capitalism while using their Iphones. We watched you reelect the same man, so you could get your free phones. We watched Water's World interview people that didn't know when our Declaration of Independence was signed and yes, in what year was the War of 1812. Our countries future leaders couldn't even tell you who our Vice President was. We watched in almost disbelief as people were allowed to stomp on and burn our flag and chant "kill the pigs" and were horrified at each officer assassinated. We watched, we lived it and we got angry.

We watched our kids turned down for scholarships, jobs, free college, entries into schools and we ourselves were turned down for jobs because we weren't a minority but were told we were privileged because we were white. We were called homophobes because our belief of marriage is between a man and a woman. We were called Islamophobes because we wanted refugees vetted before entering our country. We were called hate mongers because we didn't want people coming over the border illegally. We were called racists because we believe that ALL lives matter. We were called killers because we stand for the second amendment. We were told we hate women because we don't believe you should be able to kill a baby with a beating heart in it's mothers womb even though that baby could survive outside of it. We were called crazy because we believe we should live by our Constitution. And deplorable because we didn't hate Trump. We watched and we got angry. We watched more and more government regulations and corruption each year and our country become divided more and more each day.

But you know what we did instead of rioting, looting, protesting and getting violent? We prayed, we found like minded people, we found places to escape to, and then decided we simply could not take it any longer. This country could not take it any longer. We got tired of that anger and we got tired. So we took that anger, we united and we voted for change. But most importantly, through it all, WE SURVIVED. And so will you.