We've become born losers.

It's time to recognize that the USA (America) was born rotten at the core. And that has plagued us throughout our history. To this very day. The rot is still there. Some of it has been gouged out. But much remains. Yet, some of us pride ourselves in thinking that America was god's gift to humanity. Of course, that's pure crap. Our founding fathers were racists. They established our nation on a slave economy. And it persisted for a long, long time. Even after the slaves were theoretically freed after the civil war. But even today, the blacks aren't completely free. And for so very many years they lived under Jim Crow segregation. Denied basic human rights. Our founders favored the rich. Gave property owners the right to vote. Not many more. Women didn't even gain suffrage until 1918. Sure, we've corrected many of the wrongs. But wrongs still persist. Evidenced by the ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor. The most powerful are the people and the corporations with the most money. We don't have a democracy. We have a plutocracy. And we have elected government officials that can be easily bought. Bribed. Don't believe me? Well, then you're blind. You've been brainwashed. By the big-money interests. They own our congressmen and senators. And the rest of us sit meekly on the sidelines. We take what they give us. Because we have accepted the rot at our core. Yes, it's the attitude that you can't fight city hall. Let alone our federal government. We Americans have allowed ourselves to become born losers. Only now and then do I hear a voice of protest. But it's drowned out. By the loud babble in Washington. --Jim Broede