Let's make a new beginning.

I'm beginning to think that America is in such a sharp decline that it can't be stopped. Barack Obama and the Democrats have come to power. On the idea of change. But significant change seems almost impossible. Because we are sliding down a shute at breakneck speed. Things can't be fixed. Especially overnight. It's gonna take years, maybe even a generation or two, for America to climb out of the mess that George Bush and the Republicans got us into. And because the Democrats are now in power, we're blaming them. Forgetting that the Republicans did this to us. Transformed us from a nation with a cash surplus into a record enormous deficit. And an economy in collapse. And the panic has set in. Even to the point of thinking that maybe we have to return the Republicans to power. Because the Democrats don't have instant answers. Oh, so sad. To watch the disintegration of America, my homeland, as once I knew it. We had once been the beacon and the hope of the so-called free world. Now we are becoming a laughingstock. Going willy-nilly about our business. Yes, the business of doing essentially nothing. Instead, we just continue to wrangle and bicker with each other. We do nothing. Because we are at a loss over what to do. Really, we need to reshape America. Build America again. From the scrap heap. Yes, mould a new nation suited for the 21st century. It'll take a while. It won't be easy. We'll all have to make immense sacrifices. Let's pretend it's 1789 again. Let's start over. Let's make a new beginning. --Jim Broede