“Are We Free?”

Are we free? As a Republic are we, the citizens free?

There are some 50 million Americans that are unable to read and write, more citizens in the Republic are living below the poverty line today than at any time since the Great Depression, and not since the pre-civil rights movement have we witnessed politicians who so openly and brazenly campaign on platforms laced with racism, bigotry, and xenophobia and have the audacity to call it "American Values."

Are we free?

Corporations are wreaking havoc on the environment, elected officials are aiding and abetting, the gap between wealthy and poor is widening, the Texas school board is attempting to re-write history with baseless opinions instead of facts, and the Libertarian Party with members such as Rand Paul is looking more like a movement longing to return to the "good ole' days," aka where separate and unequal was the law in many parts of the United States.

Are we free?

Just a thought: I am a Progressive but most importantly, I am an American. There are some citizens that want to tear down America, a Republic that took more than a century to create and build up according to their ideology--an ideology containing bigotry, racism, fear-mongering and exclusion.

The way that a Republic is to survive and thrive is moving forward and creating a culture full of opportunities for all of its citizens. However, we must remove the "robe of political affiliations" and simply be Americans--seeking liberty and justice for all.



Anthony P. Johnson
The “180th Watchdog Coalition.”

"A Love Poem: BP."

BP, you screwed-up and now taxpayers’ have got to pay for the clean-up.

BP, Halliburton and Transocean are playing the blame game and could care less that 11 people died in the explosion--what a shame, what a shame, what a shame.

Rand Paul says it’s un-American to criticize BP. Maybe he needs to go to the Gulf and see the damage committed by the big three.

BP, you had thirty days to clean-up the mess; I once witnessed a robot and a human take less time playing several games of chess.

BP, you had your chance and failed so step aside; the federal government will clean the mess at taxpayers’ expense because you think that’s how we ride?


Anthony P. Johnson