The Spirit of July 4th is in the air and it got me thinking, does freedom really exist? we live in one of the major powers in the world yet i do not feel a sense of it, freedom. Now don't get me wrong, i have lived in countries where expressing your political thoughts got u in jail, no freedom of speech, no freedom of press, no freeedom of anything. Well, we do have feedom of speech in the wonderful continent of the U.S of A but is it enough???Do we call this freedom when every day we are scared of another terriost attack? I wonder how the Jews of Israel and Muslims of Palestine feel everyday knowing that a suicide bomber is inevitable.Walking down the street thinking is it my turn today.
So are we really free? We live in a society were the color of our skin can get us a job or not. Racism still exists. Poverty still exists. We are stuck in a mindless war in Iraq, to tell u the truth, i don't even remmber why we invaded that country. Was it becuse they had weapons of mass destruction or that we needed oil or that George Bush Jr. wanted to finish off something George Bush Sr. started? Does freedom really exist when we live in a society were stereotyping is a way of life? Does freedom really exist when your government is telling you that they have the right to tap your phones and e-mail account, God, what happened to something that American values the most, privacy!!!! Does freedom really exist when u have to watch what u say about the President? Does freedom really exist when the government takes money from us in the name of tax that we will nvever to see again?
Ask yourself when u wake up Tuesday morning if u really are free.
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