Thankful

I sit in quiet contemplation watching the heart-wrenching news from Libya as a madman orders his army to kill his own people. For what? I mean, looking at the big picture – this senseless civil war; for what? So an aging, addle-minded dictator can hold on to power for a few more days?

Similar scenes, horrific bloodshed flowing from innocents from halfway around the world flood the media. Bloodthirsty little tyrants killing men, women, and children – fellow human-beings; for very little gain. Unimaginable.

Then I look at our own fair country. Sure, we’ve got our problems. Evil lurks wherever the foot of man treads. Yet compared to what we witness elsewhere, we’ve got a pretty sweet deal here. Thousands march in opposition to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s union-busting bill, not a single shot is fired. Neither does the President order a death-squad to take Walker out. A while back Tea Party protesters were screaming they wanted their country back. We didn’t have mass-bloodshed, we had an election.

America is blessed in that we are a nation of laws – a republic founded on democratic ideals. With every election there are winners and losers; yet with every election there is always one winner: America.