You and I are where the real power lives in America

To be, or not to be … true to oneself?

It is a question that can be used to discover who we are, or individually, who I am or who you are.

As a nation built on the ideas that formed our government, to be true to ‘We the People’ can be said to represent patriotism. I am just making this up, you understand. I say it because it makes me feel good about loving America with all its imperfections. What do you think about that?

I think I am telling the truth. I hope you find it true for you too. America, on the other hand is supposed to be trying to be true to We the People. And because, the truth is, we are a divided country, even the most optimistic or pessimistic among us would have to agree.

One thing that annoys me is the part of me and you and US who are not true. When things like that pop up, it is written in our Constitution that our duty is to identify what is wrong and fix it, make it more perfect. And when we find ourselves being short of as good as we can get, the most common remedy is to change what we are doing to ourselves and each other.

I may be wrong about that, but I don’t think so. I tend to be powered by inertia, and continue moving in the same direction, and at the same speed, unless acted up by some outside force. It’s all relative, of course because we as individuals are different in our wants and desires.

I think that is as true as I can put it. If I had the ability to walk in someone else’s shoes, I would have a better idea of how others see me. If I saw the flaws in me that other people see, I would have a better idea about what or if I should change. I can’t change others as easily as I can change myself. The same goes for you, too.

The United States of America has an even more important and difficult task placed on it because of who and what it was designed to be. The representative nature of our country relies on all of us to inform it of what is right and wrong and when to or not to do something.

Now I just read an opinion saying that Trump is doing the best he can in dealing with Iran. That opinion is not a good way to represent the American ideal behavior. Don’t tell me that Iran is untrustworthy after Trump withdrew from an agreement with Iran because President Obama had a part in it. Many others around the world worked hard on that treaty and Iran DID agree to work together and discover that even if peace is hard, it beats war and death and disruption of normally mutationally profitable enterprises.

We had an agreement to allow UN inspectors to inspect any place they wanted, anytime they wanted, and Iran held to the agreement and the oversight.

Trump is dishonest, and he encourages others to be dishonest. I don’t know why dishonesty is preferred by anyone. Maybe someone who desires dishonesty can explain that to me. Being as cruel and expensive and deadly as war is, we may want to consider finding ways to end dishonesty.

Since the government represents us, you and I are where the real power lives in America and so, the government.

Remove liars and dishonest people from the government and see if that works. Just a suggestion.

James Ausmus, Leavitt Lake