Jasmine Coleman
Hour 4
10/5/11

The Lies We Are Told

From when we are young to when we are laying in our death bed about to take our final breath, we are lied to. Lies about what we can accomplish, lies about our histories, lies that people really care about what we is on the inside and not about how pretty we are or what car drive, or how much money we make. The world simply revolves around greed, gluttony, envy, lust, wrath and pride; no matter how much one tries to deny it, it is the makeup of human nature. A person can only survive for so long before seeing the ugly truth within this horrid world before breaking; from self-concerned politicians to fight for the basic right an individual has as a person, the world as long since turned a blind eye to that which the deem against the norm. America is one of the longstanding hypocritical societies as well.

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, lift my lamp beside the golden door” underneath there should be fine print that says “only to a certain number though”. For years, decades even, our country has strayed from what we supposedly stand for; we are a nation run simply for wealth. But even the ones who are trying to fix that, the Occupy Wall Street protest, are wrong in their approach; Gandhi once said “be the change you wish to see in the world” but this quote seems to be unheard or ignored by many.

We are said to be one of the most united countries on the world, yet why do we divide ourselves along hypocritical political lines? Instead the people we elect to help us further our nation to be the best for everyone who lives within it, end up fighting amongst themselves. They do this simply for the need to say “we are right and you are wrong”. There is no union for what is best; only what is best for their side and the people who agree with them. But there is good within both sides of the political system; If only these people could find a stronger voice to shed light in a dark room. As a country we need those who do not seek to only further their political party.

Sadly the only way to correct these problems is to find the ideal politician, highly unlikely, or the people of the United States must take a beating to the point at which we break and say enough is enough. One must pray that the later never happens. Unfortunately in society revolt and disorder is unavoidable. If you think of are country as a book, we are only in the beginning chapters.