Susan Stamper Brown,FloydReports.com
In 1911,Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre Museum. Despite its seemingly eternal iconic status,prior to being stolen,historians assert the Mona Lisa was relatively unknown to the public. After knowledge about the heist was made known,the story is told that thousands of Parisians flocked to stare —at the empty spot on the wall where she once hung.
A few years back,I found myself also staring —down the gaping hole that would soon become “home”to my deceased husband. The events of that day are blurry,with the exception of the drive from the cemetery. The sun was quickly fading in the western sky as the funeral home limousine whisked me due east into the darkness of night and concurrently into the darkest season of my life. Peering through the window,grief-stricken,I explicitly remember thinking my life would never be the same. It wasn’t. And,over time,I realized how much I had taken for granted.
Though not as dramatic as grieving the loss of a loved one,or as superficial as grieving the loss of an inanimate object like the Mona Lisa,it seems a growing number of Americans are now in mourning for the America they didn’t fully appreciate until it was gone.
They are longing for the time when civility and unity had a place in Washington politics and America led the world economically,ethically,and militarily. A time when planning for the future was a positive thing. Gas and food prices didn’t force you to choose between basic necessities and your mortgage payment,jobs were in surplus,and unemployment was low.
If anything positive could be said about the upheaval that has marked the past few years,it’s that it sparked a reawakening to our national identity as a “shining city on a hill,”as Reagan so eloquently put it. At the same time,the Progressive Left has seized the opportunity to peddle their own propaganda and promote the “fundamental change”Obama so eloquently promised.
Karl Marx once argued in 1859 the process for social revolution must include the economic unraveling of capitalism before a “socialist society based on democratic cooperation thus arises.”The winds of change are again blowing as the 2012 election nears;Progressives understand the window for advancing their ideas under the Obama administration is rapidly closing. As a result,leaders are….
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In 1911,Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre Museum. Despite its seemingly eternal iconic status,prior to being stolen,historians assert the Mona Lisa was relatively unknown to the public. After knowledge about the heist was made known,the story is told that thousands of Parisians flocked to stare —at the empty spot on the wall where she once hung.
A few years back,I found myself also staring —down the gaping hole that would soon become “home”to my deceased husband. The events of that day are blurry,with the exception of the drive from the cemetery. The sun was quickly fading in the western sky as the funeral home limousine whisked me due east into the darkness of night and concurrently into the darkest season of my life. Peering through the window,grief-stricken,I explicitly remember thinking my life would never be the same. It wasn’t. And,over time,I realized how much I had taken for granted.
Though not as dramatic as grieving the loss of a loved one,or as superficial as grieving the loss of an inanimate object like the Mona Lisa,it seems a growing number of Americans are now in mourning for the America they didn’t fully appreciate until it was gone.
They are longing for the time when civility and unity had a place in Washington politics and America led the world economically,ethically,and militarily. A time when planning for the future was a positive thing. Gas and food prices didn’t force you to choose between basic necessities and your mortgage payment,jobs were in surplus,and unemployment was low.
If anything positive could be said about the upheaval that has marked the past few years,it’s that it sparked a reawakening to our national identity as a “shining city on a hill,”as Reagan so eloquently put it. At the same time,the Progressive Left has seized the opportunity to peddle their own propaganda and promote the “fundamental change”Obama so eloquently promised.
Karl Marx once argued in 1859 the process for social revolution must include the economic unraveling of capitalism before a “socialist society based on democratic cooperation thus arises.”The winds of change are again blowing as the 2012 election nears;Progressives understand the window for advancing their ideas under the Obama administration is rapidly closing. As a result,leaders are….
Read more.
An election for President and Commander in Chief of the Military must strive to be above reproach. Our public institutions must give the public confidence that a presidential candidate has complied with the election process that is prescribed by our Constitution and laws. It is only after a presidential candidate satisfies the rules of such a process that he/she can expect members of the public, regardless of their party affiliations, to give him/her the respect that the Office of President so much deserves.
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