America--Our Beckon of Hope Is Brighter than Ever

America! Oh how do I love thee!

I come before you today America with a message that is not of partisanship or bi-partisanship but I bring you a message of Patriotism and Americanism.

We are all Americans—some black, some white, and some brown but we are all Americans.

We are all Americans—some young and some old but we are all Americans.

We are all Americans—some educated and some uneducated but we are all Americans.

We are all Americans—some speak only English and some who speak English as well as other languages but we are all Americans.

America our beckon of hope has never been better because today is the day that we fight back against the differences that we have plagued us and have kept us divided. We are all Americans and as Americans we must realize that our differences are only temporary but our patriotism is forever.

America, our whole life is about hope, perseverance, determination and the willingness to fight as well as the neighborliness to lend a helping hand to a fellow American in need as well as our power to forgive our neighbor for their sins. Today is the day when the shadows of racism, sexism, bigotry and discriminatory practices finally end because we the people of this great nation cannot and will not tolerate the past practices of our ancestors but we look for a higher guiding light to bring us to the “Future America and the World” that we seek to rejoice and marvel in.

America we are at the moment of clarity when we have realized that our beckon of hope is brighter than ever and our moment of certainty has never been as powerful as it is now. Today is our day America. We must seize the day as one when our hopes turned into us believing and our believing turned into us empowering. Today is the day when we meet with brothers and sisters all across this great nation and demand more from not only our nations’ leaders but our local and state leaders as well as our world leaders.

Today is the day when we stand with the rest of the world and demand more for the people of not only our own nation but the rest of the world. Today is the day that we begin to rebuild America and the world in the image that we the people of this great nation along with the rest of the people in this world believe it should be shaped in.

A world where senseless violence is weeded out and diplomacy is always the first, second and third option by all means. A world where poverty is wiped out and homelessness both at home and abroad is the main agenda of every nation’s government. A world where America is looked at as not a foe but an ally that is willing to lend a help as well as accept assistance from the rest of the world in order to maintain peace throughout the world.

America our time is now to show the rest of the world just how powerful and how mighty America is not only with our military but with our diplomacy, our intellect, and most of all our service to the world. America our time to show that we are leaders has never been much clearer than it is now because we must take the bold stances that other nations will not take in fighting against global warming, poverty, war, dictatorships, weapons of mass destruction, HIV/AIDS, terrorism, malaria, genocides, and most of all making sure that nuclear weapons stay out of the hands of dangerous groups and people.

America our moment is now. Our moment to show the world that we are willing to take the lead on issues that will keep stability and peace in the world is now. Our beckon of hope, prosperity, liberty and justice for all has never shined brighter.

America we are ready to take on the challenges in this 21st century and we can no longer sit on the sidelines and watch as the rest of the world looks for help but we must use our diplomatic power of influence to be the help the rest of the world needs. We must reach out to not only our allies and strengthen those lines of communications between our friends and us but we must reach out to quote on quote enemies and figure out why we are even enemies and look to build new lines of communications with them so perhaps they will one day become our ally.

These are just a few of the things that we as a nation face abroad but our challenges abroad are just a part of what America faces overall. For years, we as Americans have had to focus on our challenges abroad while at the same time leaving some of our challenges at home in limbo. However our time to focus on America both home and abroad is not just now but right now.

We are facing many challenges at home from home foreclosures, to a climbing jobless rate, mounting healthcare bills, soaring crime rates, and an American infrastructure that is slowly but surely crumbling with each breath we take. Well our time to change all of this is now. Our time to rebuild America’s image at home is now. The Land of the Free, the Home of the Brave and the birthplace of Equality are just a small piece of the American Dream that we all as Americans share.

America we are gathered here today to focus on not our differences but our similarities. We are gathered here today to not highlight why we are pro-choice or pro-life but we are here to find common ground to solve the issue of infant mortality rates. We are here to not only discuss the state of our education system and whether public schools are better than private or charter schools but we are here to come to a common ground on how we can ensure all of America’s children not only obtain a world class education but they are receiving some of our best and brightest learning practices and techniques that man can offer.

We are gathered here today not to simply talk about race relations in America but to find common ground on how we can fight against police brutality, the inaccuracies in our justice system and the inaccuracies in our prison systems. We are here today to not only re-write the pages of history but to re-write the pages of our democracy in order put government back on the side of the people.

America we must not only find a way but we have to find a way to have a more open dialogue on issues that separate us and begin to at least find a medium to either agree to disagree or find a better understanding of each other’s backgrounds, our hardships and our strife’s in order to understand each other’s perspective on life. America we are the world’s melting pot but we must be the world’s melting pot legally not illegally.

America we must protect our borders and ports because our border and port security both to the east and west is essential to not only the protection of our families when it comes to the products that come in from our trade partners but our borders to the north and particularly to our south are important to providing safety to our jobs in this country as well as securing our economic wealth in most cases.

We must find a common ground on our borders and the illegal immigration issue because we don’t want to separate parents from kids who were born in this country but we have rules and laws that must be abided by all our citizens in this great nation so we can’t continue to allow the law to be broken. We must draft or redraft laws that allow those parents to stay if they pass our immigration policies and pay a substantial fine or fee for each day that they were illegally in this country.

We must keep American jobs for the American people and we have to seek, prosecute and fine any business in America that is hiring illegal immigrants because we can’t allow these illegal practices to break the bank of the American economy. America the stakes have never been higher in this country when our children are at risk from lead based toys made in China and our food is at risk from chemicals that could cause harm to many of our friends, neighbors and family members.

America we cannot simply ignore all of these issues but we must fight to find solutions these issues that are in the best interest of the American people and tell our government to act now to solve these problems. We must tell our government to act on the side of the people and we must truly start putting our country first. That cannot be just a slogan but it must be the actions of our elected officials.

America we need change and that cannot just be words but it must be the actions of our elected officials that bring about this change.

America the stakes have never been higher and riskier with our economic future at risk each day we don’t act to change the policies of the housing industry or our trade practices. We must act now to start looking out for the people and start making sure that America home made products and produce are the priority of our local, state and national leaders.

We must act now America in order to protect our national interests by securing our borders and working to ensure that English is the national language spoken by all our citizens that want to enjoy in America’s rich and historic history. However America, we must do more to compete in the world and that’s why we as American’s must encourage our youth to learn another language so that they can compete with the likes of children from other countries who come here in pursuit of the “American Dream.”

What we must understand as Americans is that many children across the world speak at least two languages with English being one of them along with their national heritage language. Therefore is it a must that our world class education must consist of our nation’s children learning another language starting in the 3rd or 4th grade and having it carry on with them until college.

America we cannot allow our children’s future to be nullified in the old educational practices of yesterday but we must look to the future for new innovative educational practices that will not only enable our children to compete globally but will make America the greatest nation in the world when it comes to education.

America our problems are grave but our willingness to re-write our problems and make them our strengths is the way of the American people. We have to start thinking about rebuilding America’s infrastructure particularly our neighborhoods in the inner cities. Many of our inner cities look like wastelands and that is no way for a country full of wealth and prosperity to allow its people to live.

Therefore we must find a way to tear down abandoned homes and replace them with new lavish & luxurious homes that are not only affordable to the middle class but are affordable to the poor and rich as well. We must find a way to not only build condos in our inner city downtowns but we must make those condos affordable to both the poor and middle class.

Don’t get we wrong, the poor, middle and rich classes each have to take a sense of responsibility in taking care of these properties because that is the only way these places will grow in value.

America we have to stop treating our poor like they are inferior and helpless but we must build our poor up to be our middle class and our middle class to be our rich class and our rich class to be the even richer class. America this is the Dream, we haven’t fulfilled and have left unanswered for many American’s.

America our poor and middle class need our help more than ever and those are the ones that don’t just need a helping hand but they need training to find adequate jobs that will help them meet their needs in terms of paying their rent, car note, health bills and other bills.

We must rebuild our inner cities by rebuilding our parks and recreation centers so that people will want to move back to the homes and places of living we have provided and raise families that in turn will create a tax base for inner cities where shops, stores and businesses will want to come to and set up shop. We must rebuild our inner cities by re-paving city streets and make sure they are safe to drive on and by making sure there is adequate lighting on city streets so that those communities are safe day and night from predators and those who prey on the good folks of our nation.

America we must rebuild America’s infrastructure by paving our roads and highways so that the potholes that destroy so many of our cars no longer exist. We have to stop spending money on our roads and highways summer after summer to make sure our roads are perfectly fixed & paved evenly. However we must find a better way to pave our roads and highways as well as our streets so that we shouldn’t be re-paving the same problem every year or two years. We need to invest in better technology and techniques to provide a better road paving mechanism in our nation.

America we must rebuild America’s infrastructure by investing in rebuilding and remodeling America’s bridges so that each bridge in America is where it needs to be in terms of being functionally superior for us as American’s to walk, drive or jog on. We must look to make America safer and this is just one step toward it.

One of the way’s we can make America safer besides protecting our borders and ports & rebuilding our infrastructure is by making sure we put enough police and firefighters on the streets of our cities and towns. We need to provide our citizens with the same type of protection that our nation’s leaders are provided and that’s why our police and firefighters need to not only have the same type of training of our nation’s FBI but some of our military agencies and other defense department agencies.

The safety of our nation’s citizens is our top priority and that is what we need now more than ever. America we have much to change and far to go but trust me, we can do it as a nation united rather than a nation divided. America we might disagree on which issue is the most important but we do agree that we have tons of issues we need to address.

America we have tons of health issues we need to address from cancer to HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases to heart attacks and birth defects as well as many other health issues. However America, be assured that every American will be ensured with the best health care coverage that our nation can provide. America please be asssured that we will fight against insurance companies who try to cut costs to you the citizens of America on drugs that your doctors recommend for you to take because they are the best on the market and have proven to save lives.

America our nation’s health insurance companies cannot be playing Russian roulette with the lives of so many American’s. That is something we cannot and will not tolerate. Health Insurance companies should not be in the business of saving money but they should be in the business of saving lives. That is why this is not only our time but this is our moment right here, right now America.

America we can’t allow big business or big corporations to override the rule of the people and the needs of the people. America our beckon of hope has never been brighter and that is why we are gathered here today to address all the issues that plague us both abroad and at home.

We are gathered here today as Americans to help in the glory of America’s future and the prosperity of America’s Beckon of Hope as we not only RECLAIM the AMERICAN DREAM but make it a reality.

America this is Our Moment!

America this is Our Time!

America the time for Change is not NOW but Right NOW!

America we are the Change we want to see both home and abroad!

America we are ready to not only Change the world but to Change America for good!

America our BECKON of HOPE is Brighter than ever!

America, the America Dream will be within reach of all Americans!

America we have to stop hoping and start believing and empowering!

America we must not only empower our fellow Americans with the can do and will do spirit & attitude but we must empower the world with the same spirit & attitude!

America we are READY!

WE are READY to LEAD!

WE are READY to SERVE!

WE are READY to PUT OUR COUNTRY FIRST!

WE are the FUTURE OF AMERICA AND THE WORLD!

Thank you America! God Bless you!