America, Come Lately

The land of opportunity.  The land in which all dreams are made. The land where people immigrate to, in their quest for a life of greater purpose for themselves, and their subsequent generations.

 America, the beautiful. America the compliant.

In America, come lately, I have been asking myself if our elder statespeople have seen moral fortitude in a vast decline over just a few generations in our fairly young country. We can practice religious, political, sexual and personal freedoms here in America with wild abandon, without paying for it with our lives. Great!  

Economic development certainly has prevailed for many who have legally immigrated to our great country, raised families, and have given back. Conversely, unskilled illegal immigrants continue to tax the system. But that's another blog. Illegal immigrants have a great ... oops, gotta wait.

As the decades have spanned, I have noted how our society digests, processes and compartmentalizes American Values based on our ever hyper-vigilant exposure to the weakening foundation of our own moral code.

In fact, we have become homogenized and conditioned to crime, even in its most capital form.

Televised major media plays a critical role in showboatin' high profile crime. They play Judge and Jury for an insatiable consumption in modern day America – much like the Gladiatorial Games of ancient Rome. 

Only in America are verdicts predicted, defendants offended, and do murderers make millions. 

We can be forgiving, after all.

Nike just award Michael Vicks a new contract, even if he did play a primary role in animal death and cruelty. (Goodbye, Nike). We forgave Bill Clinton for lying under oath to stay on as president. In a year or two, we'll forgive Anthony Weiner for lying to the media and having to leave his political post. Justice where, again?

After the Casey Anthony trial, I am certainly not prideful, but shamed by our much obliging justice system. I wont even dignify this sad case further with the already multi-heard regurgitated ad nauseam details. 

We just showed the entire world we let folks get away with these types of crimes here based on nomenclature and semantics – and that justice, in fact, never played a role. Where is Caylee's opportunity to become a young woman, with dreams?

The volume of kidnapped and murdered children here in America alone calls for unprecedented measures. Our own milk cartons attest to our staggering statistics.  n their unfortunate tragic plentitude, victims become nameless, faceless and blurred, except in the hearts of the family and friends who knew them. I don't like living with that reality.

There is a call on several social networks to keep the porch light on for Caylee Anthony. While I can appreciate the gesture, Caylee won't see it, nor will the next victim, but our lawmakers might, for justice reform, nearly midway to an election year. So good hearted ... and very America, come lately. On tonight. Off tomorrow? The jury's still out on that one.. 

Our founding fathers will have said get some mileage out of your anger. Make a real difference - and find the constitution to do it.

And keep America beautiful.