Reply #16: Yes, and further. . .

[leanin_green]

this is a planetary process. The American Ideal was the last great idea to grab the imagination of the world. The whole world, in one form or another, has joined together through history to try to make that ideal a reality. Great things have been done in its name. Great evils have also been perpetrated in the advancement of its cause. In all of this we have to remember one important fact: "What becomes of a Great Ideal in the hands of men?"(mine) We are dual beings of light and dark. The epic battle has been for the dominance of one over the other in the hearts of man. The great hands on the cosmic clock are almost at the stroke of midnight. A great cycle is coming to a close within our little galaxy. The last drive for dominance of the darkness is at hand and we are witnesses to a great truth. That it IS always darkest before the dawn. That into EVERY life a little rain MUST fall. We are beginning to see the manner in which this darkness will manifest itself. In the established religions through fanaticism, theocracy and the blending of church and state. Through a legal system that only caters to the letter of the law and not the spirit of it. Through a value system and cultural philosophy spoon fed by mass communications, media images and pop culture. This is the America that much of the rest of the world rejects. An America that has no respect for cultural differences because it believes itself to BE the ultimate culture. It's as if the rest of the world is telling America, "We love your ideal, but we don't like what you've done with it."