Dear Tom Hanks, (I Love Your Movies)

So it came to my attention that Mr. Tom Hanks had some words for my fellow Mormon people the other day. He said something along the line that Mormon supporters of Propostion 8 are Un-American. I am American (see post below). Is it un-American to stand up for your religious beliefs and exercise your right to vote? Is it un-American to fight for something you believe in? The answer is NO. So let me ask Mr. Hanks if since I am a Mormon and a supporter of Propostion 8, am I un-American? Have I spent 6 years of my life in the U.S. Army training to deploy and fight for this country, training soldiers to fight for this country, and investing hours and hours of my time just to be called un-American by someone who does not know what it is like to train like I have? NO. He makes movies, good ones I admit. He has every right to say what he wants, he's an American right? But I will not be called Un-American by someone who doesn't know how I live and work. Will I watch his movies? Yes. Does he care what I say? No. So I'm venting here just to vent. Maybe Tom will read this and send me an e-mail. Maybe say sorry to a religious group that invests so much money as a CHURCH to help the less fortunate around the world. The CHURCH didn't raise money to support Prop 8, CHURCH MEMBERS raised the money. Funny how that works, Church and State are seperate, but Church members and state rely on each other to get things done.

Make America, America Again.

The best quote since Barack Obama was elected was on The Daily Show: "Obama got elected, Racism is over." Obviously this couldn't be farther from the truth. Its an unfortunate world we live in where we can still discriminate against someone's race, religion, or place of birth. Sure there are horrible white people, horrible black people, and so on and so forth. But amazingly there are also people of each color that are extraordinary.
The election coverage was great, and the turn out was outstanding. Sure we spent $120 million dollars on it. We could have put that towards cancer, homelessness, AIDs, or something else. We could have used the almost $1 Billion dollars raised campaigning for President on the same stuff. But that's silly. That's not just for this election and inauguration, we could use every single person's campaign or inauguration money on something worth while.
Hopefully Obama can fulfill his promise. We must make America respectable in the eyes of the world again. The stock market is rising since he has been in office (2 days) and there is a newfound hope that is breezing through America.

So I must say, "President Obama please do not sell yourself to the major corporations of America, do not forget those little people around you. It is in your hands now to make America, America again. Fix us and you will be not only be celebrated throughout history for being African-American, you will be celebrated for being an American that was proud to be an American."

I am proud to be an American. I am glad I live in a nation free of tyranny and oppression. My President will fix America. My President is Barack Obama.