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to them, so anyone who disagrees is the enemy. They are terrified by the fact that they can't be right all the time, and anyone who listens to the other guy sometimes is a threat , like a monster in their fearful minds.

We become so distracted by our greed and the need to be right that we don't see the forest for all the trees. We can't look through an empathetic view when we believe the American dream is all about me. We can't step into someone else's shoes when we don't stop to think of anyone else but ourselves before we use our right to freely speak what we think is the truth. It seems to me that we only choose to say what's on our minds when we are most afraid, but we refuse to see the reality that nothing good comes from doom and gloom.

All about me political philosophies create hate and use fear based debates to manipulate you into being afraid too. Like Rush Limbaugh, they don't think of what benefits all. If he ever stopped to think before he used his right to freely say, "I hope Obama fails some day," he'd see where his, "know it all," mentality might lead. People like him tend to rant and rave to create a predetermined destiny of fear and hate, but it was hope and faith that got Obama elected in the first place. Then again, to wish that the President of the United States will fail miserably, means to me that Rush hopes we will all end up naked in the streets, just so he can be right and say, "I told you so," some day. That's exactly what we don't need, today of all times. To overcome what just might be our demise, we need to open our minds and listen to the other guy sometimes.

4. A sense of entitlement:

It seems as if we've come to believe that heaven, earth and the universe could and should revolve around the United States, and as divided as we've become, we don't see that we need to do what benefits everyone, not just some. We tend to feel entitled to what the world has to offer, and when we run out of stuff, we believe another country owes us that much. Then, when we take was does not belong to us, we wonder why other countries hate our guts so much.

We need to see the reality that the American Dream is not all about Americans, but it comes from what is best for heaven, earth and the universe. The more options we provide, the more equal our rights. The more we give back, the more opportunities for more human beings to achieve what we believe should be the American dream, world wide. Because that's true, let's stop communicating what we

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