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America Needs A Dream to Bring Us Together?
Kathy and I went on a bike ride in the smoke today.
We rushed home to get the Helena (40 miles away) to see a movie.
We love movies at the theater.
We’re old fashioned that way.
The last 15 years or so we’ve been movie buffs.
Almost every Saturday night you’ll find us at a theater watching a movie.
Even during the pandemic I called Ed the owner at Broadway Metro in Eugene and rented the theater for just the two of us.
Anyway, tonight we say “Fly Me To The Moon.”
It’s a fun movie about the race to get to the moon but with a romantic/conspiracy slant.
It was a very entertaining movie.
But here’s my point.
It was focused on America’s desire to be the first to put a man on the moon.
I remember that.
I was ten when Apollo 11 landed on the moon.
Our whole school stopped lessons and watched it on a black and white television that was brought into the classroom on a rolling stand.
That moment brought America together.
As I watched I thought we need a moment like that today to bring us back together.
But for the life of me I can’t think of anything that would do that.
I remember 911 did that but for god sake we don’t want that.
Is there something that we could all get behind.
To be honest I don’t think so.
The world, politics, religion all of it has become too much.
There’s no room for getting behind anything because everyone has a cause or boycott they have to prove to stand for their beliefs.
It makes me sad really.
I hear cries from both parties for unity but think it’s all bullshit.
Today, Unity means you give into what I believe and we’ll be united.
That’s not unity.
The movie is not based on a true story but sure got me thinking.
It did what movies do for me, make me think, make me dream and force me to struggle with the reality verses fiction.
Will we magically find unity? No.
It’s a dream, it’s a political BS comment, it’s not real anymore.
Too much water under the bridge, too much lying, too much manipulation.
When you see the film you are reminded of a more innocent time.
We’ve lost that because we’ve seen what humans, parties and political ambitions can stoop to to gain power.
I wish I were ten again.
Just sitting in a class dreaming of life that would come to be.
But I too have seen too much.
Unity?
Sounds good but what can bring us together.
In my mind…..Nothing.
So I wait.
I agree with Rick, that we need something the country can find unity in. I also agree with his past comments that it was pretty lame that we only had two old white guys to choose as presidential options.
Seems like the obvious solution is for us to unite behind Kamala! Not only do we finally have a candidate whose age is under their average life expectancy, but we would also be making history by electing our first woman and first South Asian! What an opportunity for us all!
I was thinking the Olympics would be a good start. But alas the start of the Olympics has eliminated that chance. I agree there probably just isn’t one.