I Wish

I wish

I wish I had a platform.

I wish I had a platform, not just because I’m short and would feel taller.

I wish I had a platform because I would hope I could help bring some sanity to this world.

I wish I had a Star Trek Teleporter, so I could Teleport to wherever insanity was taking place. And I wish I could make like Jiminy Cricket and be that voice of reason on people’s shoulders.

I wish I didn’t have to read about shootings in schools. Is there anywhere safe these days?

I wish I didn’t have to worry about my boys starting school in the next 12-18 months and all the lunatics that exist.

I mean, yeah, shooting innocent unsuspecting people teaches someone a lesson. It’s a mad world. It’s a sad world.

I wish I was raising my boys in a world like I had, or like my parents had.

I wish they could walk to school without me or my wife, and not have to worry about who was lurking.

I wish I didn’t have to do a background check on the parents, families, teachers and coaches my sons will have over the next 14 years.

I wish every child had a mommy and a daddy in the home.

I wish I could be wherever children are being hurt by adults, and somehow find a better home for the children. Every child deserves a chance to have a chance.

I wish I didn’t have to start thinking about how to tell my 3 and 4 year old boys that if anyone “touches” them, they need to tell mommy and daddy.

I wish I didn’t have to think about thinking about that.

I wish I could be the judge and jury AND enforcer for people who do hurt children.

I wish there was a way to punish those people who take the lives of other people, and then take their own.

I wish I could go back in time and tell the writers of the Constitution and our laws to be future minded and close as many loopholes as possible so that the intent wouldn’t be so abused these days.

I wish people would take the common sense approach to life and the Consitution.

I wish we didn’t have to talk about gun regulation. We have the right to bear arms. Problem is, idiots have the same right.

The right to bear arms was put there so the government couldn’t confiscate weapons, and so people could protect themselves from danger…and back then, even the government.

And what is gun regulation? The government controlling guns… See where this going?
I wish people really understood freedom.

Freedom isn’t the right to do wrong. Freedom is the right to be wrong.

I wish freedom of speech wasn’t so abused. Honestly. It’s not the right to say whatever you want. It’s the right to not have the government tell you what you can say.

And by misinterpreting that, we now have the government telling us what we can and can’t say.

I wish that anything spoken contrary to a person’s opinion wasn’t considered inflammatory or hateful.

I wish everything wasn’t about money. You name it, somehow money effects it.

I wish greed wasn’t good.

I wish our judicial system worked. I mean, not everyone is “a good kid who wouldn’t hurt anybody.” And I understand reasonable doubt, but in a morally and ethically challenged society, isn’t reasonable doubt abused? People deserve the right to a fair trial, but fair doesn’t mean getting off with little or no punishment.

I wish people would understand that whether they are Christian or not, our way of life was founded on those principles and as those principles have eroded, so has our way of life.

I understand that we are a land of many religions these days, but there used to be an “American Way.” It wasn’t perfect. But you surely didn’t have the chaos of today’s society.

If everyone is right, how can there by wrong? It’s simple. Not everyone is right, but we’ve been telling people for a few decades now that they are.

I wish people understood that sometimes what’s right for me IS right for you.

I wish we would realize that the freedom of religion doesn’t mean freedom from religion. It was meant to keep the government from telling us who or what to worship.

And by misinterpreting, we now have the government saying who, what, where, when and how to worship.

I wish people understood that the separation of Church and state wasn’t intended to keep church out of the state. It was meant to keep the state out of the church. (See freedom of religion wish)

I wish our country still had a fear of God. And by that I mean a respect for. God’s not out to get us.

Yeah, I believe in Him, and I know a lot of people don’t. I know many have other faiths. For anyone that doesn’t want to worship God, or any god. Don’t. You have the right not to worship. And nobody is making you. Chill out. Relax.

But it’s plain to see, that this country was better off when there was a stronger fear of God.

It gave us a backbone. It gave us a moral compass. It provided safety and comfort. It provided strength. It provided guidance.

Look at our world and tell me you don’t wish we had more of those things.