Dear USA Occupants

Dear USA Occupants: Both Legal and Illegal:

I just love my fellow occupants of this great country--every single one of you! Ahhh... let me rethink that... Do I really love murders, adulterers, wife beaters, child molesters, and stupid people? Yes, I am committed to unconditional love. Agape. To unconditional love without the thought of benefit or of power. Why, I don't know, though.

So, I have toyed with what to call us all, though. Citizens and illegal aliens? Legals and Illegals? Occupants. I really love that one. We all occupy this land--we don't really own it and we won't be here forever. We are occupying it for now but will each of us be leaving it behind some day soon.  The People? That's a good name. People who live here?  I like that, too. We the People. The Tribe? Our Tribe? The Tribe of The People Who Occupy the United States--that's quite a name. Of course, we could just stick with "Americans."

As I go on about my business of being Someone Who Shares What She Thinks at every opportunity for the betterment and enlightenment of our society of The People, I get very frustrated and find it very difficult to love certain people--I know, even I have trouble love everyone all the time.

You might think I have a hard time loving Republicans and Far Right Wing Conservatives Who Cannot Think for Themselves. Au contraire. They are so pathetic and easy to love. OH, damn, I have insulted them again! Bless their hearts!

No, the folks I have a hard time loving are my fellow Occupants, My People, My Tribe Members Who Occupy the United States of America.. I cannot bear to say the words... I am getting agitated... who... tears are forming... who... who are disengaged! I said it!

I have a hard time loving Americans Who don't vote! Who don't read newspapers! Who don't vote! Who don't belong to their political parties! Who don't vote! Who don't know where they vote or what assembly, senate, or congressional districts they live in. AND, WHO WILL NOT COME OUT TO THE COUNTLESS FREE EVENTS SPONSORED BY ORGANIZATIONS AND CANDIDATES THAT WOULD GIVE THEM A BIGGER WELCOME THAN A COUNTRY CHURCH!

People all over the world would love to come to the USA, join a political party, attend meetings freely, run for a little local office, make decisions about events & speakers, write letters, speak up at meetings, march around the capital, and VOTE! People still die for the right to vote. People are imprisoned for writing letters to the editors of the newspapers. People are in prisons for using email and Facebook!

So, I was thinking of exporting everyone who doesn't care enough to participate in Democracy and giving instant citizenship to people who have risked their lives to come here illegally! Yep, if you don't vote in 2 elections, you get deported. If you rode on top of a train, swam a dangerous river, walked through a desert, or hid in a container box to get to the USA, you get to stay! If you were a political prisoner, you come here for free and someone who doesn't vote gets deported.

And, I am changing the vocabulary. I am not saying "political" or "politics" any more. I am saying using the term, "citizenship."  Yes, I am participating in citizenship when I go to rallies or volunteer for the Dems or volunteer for candidates--not politics.

And, if you are not participating in citizenship and our lives get worse--I blame YOU! If it gets better--go ahead, thank me and all the other people you know who are active in CITIZENSHIP ACTIVITIES! I deserve it! I am working on citizenship like a dog.

Oh, I do so love my fellow occupants so much. Frankly, I haven't gotten far on my journey toward agape: I will love you far more AFTER you have engaged in 10 citizenship activities. But, I do love you a little bit!

Your friend,

Vivian