The Great Divide By Brian Cherry

America is a divided nation. This is an indisputable fact. We are split on the war, split on abortion, split on the unions, split on what the Constitution really means and split on the role of religion in this nation. If you really want to see how angrily split people can be on an issue that divides us, try throwing a quarter into one of the public Muslim footbaths and making a wish.

We have often heard long winded folks with really good hair talk about how we need to heal the nation and get rid of all these pesky divides. Of course the people who are usually saying this sort of thing preach at us from liberal news shows and explain how the best remedy for the gaping split in this country is to shut down talk radio and let abortion clinics offer the same sort of two-for-one deals that are usually associated with the purchase of a pizza. Oops, another divide.

With all this talk about healing the divide in our nation, isn’t it ironic that when conservative and liberal citizens find an issue that we agree on, it is our elected officials who have chosen to divide themselves from the people and give us the finger from what they believe is a safe distance.

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