Treating Each Other as Countrymen

Well today's subject came to my conscience as I was listening to several people not only on television but also on the radio. It seems that in this country people really don't have a feel that we are all in one family. We treat each other like strangers and we are out to get one another. even those people that call themselves patriots and good Americans don't treat their fellow Americans as country men.

You hear it all the time. This person is going to get that person. Madeoff steals Billions from people whom he should count as brothers. The executives of Enron set up a whole plan to steal the hard earned money by falsely creating energy shortages. Mass shootings have taken place in our collages and high schools. Poor people are killing each other for almost no reason at all when they should be helping each other out of their situation.

The strange thing is that many of the most egregious act are perpetuated by those who call themselves Christians. I have no idea why we don't have sympathy for those of us other people who call ourselves Americans, but it has become a large flaw in our countries psychology. Someplace we have start acting like we're in this country together and that we all have a steak in seeing to our mutual well being. When we start doing this perhaps our country will again become the attractive flame to the world it once was.