God bless America

God bless America. A sentiment currently in vogue and seen on many, many automobiles and roadside billboards.

Does God bless the wanton killing of non-combatants and other civilians?

Does God bless the use of torture when questioning prisoners of any stripe?

Does God bless the practice of imprisoning people, for life, without trial or even indictments or other charges because one man deems them to be dangerous?

Does God bless the practice of continuous lies and deceit from our supposed leaders?

Does God bless the practice of visiting war and destruction upon a people who have not threatened, nor were capable of threatening, America?

I am certain that one could continue with many more examples of does God bless... but the salient question is this:

If the answer to even one of the questions is no, then "God bless America" is unlikely to come to pass. In fact one could envision how the Deity could well deign to punish a nation for claiming to be motivated by God yet showing in virtually every act that such a claim is false.

There was a time when one was proud to be an American but under the criminals, fascists and thugs of the Bush regime, that time has passed.

It will not be democrats or independents who will save America. It will fall to the decent, moderate republicans (yes they do exist) to fight for and win back their party from the fascists and budding brown shirts.

The future of America, as we have known it, hangs in the balance.