Why is the establishment pushing so hard To bring this country, the greatest ever, to its knees? Unimaginable sacrifice was made to allow us To reach the position in the world which We are now, although precariously, holding It is inconceivable that our own people Want us to fail and become a third world country Where everyone, like in Cuba or Venezuela, lives In an equal state of misery and any outcry Results in elimination. Most are aware to some degree of American history Everything was not perfect and evil men Did exist who were unmerciful to our perceived enemies Many more civil people led us – not without casualties - To the successful Manifest Destiny There is always politics and ill-conceived methods Involved in reaching our goals. I think of The Oregon Trail, which finally made it To Oregon and this summer the “Peaceful Protests” In Portland impacted a beautiful city in a negative way We wonder who was culpable in this violence We look back harshly on those who fought fiercely On those who were involved in making the trail a reality But look away with disinterest in locating the ones Funding the disastrous destruction, looting and injuries, As well as death that was happening in Portland Too many citizens of this country especially The woke left watch the media that presents One side to what is going on in the country They ignore and do not report on realities That do not fit their narrative. They ignore The power of Big Tech and the negative Influence and control which they possess We need a new trail – one that leads to rights of expression Rather than the road to crisis and misery Stanski April 24, 2021 ^