UNITED WE STAND BY DIVERSITY WE HAVE

FALLEN. THIS IS NO LONGER THE NATION I GREW UP IN. THIS IS NO LONGER A NATION OF 'WE THE PEOPLE, UNITED IN THE CAUSE OF AMERICA.' FOR 21 YEARS I HAVE FOUGHT THE BATTLE, IN MY WRITINGS AND TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. I HAVE BEEN PUSHED OUT OF WRITING JOBS, BECAUSE OF MY LOVE AND DEFENSE OF THIS C COUNTRY. MY BOOK WRITTEN IN 1999 "UNITED WE STAND BY DIVERSITY WE FALL," WAS KICKED OUT OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY, BECAUSE PEOPLE NOT OF MY PERSUASION DIDN'T LIKE WHAT I WAS SAYING--THE TRUTH. I HAVE SERVED MY COUNTRY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY FOR 21 YEARS AND WAS PROUD OF MY SERVICE AND MY COUNTRY. NOW I AM FORCED TO QUESTION THIS SERVICE--DID I HELP TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT IT--NOW I HAVE MY BOUBTS! FOLKS, IN A SUPPOSEDLY FREE NATION, I NO LONGER FEEL FREE, BUT BETRAYED. SINCE THE YEAR 1964, I HAVE WATCHED MY COUNTRY, BEING DISINTEGRATED PIECE BY PICE WHILE SOCIALISM WAS ON THE MARCH. WE NOW HAVE 60 PERCENT OF OUR CITIZENS WHO ARE IN EFFECT, ADMITTING THEY CANNOT MAKE IT ON THEIR OWN, EVEN IN THE ONCE GREATEST NATION. I WAS BORN IN THE YEAR 1930, THE EARLY YEARS OF THE DEPRESSION ONE OF 11 CHILDREN BY THE YEAR 1938. MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSED AN EPELEPTIC IN THE YEAR 1929. I MANAGED TO SURVIVE, LIVING IN AN ORPHANS HOME, MY MOTHERS EARLY DEATH IN 1940, BEING SENT TO A TRAINNING SCHOOL FOR BOYS, BECAUSE I HAD TO WORK TO SUPPORT WHAT WAS LEFT OF MY FAMILY AT AGE 13. I WITHNESSNED BY FATHER LOOSING HIS MIND FROM THE PRESURES HE FACED, I RAN WAY FROM A TRAINING SCHOOL, LIVED IN 6 FOSTER HOMES AND BEFORE I WENT INTO THE MILITARY AT AGE 17, STARTING AT AGE 8 AND UNTIL I ENTERED THE SERVICE, I HAD 17 JOBES DON'T EVERY TELL ME YOU CAN'T FIND A JOB IN AMERICA. DURING THE YEARS OF MY EARLYLIFE I ONLY WENT TO SCHOOL ABOUT FOUR OF THOSE YEARS, I HAVE SLEPT IN BACK SEATS OF CARS, UNDER PORCHES, BOX CARS, GARAGES AND RAT HOUSES THAT WE, MY FAMILY, CALLED HOME. DURING THESE YEARS, MY FAMILY RECEIVED A LOT OF HELP FROM ALL RACES CREEDS AND COLORS--BUT IN MY MIND THE TWO RACES THAT HELPED MY FAMILY THE MOST WERE THE BLACKS AND MIGRANTS--OR AT THAT TIME MIGRANT WORKERS. I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THESE RACES, THESE PEOPLE, WHO TODAY, MANY WOULD CALL ME A RACIEST BECAUSE I CHOOSE TO LOVE MY COUNTRY MORE. I AM SOON TO ENJOY MY 80TH BIRTHDAY, AND HAVE YET TO ACCEPT AN UNEMPLOYMENT CHECK. I AM A SELF-EDUCATED MAN, HOWEVER AT THE TIME I ENTERED THE SERVICE OF MY COUNTRY, I COULD HARDLY SPEL. SINCE MY RETIREMENT, I HAVE WRITTEN 7 BOOKS AND NOW MY FIRST SONG. I AM NOT WRITING ANY OF THIS LOOKING FOR SYMPHATY--I DO NOT NEED IT, I HAVE LIVED MOST OF MY LIFE IN THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON THE FACE OF THIS PLANET AND I WILL DIE FEELING THAT WAY. BUT DAMMIT, DON'T EVER TELL ME YOU CAN'T FIND WORK IN AMERICAN. I COULD, FROM MY CHILDHOOD TO MY MANHOOD, ALWAYS FIND WORK. I HAD A BLACK MOTHER SURROGATE FOR PART OF MY LIFE AND SHE COULD FIND WORK I HAD A MEXICAN FAMILY, THAT MIGRATED EACH YEAR, FOLLOWING THE FARM ROUTE, THAT COULD ALWAYS FIND WORK. IF YOU CAN'T FIND WORK IN AMERICAN, PRAY TELL ME WHERE! YOU CAN'T FIND WORK BECAUSE TODAY YOU DO NOT NEED TO THANKS TO GOVERMENT WELFARE, FREEBEES AND SUCH. IF YOU CAN'T FIND WORK--YOU AIN'T LOOKING! THE MESSENGER - CMSGT JAMES J. DOBRANICH SR. USAF, RETIRED IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MY TO THE STORY OF MY EARLY LIFE, READY MY BOOK ENTITLED' BORN IN THE GREATEST GENEERATION - NO SILVER SPOONS. BOOK AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM, AUTHORHOUSE AND OTHER OUTLETS