We look around and wonder why our children have no respect for our laws and our neighbors. Our elected officials, those who we elect and pay to represent us, get so caught up in the power plays and games of keeping up appearances that they forget who they are and what it is that they're elected to do. With constant badgering and harassment by those whose only interest is in their own individual financial gain, it's easier to give in than stand their ground and fight. The minorities in this country who are the poorest of the poor, the indigenous ones of this continent who were promised in our country's most honored legal systems to be protected, have never known the truth of those promises. Their land has been desecrated, stolen, raped, and all the things they hold sacred continue to be destroyed in the name of greed.
Poisonous chemicals enter water sources that are used for drinking, bathing and cooking.
Children are stillborn or born with major birth defects. Others that must use those same polluted waters are condemned to die slow, torturous deaths. I am not a registered member of any federally recognized indigenous Nation of these american continents but I do live on the northern continent. I am a member of the human race and must speak out on behalf of all those who are my relations. Race, religion and gender are not relevant criteria.