Uncle Sam is the symbolic figure that represents America. An idea put into flesh. A nation wrapped up in a human being.
What pressure! All in one man!
Sometimes women don't trust men. Sometimes even men don't trust men. But the question is: Can you trust Uncle Sam?
I love my American Indian heritage. There is an American Indian rap song. Its lyrics go, "This land is Our land, this land ain't your land, from California to the New York islands."
Though Native Americans are not known to be conservative, but rather liberal, there is an organization that is both Indian and conservative. It is called CHIEF (Christian Hope Indian Eskimo Fellowship). Sometimes a "Believer" and a liberal are able to fellowship (the "F" in CHIEF). That brings me hope (the "H" in CHIEF) though Christians and non-Christians have different views: There is hope for the fellowship of future children in the future generations.
I believe that fellowship will bring America hope. There is, in my opinion, Christian hope for Indians and Eskimos, and the key is fellowship. That goes for non-Indians, too.
Back to the original question: Can America trust Uncle Sam? Can other countries and cultures trust Uncle Sam?
I had a few friends who were teenagers. They were exchange students from Europe, and they were temporarily living in the South. They complained constantly that the teenagers (their counterparts) living in the South pretend to like them, but the Southern teens were too passive-aggressive.
A European teenager will tell you what he thinks initially and suddenly. A teenager from the South mulls over the matter privately or even passive-aggressively with others behind closed doors. They use their passivity against others. This is only an opinion from a European teenager ... not necessarily my belief.
Another friend I had was from Jordan in the Middle East. He had a Ph.D., but he had to work as a janitor in a retirement home.
He told me that Caucasian Americans in the South drill a person like himself. They'll introduce themselves and immediately after ask, "So what do you do?" It irritated the heck out of my friend.
Another friend, a doctor from Mexico, had to deal with people treating her suspiciously when she could not transfer her M.D. license, so she had to practice nutrition. She is probably finding lots of opportunities in her future in America, though.
I can illustrate that the weather in the South seems to be as fickle as the people. Nutritionists and weathermen both seem to have unsteady jobs sometimes in the South. Because the physical body and the climate are not set in stone.
My question for you is this: Can the rest of the world trust you as an American? Which is stronger? Being an American or being a Christian?
I'd like to choose both because I find America to be my home sweet home. I am proud to be an American. I am very patriotic. I ask for patriotic jewelry and clothes for my Christmas presents from others.
So is Uncle Sam a Christian or a liberal? Have you asked him? Can you ask him? Is our national father to be trusted? And is Uncle Sam "born again?"
Our forefathers say, "Yes." But in this day in age no one else seems to know.
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Amy Beth Sawyer lives in Little Rock.
Editorial on 07/04/2016