{"id":560,"date":"2014-12-12T14:34:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T22:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=560"},"modified":"2014-12-12T14:35:11","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T22:35:11","slug":"the-sounds-of-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=560","title":{"rendered":"The Sounds Of Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Sounds Of Silence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When a city goes under does this mean the end?<\/p>\n<p>Is it happening now to the city you\u2019re in?<\/p>\n<p>In this day and age changes happen fast.<\/p>\n<p>One day you\u2019re on top. The next you\u2019re under the grass.<\/p>\n<p>What do you do when congress runs amuck?<\/p>\n<p>It seems every problem is just too tough.<\/p>\n<p>They can\u2019t seem to agree on anything at all.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s enough to make a grown man bawl.<\/p>\n<p>Makes you think of the song: \u201cTobacco Road\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The way they resolved the heavy load.<\/p>\n<p>Tear it down &amp; start all over again.<\/p>\n<p>Can we start over with this nation again?<\/p>\n<p>Seems unlikely. A good start; bring God back.<\/p>\n<p>Let them read the Bible. Cut them some slack.<\/p>\n<p>Put prayer in schools and give children a choice.<\/p>\n<p>When they grow up maybe they\u2019ll have a voice.<\/p>\n<p>Put the 10 commandments on the courthouse wall.<\/p>\n<p>For all to see, &amp; let it be a guide to one and all.<\/p>\n<p>Teach creationism along with evolution.<\/p>\n<p>Let people have a choice &amp; come up with a solution.<\/p>\n<p>Reestablish the U.S. Constitution &amp; amendments.<\/p>\n<p>When in full effect it\u2019s hard to condemn \u00a0it.<\/p>\n<p>Strongly enforce freedom of religion.<\/p>\n<p>Separate church and state. Make the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Pray to God for guidance in all you do.<\/p>\n<p>Do all to the glory of God. Don\u2019t be a fool.<\/p>\n<p>Try these things for a start.<\/p>\n<p>Once under way don\u2019t tear it apart.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s \u00a0our only chance to delay the end because<\/p>\n<p>if we don\u2019t there will be trouble like there never was.<\/p>\n<p>So fight for the right to stand up and be heard.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re very life may depend on every word.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;R. W. Johnson&#8212;&#8211;(2013)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Sounds Of Silence When a city goes under does this mean the end? Is it happening now to the city you\u2019re in? In this day and age changes happen fast. One day you\u2019re on top. The next you\u2019re under the grass. What do you do when congress runs amuck? It seems every problem &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=560\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Sounds Of Silence<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,27,29,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-factual","category-life-lessons","category-religious"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":562,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions\/562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}