Monday with Marley

September 15, 2008  





Can we afford to live in America?  
 
   I don't mean to be negative here but it seems that almost everybody I know, is not only feeling the pinch but living pinched to the point of punching back. There is an uneasiness in the massive tide of dissatisfaction with the government. Add to this the gravity of disallusionment in the Good Old American Dream and the powerful sucking undertow of over-taxation and we find ourselves bracing for a Perfect Storm, a Perfect Storm of Change.
 
   A Perfect Storm is where all factors come together, improbably but perfectly timed, to raise the crescendo of power. The power of the storm can cripple and destroy. The power of the storm can change the shape and profile of the land. The power of the storm can cleanse and make new again.
 
   America is the Perfect Storm. Can you feel it churning, gaining power, rising in its common voice? Of the People, by the People and For the People ... We the People ARE the ocean and the water. We the People have the Power to cripple and destroy, the Power to change the shape and profile of our land and We the People possess the Power to cleanse and make new again.
 
Can we afford to live in America?
 
   It's been a very long time since the government was of, by and for the people. It has become a Sea of Red Tide in and to itself. Red Tide is an algae, a parasitic growth that chokes the ocean of life-giving oxygen, leaving nothing but toxic waste in its wake. Unfortunately, we just sit here, watching satellite images of the Red Tide come and go and consume and I bet you, most of us don't even ask the question, "Is there something I could do?"
 
Same with the government.
 
   It has become a paracitic growth that chokes our lives, milks our money and paints us, THE VERY BREAD AND BUTTER OF ITS EXISTANCE, the bad guys.   Hey, Uncle Sam! We're not the bad guys. We're the guys this place called America is all about. The People.
 
   CastleRock Texas is about We the People. This is where the American Dream is still be Lived Out Loud. CastleRock is a place where community trumps subdivision, where the Little Guy has the same shots as anybody else ... where it's possible to own a truly affordable home, to have land enough for a garden, to live more sustainably, to be more of a part of nature and neighoborhood.
 
   We the People ARE the ocean and the water. We the People have the Power to change the shape and profile of our land and to cleanse and make new again.
 
   We CAN afford to live in America and America can afford to live in US.
 
   Come on up and talk to Jaime Townson, President of CastleRock Marketing. He'll show you just how incredibly affordable America can be. (New homes from under $100,000 to over a million. You see, we're all people. We all fit. We're OUTRAGEOUSLY inclusive. If you breath and you give a Shinola, you're welcome here in CastleRock Texas.)



Marley Porter