“What was America?”

Remarks to the WNY Tea Party on July 4th by James Ostrowski Frank Sinatra used to ask in song, “What is America?” Let me change that question slightly to “What was America?”, because whatever America was, no longer exists. You can say the pledge of allegiance and sing the national anthem all you want but please don’t pretend you are honoring the land of Washington and Jefferson. It has been many decades since America was governed by Jeffersonian principles of limited government or Washi