Using rhetoric, imitating writing style, creating a false perspective and then getting nostalgic by invoking family values? Is that what I just read? What in the world was that? Was that just something incredibly stupid trying to be really clever?

I think Sean Penn needs to be visited by three spirits on July 4, 2010. The Ghost of Revolutions Past, The Ghost of Current Events, and the Ghost of Liberal Future. He's as mean and selfish as Scrooge, saying "Bah-Humbug," to American Patriotism.

Mr. Parks, you write with a passion and sincere concern. Thank you for the reminder.

The Generation Next has been waiting, watching, learning and living in the real world long enough now to see things more clearly. And we're not happy with what we are seeing. Most of all, the considerable disappointment we are to you? To our elders? It is not something taken lightly.

I ask you to temper your judgement and please, do not underestimate our sensibilities. The time for us to speak out and take action has come. The question is, friends, what will we do next?