Bradley Manning Is "Almost Gone" - Graham Nash's blog featured in the Huffington Post

My name is Graham Nash and I am a human being...

I became a citizen of the United States of America decades ago mainly because I did not want to be hypocritical, criticizing this country, throwing caustic comments from the sidelines, usually in song, yet not being a true part of this wonderful social network. I also wanted to be able to vote and I wanted to be able to praise the obvious beauty of this country and it's people and the things they stand for, having been brilliantly set out in our Constitution.

Being a citizen means the world to me, and it also means that I can raise my voice and my opinion.

Obviously no one has to agree with anything I'm saying but I know that our constitution guarantees me the right to speak my mind.

I see many things wrong with this country right now: the ever widening divide between the rich and the poor, the taking over of our government by the corporate/financial elite, the 'buying' of our very democracy by the 1%, the decimation of our environment by the oil, coal, gas, chemical and nuclear industries and the ever increasing erosion of our civil rights to name but a few of our many problems.