{"id":359788,"date":"2026-07-03T10:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/359788\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T10:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:17:07","slug":"opinion-focus-on-what-unites-us-on-the-usas-250th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/359788\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Focus on what unites us on the USA\u2019s 250th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our U.S. Constitution begins with \u201cWe\u201d not \u201cMe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On this, our country\u2019s 250th birthday, our citizens should realize that from the very beginning, our country was all about \u201cWe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>May God bless our United States on this Fourth of July.<\/p>\n<p>I am not a soccer fan. I am a fan of making our world a better place. That is exactly what the\u00a0FIFA World Cup is doing.<\/p>\n<p>What a refreshing sight to see people from all over the world set aside their politics, their differences and come together in a show of unity, love and friendship.<\/p>\n<p>Americans and Mexicans joining Norway in the rowing celebration. Visitors from other countries loving our country and the other host countries.<\/p>\n<p>In this ugly world,\u00a0if we treated each other like we have during the FIFA World Cup, think of the possibilities and what we could accomplish.<\/p>\n<p>I am saddened by the recent actions taken by some of our city, county and state elected officials who attempted to ban Ye\u2019s concert at the\u00a0Alamodome.<\/p>\n<p>Where were these sages in April this year when real <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/news\/article\/san-antonio-hate-flyer-northwest-side-22196070.php\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">neo-Nazis were passing out flyers<\/a> near Jefferson High School? Or in 2021, demonstrating across from Cornerstone Church?<\/p>\n<p>When can we ban real Nazi activities in San Antonio on public property?<\/p>\n<p>Our elected officials should be focused on protecting our daily lives and community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cci_tagline_name\" title=\"CCI Tagline Name\">Zachary\u00a0Becenti, LaCoste<\/p>\n<p>Please help me express my thanks to the San Antonio Fire Department in general and to Lt. Rob Singleterry and his crew specifically for their help with a nonemergency matter.<\/p>\n<p>They responded quickly and in a very friendly manner. They took care of the issue in a professional manner and kept me informed throughout the process. It wasn\u2019t a major issue, but it most definitely affected our quality of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Our U.S. Constitution begins with \u201cWe\u201d not \u201cMe.\u201d On this, our country\u2019s 250th birthday, our citizens should realize&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[127346,82,11576,84,83,3692,123917],"class_list":["post-359788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-july-fourth","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-fire-department","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-world-cup","tag-ye"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}