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# Letter: America is a house divided and must clean its own cup
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/011107-story/
- Published: 2007-01-11T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T23:44:08.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Raphael Hameed Santa Monica*

America needs to clean house Editor: America is a house divided and this house is falling apart before our eyes.

We want to befriend everything that conflicts with what we, as Christians, know of as the truth. Have you ever had to follow the orders of two bosses? It’s a nightmare-gone-wild, to say the least. Democrat versus Republican is why our political house stays in so much chaos. Rich versus poor, white versus black — it goes on and on. This is how the devil works to destroy that which is good. We can’t be tolerant of evil and stand against it at the same time.

This government takes it’s cut, under the table, behind closed-door sessions, to look the other way and say, “I did-n’t know.” We have let more wolves into our pen. We are just like sheep, having not a care in the world, besides what in front of our faces. Christians are silent, asleep and or afraid to look this world in the eye and tell it the truth. Americans should not have to wonder what new perils await on their doorsteps. Let us clean the inside of our own cup and the outside will be clean.

This is my home and even though I am surrounded by evil, I fear only God. We all have internal cleaning that needs to be done, but there are stumbling blocks that need to be removed. We are a nation of many colors and hues, but we have to be of one accord if we want victory. Islam is not the only problematic issue, but right now, it must not grow in my borders.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 11, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/011107.pdf?ref=smdp.com)