3. Our Voices Will Save Us

Following the wake up call, the Whos continued their cry, "Just tell us what we have to do. Just lead us and we'll follow you. We'll save this town! We'll save this world!" Followed by Dr. Whovey's reply, "What to do, I wish I knew."

So what do we do? What can we do? The part of the story that is missing is where the Whos collected 5,000 names on a petition, gathered 3,000 strong in a protest march and got tens of thousands to come to a rally at the doorstep of Dr. Whovey's laboratory.

None of those were the answer. The answer, however, was given in a moment of desperation as the Government was about to burn the nation in hot oil. Horton announces to Dr. Whovey,"Keep courage now, never let it sink. Things are much getting much better; much better, I think." He followed, "You Whos, don't give up, I believe in you. A person's a person no matter how small and you very small persons will not have to die, if you make yourselves heard, come on now and try."

If you make yourselves heard. That was the answer for Whoville and that is the answer for America. What followed in the story was one of the greatest rally cries to save a dying nation ever made throughout the history of the world.

"Sound off, sound off its time to be heard
Your times running out it's your time to be heard
Give it a gargle a chirp like a bird
Or blunk on a blonka
Blunk on a blonka to make yourself heard
Blow on a bluza,
Anything goes
If you can't blow a bluza try blowing your nose
If you can't snap your fingers try snapping your toes
Anything, anything, anything, anything, anything, anything ,anything goes
Sound off; sound off come make yourself known
Play bat, bat, bat, on a dinosaur bone
Play anything neighbors
Just make yourself known
Play on a who, who karina
Play boppley bop on a copy machina
Play on a pizzit
Fizz on a fizzit
Do it on something whatever it is it
All noises are needed
Refined or absurd
Sound off neighbor and make yourself heard"

In a time of desperation, where we too are on the cusp of something awful, we must listen to the words of Horton, "you… will not have to die, if you make yourselves heard. Come on now and try."

America, we have fallen, we are down but not out. It is what we do in this time of crisis that will either save us or doom us to destruction. We can no longer let the government just do whatever they want to without hearing us and knowing that we exist. We need to be heard. Come on America, sound off, sound off, it's time to be heard. Your times running out, it's your time to be heard.