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Posted By CyrstalB on 01/28/2015 4:10 AM
Posted By JanetB2 on 01/28/2015 2:35 AM
Hi Aaron:
Does anyone else not see this absolute “stupid” path our country is going down with this type of garbage?
Yes, we are on a very bad path. Americans are becoming narcissistic more and more everyday. It's not about what's best for the community or the country, it's what's best with me. The govt. shutdown is a classic example of how it is happening. Then allow all forms of media to further the manipulation.
Look at all the wrong doing in the NFL, the government, the politicians...we just continue to look the other way, we still tune in to the games, we still vote on party lines even when we can't stand the candidate and we don't go to DC to protest. We just get online and vent our frustrations and just piss other people off. It's easier.
And it all starts in kindergarten and propagates through high school. Every school year comes with a fundraiser doesn't it? And what happens? The child brings it home and mommy and daddy take it to work, and do all this work to raise money. The child doesn't lift a finger to earn it, but they get the reward. Think about it, this school tradition has taught our children that they are entitled to everything without doing anything for it.
Getting off soapbox now...
While I believe the changing of documents and updating them is part of the necessary process and should not be seen as the root cause for the downward spiral of our society I do agree with the premise we are all in deep doo doo.
As to the bigger picture it would be my view our system is broken beyond repair. Our government, legal system and society have been in free fall for years.
Voting on party lines because you don't have the brains to make your own determination is BAD. However the reality is BOTH parties have sold you out long ago. No one in Washington ever considers what is best for America and the AMERICAN people. But we all sit by and allow it.
Our legal system is bought and paid for at every level. Deals are made and justice is sold. Lady Justice is in fact no longer blind now she waits with her hand out for payment!
And our society and the people who make it up are all in a coma as to how their lives are going down the drain preoccupied by American Idol, X-Pox, or some athletic completion resembling the gladiators. To provide entertainment for the masses. While they are shafted.
Our education system is broken serving now only as a daycare holding center for the workers. Teachers fail to provide the minimum education needed to prepare young people for a productive, useful, life. And how about motivation, the concept of hard work, the concept of contributing in someway during your life? Nowhere to be found.
And as some who come to sites like this and find fault with their board or MC the American people find blame and make enemies with everyone else with the exception of those truly responsible. THEMSELVES.
For years I was worried about us becoming a third world country. We were sold the fantasy we would lift everyone around the world up to OUR standard of living and success. Truth is we have been dragged down to theirs. We are broke, overextended, and led by a group of ignorant, incompetent fools.
And the American people have allowed it!
This is not the country I used to believe in any longer. And being blind to reality does not make it so......