Aspects of America

[--Pete]

Hi,

Then it's an issue of what you consider right and wrong, because I personally don't think there's much wrong with America compared to some other countries in the world, particularly those in the middle east.

Sure, compare us to the worst and then be happy that we beat them. You don't just set the bar low, you've set it underground. If you had as much pride in the USA as a Pacific Northwest slugs does, you'd be comparing us to the best, which we *used* to beat, and wondering what the eff happened. I do.

If you are happy with bridges that collapse, with paved roads that are returning to gravel, with a power distribution system that gives us annual brownouts, with a health care system that leaves millions out, with government agencies that flout the Constitution, with politicians that are under indictment (or even in jail) for crimes, with an educational system that ranks just about last in the *civilized* world, with government by bureaucracy and lobby, etc. (and those are just the issues that came to mind without thinking, there are many others) , then you are too easy to please. Maybe you need to look around. Maybe you need to develop a critical sense. Maybe you need to start caring.

--Pete