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There is something deeply wrong with America. We seem to talk around all of our real problems, putting band-aids on hemorrhages. The gun issue is a good example. We talk about new laws banning certain weapons and this and that, but we never talk about the deeper issue. We have a kind of soul-sickness in our society, a nihilistic, destructive tendency that can't be legislated out of existence. We have a society that, with all its advances, has left us with a spiritual vacuum. We move from one thing to the next, thinking we'll be whole if we acquire that one extra possession, or person. Meanwhile, the world around us is crumbling and we do anything we can to block out our awareness of that fact, hoping we'll die before the shit truly hits the fan.

When America faces its great crisis, which I think is coming sooner rather than later, people are going to be looking around for someone to fill that hole inside, someone who'll make them feel better about things and give them a sense of purpose. I shudder to think of who that could be and what his plans are for us.

"A mere ten thousand years of 'civilization' cannot undo ten Million years of evolution."

IOW: Yes, it is 'this short sighted imaginary zero-sum game(economies) and status/ pecking order bullshit'. It's wired into us to survive at any cost, and that survival means 'get all the resources you can'. So those with the power will constantly take from the powerless and vulnerable.

So I suppose that is understandable.

And no, you do not get to have a normal dialog with me after making such obnoxious and irresponsible statements.

You may as well put me on ignore.

and awful.

I don't believe for a moment that it's the position of most of the women here.

and since you cannot read,missing all the points about choice,I will ignore you,because you have mnade your mind up and since your ego is talking louder than reason..it's pointless to debate you.,soooo...

Although it isn't likely to make you feel any better. Still, it's an excellent read.

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but unfortunately there isn't. We perpetuate it every generation, a series of lies that only a few see for what they really are, a form or control foisted on us by those that need us as living revenue streams. Grow up, be responsible, get a good education and you'll get a good job, pay your fair share of taxes, play by the rules and retire comfortably. Lies, lies lies, all of it.

We cannot fix it because even if we do, it will be broken again in no time by those that want the control, the bragging rights of wealth or political power, or just the fact that their cow is bigger than your cow, or that the horse they ride is somehow "better" than the horse you ride.

We are the interchangeable and ultimately disposable tools for industry, fodder for the military in support of corporate profits and sponges to be squeezed of all that we have or are until we are dry.

I have told any who will listen that the time for change is NOW. Many agree, yet no one will do anything. Got a job to worry about, kids in school, a retirement to work toward and oh by the way, it REALLY ain't that bad.

Got a news flash for ya.

Yes it is.

as time passes,now the gulf stream has slowed...still winter here..sigh.

.. including Prez Obama.

he negotiates with psychopaths and loses his moral compass for it.

read it or not.Punctuation isn't as important as the thoughts.