> there was a rant in Craigs list about china and killing us with bad
> exports
> This was my response
> Between China and Russia and the little Irans the US is in trouble. The
> main question is are we united? I say emphatically no. We are a divided
> nation ripe for being taking advantage upon from the real enemies. Our
> leaders must set better role models for citizen to aspire to defend the US
> and for people to want to conform to society standards. Often people are
> not
> sure to do the right things anymore because they see control and power
> more
> important then the truth and doing the right things.
> We are losing our leadership position around the world. We have let in too
> many people who cause dependence and crime. Global warming is starting to
> take its affects on our health ( pollution) . We are now number 43 in the
> world for longevity and while certain demographics are doing well others
> (many) are not both economically and politically and in health care.
> People
> better wake up or our power base will be coopted by corporations and
> people
> unwilling to work for the betterment of this country.
> Other countries can't wait to see us destroyed but we are doing a good job
> on our own. More and more news in this country is coopted by rich choices
> .
> Yahoo has mitigated the ability to post on news, many blogs censure
> people,
> only millionaires pretty much can afford to get elected to major office,
> crime is ignored, major corporations taking over smaller ones has produced
> companies unwilling to worry about consumer or people anymore. We have
> over
> 1 million shootings a years. We murder more here then have casualities
> from
> wars abroad.Many people I contend are in harms way literally from
> pollution
> and nothing is done about it. Questions are not asked by reporters,
> politicians and news people don't return answers from logical questions
> like
> if particulate pollution is deadly and people lving in it dies faster and
> has more expenses and illness why not do something about it. We have signs
> on our highways, if you can sell ice to eskimos and sand to camels we want
> you.. This is the mentality we are setting our youth to admire. We have
> drug
> companies hyping meds but no free press to tell ya why you might need them
> more in some areas. Kids and babies are forced to get asthma for no fault
> of
> their own so giant energy and car companies can squeeze more mega profits
> down their elite bodies.We are becoming a more mean spirited people who
> need
> record number of depression meds and are on disability more often. We
> ultimately blame them for their own predictament but in essence we have
> leaders who could care less about them or society in general as long as
> they
> live in gated communities in safe neighborhoods. Many people live in fear
> both of consequences of losing health and fear of violence and who is
> going
> to take their jobs or families away from them literally. I don't think
> China
> has to do much as we watch ourselves destroy ourseleves. Instead of
> defaulting to do the right things, we are defaulting to making a better
> mousetrap for politicians news media and drug companies and energy. What
> am
> I asking for? TRuth and real freedom to do better not poison our own
> citiizens so it becomes eventually easy for lots of people to destroy us
> at
> will eventually.
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