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|    mcs to All    |
|    In as littleas 40 years look what has ha    |
|    03 May 05 14:06:07    |
      From: mcs@yahoo.com               misquitos, global warming,terror, and more                     >       > >       > >       > > > Unless you think everything is one big conspiracy and circle and we       make       > > > wars to fuel jobs. and accept violence without doing much about it       .....which might be feasible by the way,.... but       > unless you really       > > believe that, .maybe you can read a string of connections our free       press       > > don't seem to be able to go over which is very disheartning and sad.       There are getting to be more and more place around the world , where US is       their role model NOT to be like. Life       > for many people is about learning to ignore what you are seeing. .The       people who are most successful? Are the people who can suck up pollution ,       illness, name calling, paying high prices, while getting a good education       and not being a victim from broken families or violence.Ultimately one can       assume, the people who are most successful might be a, very lucky or b,       uncaring and unsensitive where what goes on around them never affects them ,       or c, they have learned to block the negatives out. US has learned to block       the negatives out and I don't see how it has helped us.              . I never       > ever       > > thought it had to be this damaging and dangerous to just to make ends       meet       > > or surive. in this life in USA especially in some cities . We were       conned by a salesman for the rich       > and oil in the MTV generation who has done absolutely nothing but make       things worse.. I constantly see others laugh at someoen else       > if they don't meet their expectations of what is attractive is because I       assume we are a nation where MTV and looks creates idiots like bush as role       models.. We elected       > someone who has made it even worse to be an American then many have       imagined       > before. Yes its worse sometimes in other places but just think of what has       > gone on in as few as 40 years.When I grew up outside of city I never had       to       > worry about air pollution or when or how to exercise or suburban       flight,, or ticks that carried disease or damage from sun because       > of ozone depletion, or the fish I was eating that has mercury or water I       was       > drinking might be bad I never had to buy bottled water.. Does anyone see       how any or all this is connected? I never had to worry about aids, or       asthma, or       > depression , or crime, I never say helicopter flying overhead targeting       another criminal , now its weekly, , I never had to worry about west Nile       or misquitos or my dad losing his job       > due to 20 million illegals But in a period of only 30 years which is       > nothing in the whole scheme of life , I like many people are fearing       crrime,       > ( 1 in 2 families affected, 1 in 3 women will be beat many to       > unconsciouness) and have seen the dispairity of the rich and poor go       from       > one percent controlling 20 percent of nations wealth to close to fifty or       > more, fear of gettting depressed, have to fear the sun from ozone       > depletion and misquitos now carry malaria and west nile , and soon bird       flu and what If I eat the wrong fish?       > if I should eat fish , or what meds of 30 hyped daily for asthma or       allergies I need to to take for       > but of course I assume people think its best to think this is normal for       30 years time. Bush and friends are rich for lifetimes to come while US is       a crime pit. often with unbreathable air . and its not becuase of his       policies any of this       > environmental or social concerns are happening is it? . . 40 years, and       of course we have to       > worry about bills and taxes and terrorism too. I assume US dealing with       problems has gotten it somewhere? Where press looks awayat the most       important ones? You think I give a rats ass about Michael Jackson? . One has       to ask is this the       > natural progression in the USA when things actually have gotten worse?       Where       > people are mean to each other daily and its every person for himself?       Where       > millions of people are going to die alone , sick or without hope and       > especially mentally ill ( one in four) or a victim to violence especially       women.. Where experts churn the numbers to       > beneift the facts they want to play out like experts that will tell a jury       > almost anything they are paid to say and we believe it? .When I use to       grow up, when someone ws murdered we would go over the crime scene for a       week. Now it happens soo often its just sentence on the news. A persons life       wiped out and we bring millions more without hope here without enough jobs       and we don't go over this? What happens? They spin the numbers and said five       years ago violent crime was down? And you think we trust that mess? We are       a nation       > with no role models as people are basically just trying to survive from       > being a victim from control. .It use to be you invest in stocks and you       could hope the ceos did all they could to help the stock grow. Now the idea       is to attract your money so market makers and hedge funds ( richest percent)       can trade against you often a few points either way, trading way before       average investors knows anything . No one trusts each other and if the last       40 years are any       > indication and our leaders are any indication its perfectily       understandable       > why people are this way.To weigh some advantages.... computer and       information and food has gotten better.       >       >       >       >       > > > you see what Bush did to America. ? Lets get past appearances for a       > second.       > > We       > > > all know bush is a great salesman.       > > > Lets see we       > > > pay for lost health and health costs as 1/2 population breathing       > unhealthy       > > > air, because of policies such as his belief of NO Global warming, and       > > > support of oil and coal that goes beyond sane rational often allowing       > the       > > > companies that supported him with campaign donations , dictate policy       > > while polluting and get       > > > tax breaks , and making the rest of us dependent on more of the same       in       > > > the future and unprepared for alternatives and making us pay for lost       > > > health. Then we are decried for not being able to afford health cost       > > coverage. We pay 300 billions to fight terrorists who grew up reading       > > > hate whose oil regimes       > > > we and Especially Bush unduly supported (paid for a nuke free city in       > Saudi Arabia) and get rewarded with even higher       > > > oil prices as the       > > > religous leader of same country says to fight Americans in Iraq EVEN       > NOW..       > > Somehow this really can't be happening but sadly it is.       > > > Saudis get away with bombing us, and sabotaging our economy at the       same       > > time and we have to pay for their actions even though its they who have       > > most to lose if terrorists win and its they who fed their loyal subjects       > > this poison to begin with. In fact our own govt made legislation that       said       > we       > > couldn't sue Saudis for actions of 9/11. Who ended up paying victims?       US?       > Who ended up fighting the wars and paying for it? The US. Who then gets to              [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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