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What are Americans going to do about America? [1]

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Date: 2025-09-13

We have been here sort of before but not to this extent. The black and brown folks have really been here before but back in the past, guns were not so carelessly used in mass and this often. We did not have little children gunned down in classrooms and more than one time at that. Now it is numerous times. I don’t recall taking a chance just going to the movies. Crowds used to gather at fairs without fear of being mowed down like an enemy in a far away land that we were at war with and then children for the most part were spared.

Look…..Look at us. It is beyond dangerous, it is unhealthy yet justifible fear and no leadership trying to correct anything. We are awash in guns and ammo. We have semi automatic weapons all over every street corner and carried by mentally challenged, drunken and doped individuals. We have rage and hate poking at us and telecommunications guiding our thought process. We have poor education, little accountability for horrific actions and almost to the point of people running wild in the streets. We stay home and somewhat isolated to stay safe. What happened? Other countries are not like this. Sure, they have had mass shootings and killings but not on our level.

We need a movement. It is past time to rise up and confront this evil that has gripped this country. Maybe we need the National guard but not for what Trump is using them for. We need people demanding protection and the gun problem solved.

This is not 1825. This is 2025. We are supposed to be more like The Jetsons than the Flintstones. We are going backwards culturally . We had better survival rates a hundred years ago regarding gun violence political or otherwise. Disease took the 1900 folks out more than firearms. What would people say about all this killing on US Soil from the 1930’s? They would shake their heads and say, They thought we were violent in the 30’s. Wow.

Legilsators, politicians, presidents, all those in leadership are not governing America. In my opinion they are drawing a salary, sitting on their butts and not even passing common sense laws. Debate is not civil and so much travels across computer screens, evening news, all day news and opinion TV. Pretty soon women will be drug around by the hair of the head, kids will be working labor jobs and men will be cowed down to the point, they stand for nothing consistenly.

America has to change. Americans have to change. We have become a shadow of a free democracy and an embarassement . I heard Eugene Robinson say he fundamentally believed in America. Really? That to me is wishful thinking. I am ashamed of what has happened to this country. I don’t like using this word...but this country for the most part is F..ked up. Money rules us. The ones who have it are the only one with some kind of freedom. LOOK…. Examine yourself and your neighbors and family and friends and tell me your are proud of what you see, I can’t afford to move. Others can’t and some of us are over 70. We shouldn’t have to. I am depressed at what this country has evolved into. The POC have faced this mess for a long time and now we of all color are facing it. That makes me think much longer and harder and is continuing to be unfair to POC and

I, for one think we should kick everyone out of office that are not doing their jobs. That would be most of them. We can’t even get people to the ballot box to vote them out and their primary opponents are not much better. I really don’t know what will work right away but I sure know what isn’t working. America has turned into a travesty and I for one am not proud.

Yes...Fear is a Prison but here we are LOCKED UP. You don’t have to agree with my observation but am I so wrong? Can you think of just one week when you didn’t feel fear from road rage, hate, guns, and rhetoric? ( Among other things} or at least concern? We are afraid to get sick, afraid to go to school, afraid to gather in crowds? What the Hell !!!!!!

We don’t even rank in the top 10 in Quality of Life.

We should drop our heads when people from other countries ask, “ Where are you from”? If you feel pride in your country at this point and time, I just don’t know what to say. I do remember feeling pride. I quit standing for the pledge and saying it though, years ago. I have only gotten more ashamed of our situation since we have had more and more mass shooting like schools and churches.

Quality of Life Beyond the essential ideas of broad access to food, housing, quality education, health care and employment, quality of life also may include intangibles such as job security, political stability, individual freedom and environmental quality. Through all phases of life, these countries are seen as treating their citizens well.

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Thanks for listening.

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