[dfwgator]

#5 All over the United States, police are wailing on Occupy Wall Street protesters with clubs and liberally using pepper spray on them.

So?

[Peter from Rutland]

We’re all doomed! I just know it! Etc, etc...

[cripplecreek]

All over the United States, police are wailing on Occupy Wall Street protesters with clubs and liberally using pepper spray on them.

Entertaining as that may be, I think I prefer my little uncivilized corner of the world.

[circlecity]

This is the inevitable consequence of a post-modern worldview.

[stuartcr]

Probably just the natuaral evolution of the veneer.

[CJ Wolf]

And then there is this:

Saturday: My 84 year old father driving down the highway gets a flat and pulls over and tries to change it himself. A man pulls up behind him and offers to help. They get the job done together.

Not sure who you were, but Thank you Sir and God Bless!!

People aren’t all bad.

[I am Richard Brandon]

Main reason is that punishment has been taken out of punishment. Country Clubs masquerading as prisons are in. Lenient sentencing is in. Verdicts removed in time from offence are in thus removing any deterrent effect are in. Mealy mouthed excusing of crime is in. Glorification of thuggery is in.

The solution

Sorry my bleeding heart friends but you need to ignore excuses, toughen sentences, make incarceration less pleasant, shorten court waiting lines, and ... drop 'self esteem' from your lexicon.

[Skepolitic]

#23) Jon Corzine, former NJ governor and the guy Joe Biden called first for advice on economic crisis and recommended to become the future Secretary of the Treasury, steals $600 million from his clients and is not behind bars.

[skeeter]

What in the world is happening to America?

The regressive fruits of 75 years of 'progressive' leadership.

[grobdriver]

To mangle some words spoken by a great man...

"Trust... but carry."

And I do.

[mosaicwolf]

BLOAT

[aberaussie]

And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold...
Matt. 24:12

[SVTCobra03]

You might want to include the number of applications for conceal carry licenses and the vast amount of weapons and ammunition purchased over the last several years.

[MEGoody]

#5 All over the United States, police are wailing on Occupy Wall Street protesters with clubs and liberally using pepper spray on them. Whatever you may think of the Occupy Wall Street protests, the reality is that this is not a sign that things are becoming "more stable" in America.

Sorry, I don't have a problem with this. When these pro-pesters endanger others with their silliness (i.e. throwing rocks), why would anyone think the police should do otherwise?

[razorback-bert]

bookmark

[sodpoodle]

There is no ‘veneer’ - civilization is not a static wooden artifact . Survival is the basic human instinct and in times of stress or adversity - motivates.

Depending on the virtues and values that are passed to our progeny - there will be the godly and the barbarians.

The virtuous survive because they protect their own - tribal safety in numbers. The barbarians fail - because they are fundamentally selfish. JMHO

[Pollster1]

I can't imagine why that would happen with our "leadership", but I'm sure they will be happy to hear they are succeeding.

[lp boonie]

you skimp on the meat in a chalupa you deserve what you get!

(there’s meat in a taco bell chalupa?)

[TexasRepublic]

People who forgot God forgot decency. Their children became monsters.

[Silentgypsy]

Behvioral Sink?