[Nowhere Man]

I’d say we are almost equal to Russia now. I’m originally from the USSR and this is terrifying.

I remember when I was a junior in high school in 1983 when the Soviets shot down Korean KAL-007. I remember one discussion we had, I asked for "shats and giggles," "what if the USA became the USSR and the USSR became the US? What if we (the US) ever became the Evil Empire?" Looks like I might see the answer to my question.

I remember back then, 1982/85, my German teacher told us that "if we are not careful, we could lose our freedoms." He told us the story of how the Communist countries are and even showed us slides of his 1979 trip he took the class over to Germany. One excursion was into East Germany and he told me that the people were so aloof and unsettles over there like they were in constant fear.

I last talked to him in the early 1990's and he was optimistic then with the fall of Communism but I think he would not be a happy camper now with both his and my concerns seem to be coming to pass right now. I know what he would say but I wish I could still talk to him now, he passed away from cancer in 1993.

I find it ironic that you fled communism but now we are becoming more that way. B-( I like the saying from the old comic, Pogo Possum, "We have met the enemy, he is us." (1971)

[dfwgator]

The Cold War at least gave this nation a sense of purpose....now we are just adrift, standing for nothing, except for policies which will be the downfall of Western Civilization, either from the faggots, or from the Muslims.