Yes, I know that I am painting with a large brush. I am not speaking individually, I am speaking generally. Certainly there are some people that I love very much, but as a whole I see mankind as a plague. Greed, corruption, lust for power and control, and lies are just some of the building blocks of man. America is supposed to be the last bastion of freedom, but as far as I can tell our government is as evil as it can be. There is is not enough good to outweigh the bad...not even close.
I don’t spend anytime reading DU.
Yes, dogs use their tongues for toilet paper, but consider that Sheryll Crow doesn’t even use toilet paper, and she thinks she is saving the earth in the process...which one is smarter, sheryll or the dog?
You're much too gloomy. The US has always been this way.
Under our 2nd President, criticizing the government would land you in jail.
Through the first half century, only rich landowners could vote.
And blacks and minorities were routinely abused up until recently, when they decided to take over the abusing themselves.
It'll get worse before it gets better, but it'll get better.
FDR managed to steer us into WW2 before things got better after his economic policies created something called the "great depression." I forget if that was the 5th or 6th "great depression" in the US. There have been so many.
This is an old thread but I’d just like to say that I agree with you about all of that.