To: T L Comiskey who wrote (52687 ) 6/5/2002 10:13:12 AM From: Jim Willie CB Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 65232 "Dont blame them" ... perhaps, but I have a different view they are the product of Our Great Society that started with Lyndon Johnson which ushered in a generation of US-styled socialism but we hate their dreaded European-connotation word I prefer to label it as "American Selfish Socialism" the common theme in this Great Society is near total abdication of responsibility if it fails, seek a scapegoat but dont fix the problem if you make a mistake, sue someone they have deep pockets, but surely dont change your behavior if you want it, buy it on credit because the system will pay for it later if you dont want it, throw it onto the ground let someone else clean it up if you want to get laid, do it insurance will pay for venereal disease treatment if you have an unwanted pregnancy, abort mission it is not a life anyway, is it? if the federal govt needs something, print the money the world will pay for it ad infinitum if it is time for a complete overhaul of material stuff, just do it town dump can take it, and if that closes, dump in next town over if your company needs to get rid of something, dump it the lake and ocean and countryside will absorb it if you can steal from your future to enjoy today, DO IT worry about tomorrow, well, tomorrow our culture is sick maybe the entire western culture is sick I HATE OUR CULTURE it doesnt believe in much of anything surely not family (see divorce, fosters, abortion, day care) and much to our surprise, foreigners hate much of our culture also they only love our potential for wealth, our myth of freedom, and our glitzy aristocracy stars such a thin facade masking its realityTHIS DECADE WILL BE A RUDE RUDE AWAKENING FOR AMERICA the populace has no idea how rude, ugly, disruptive GOLD WILL SHINE ALL THRU THE DECADE / JW