News stories seem to show a growing despair in United States

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I’m sitting in my cave late at night, right where my grandmother Gen went to another room in 1977.

I often think of her death.

And I’m thinking about other things here too.

You know, like world events, when my fingers search for the home row of letters on my keyboard.

The world certainly has many problems, America included.

I was thinking of a couple of these this morning.

I saw the Russians shoot down one of their satellites orbiting the earth, causing some chaos for the astronauts who are already in space.

Debris pollutes the atmosphere. The Russians have no comment; the rest of the world is left to be amazed.

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Soon I think there could be a war between the satellites. Perhaps some of the circling debris will fall on the head of the Russian leader to wake him up.

And then on the front page of the New York Times comes a story from Waukesha, Wis., A suburb of Milwaukee, where some perhaps sick, deranged, or criminally minded people driving a red SUV decided to step on the accelerator and more than one couple of people enjoying a christmas parade.

I wondered if this person was one of those early releases.

Six people were killed and around 60 injured in this sad and worrying event. A dead was a child.

The holidays this year won’t be the same for those hit by the vehicle or the grieving families at the dining table.

Americans seem to be getting lazy and avoiding employment as thousands of people from the south of the border march to the Texas border in search of work.

They heard a rumor that the Amigo President might give them $ 450,000.

Some people want to avoid work while immigrants come in search of a job as they travel a road of misery to get to America to find one. Introduce yourself.

A young man accused of killing two and injuring one while patrolling the insurgent streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin with a rifle, is convicted by 12 jurors not guilty. The jury concluded that he acted in self-defense.

Some people seem to question the logic of this jury’s decision in a similar way to questioning the verdict in the OJ Simpson trial. Due process at work in America.

Criminals march into stores, load their carts and don’t wait for Santa Claus while they run away and forget to pay.

Are these law breakers a gang of looters or just troubled citizens complaining about our society of the haves and the dispossessed?

And as I was sitting here sipping some hot coffee, I couldn’t help but think, “What is the world for?”

While things have been a little rough around the edges in our country, I pause to reflect on the great civilizations that have come and gone in the past.

Is America Going the Same Way?

Some people think that our system should lock up too many people and be more tolerant, while others are less optimistic about this philosophy as they witness increasing lawlessness without penalties.

Politicians today seem to be looking the other way as these problems multiply. Some of our leaders lack the wisdom to look at them fully. Your thinking has become sluggish, the speeches muddled and the ideas for remedial action are missing.

Other authors suggest that we should only accept unrest, chaos and destructive behavior as a social norm.

Protesting injustice and demonstrating injustice at the same time strikes me as a bit strange.

Racism is discussed in the media on a daily basis, but the innumerable murder victims in the city centers, who also scream for justice on their streets, remain unsolved.

Maybe it was sheer hate to drive the aforementioned red SUV on this Wisconsin street.

Or maybe it was the ugly thoughts of racism that steered this wheel.

Maybe I should offer some prose about fishing, fried chicken wings, a good book, or a song like “We Gotta Get Outta This Place” by Eric Burdon and the Animals.

Do you remember the lyrics of this song?

We have to get out of here

When it’s the last thing we ever do

We have to get out of here

Girl there’s a better life for me and you

This song was a social cry for soldiers during the Vietnam War about escaping the jungle.

And maybe many of these city dwellers are saying the same words today in those high-rise apartments that look down on their streets engulfed in flames, misery, destruction and homelessness.

“We have to get out of here!”

“If it’s the last thing we ever do.”

Enough said.

Lloyd “Pete” Waters is a Sharpsburg resident who writes for The Herald Mail.

https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/story/opinion/2021/11/28/news-stories-seem-show-growing-despair-united-states-pete-waters/8754470002/