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I don't know why so many Americans have to do everything in excess?? Something has gone terribly wrong with our society in America.
As for change, yes, some change is good, and certainly there must be checks and balances. However, it seems this country is on the wrong track in general. Getting to be one BIG NANNY STATE. Not enough independence of thought. Too many people can't think for themselves and/or don't want to think for themselves. And government wants too much control over our lives and they use any excuse to justify putting those controls on us. Case in point, I was right outside New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina. Most people have no idea how weird it got around here. The way the authorities acted was darn scary. You'd think we were being taken over by some foreign entity. There was no need for some of their behavior. I heard from reliable sources a lot of bad stuff was going on in Texas too. Since then I've been trying to find some place to crawl under a rock where I will be left totally alone. Until then I've erected tall fences with locked gates, etc. Some of the local "powers that be" said in the local newspaper they would treat anyone who stayed behind for the next storm like common criminals (in so many words). What they fail to remember is that some people don't have cars, some don't have enough money, some can't drive (that would be ME!), some have seniors in the family who can't make the trip unless absolutely necessary (my mother!), also some property owners are afraid to leave properties unattended due to excessive vandalism unless they're sure the area will flood, etc. Also they fail to remember that some areas around here are above sea level and generally don't even flood for the worst storm (once again that would be MY area). But they seem to insist on treating everyone and every area the same. Because of the aftermath of that storm no one around here will ever be the same. We certainly don't trust anyone. In all the years and all the storms I've been through I've never seen such weird and nasty behavior. Its never happened before. They must have turned into some reptilian pod people! And everytime now when I see something on the news about something big going on I'm highly suspicious of the facts being presented.
