Ah, America.

[pyat]

Currently occupying two foreign nations, dealing with ongoing violence in both, with a worrisome economy, a major port city still crippled by natural disaster, more than 1 in 100 adults currently in prison, tax rolls supporting a defense budget larger than that all the other nations of the world combined, spending more per capita of state money on healthcare than any other nation yet no socialized healthcare and a declining life expectancy, serious questions about the conduct of the military and CIA, the perpetrator of 9/11 basically forgotten, and there's an election in a few months.

And of course, the most important topics in that election are gay marriage and abortion.

Comments

[used_songs]

I am embarrassed to be from the US. I hate this place. We (at least collectively) are stupid sheep.

[archai.livejournal.com]

That's not just us. Everywhere in the world right now, you can look around, and see stupid sheep. One might successfully argue that in parts of the UK right now, the sheep are even dumber.

No, we just have particularly twisted shepherds.

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

"One might successfully argue that in parts of the UK right now, the sheep are even dumber."

I just came back from nearly four years of teaching over there; don't tempt me! *chuckle*

[catsarah.livejournal.com]

Hee...twisted shepherds and the stupid sheep(le)...sounds like an awesome band name ;)

[heron61.livejournal.com]

I feel precisely the same way. My attitudes are vastly alien compared to those of most Americans.

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

You should abduct some and perform gruesome experiments with their reproductive organs.

It's the Canadian cowtipping!

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

why stay, then?

[used_songs]

Because my family is here. I choose to live near my parents because they aren't in the best of health and they need me. That trumps my discomfort with living in this country.

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

Well God bless you and your folks; of the dozens of people thinking out loud they want to leave you're the first person to be able to supply a good reason for remaining. I can well sympathize, I've been stuck in a less than suitable place myself for 15 years thanks to a child custody arrangement.