A Divided Nation

When I was 22 (I’m now 56) I started my first flooring business. I had many friends working for me. I thought ‘this will be great, we can all work together and make money and be happy.’ I hadn’t read Marx at the time. I was shocked and gravely disappointed at the outcome. Installers did not show up and customers had to be called and told we were not coming that day after they had worked hard to be prepared. Installers showed up, loaded the material, then drove home and went back to bed. I only would find out when the client called and screamed at me. Sales people make side deals for the customer to kick back some of the contract money for a lesser price on the store contract. Expensive tools would go missing on a regular basis.I would run out of ink in my computer recording all the crap that happened. This experience can be viewed as a microcosm of our country today. Way too many people have not been raised with the morals or values that made America great. This lack of social conscience will carry over to each new generation as the parents do not have the understanding to bless their children with solid principles, the children will be corrupted. Even if parents wanted to they could not since they are lacking ethics themselves. So we are stuck with a nation half full of entitlement and I got mine so up yours citizens.

A nation divided against its self cannot stand, (Abraham Lincoln). We are at the same type of moral crossroads as when Abe first spoke those words. Only much, much worse, there is no obvious opponent to defeat. The enemy is everywhere and nowhere, fingers point in every direction. The people we pay to protect us fall victim to power and greed. The evil will spread with every new generation. This evil has created the world wide attitude that is causing Global Warming, the Exxon Valdez spill, wars, famines, environmental catastrophes, over fishing, pollution and on and on. I say anybody with two cents between their ears can step back and see these truths clearly. Most people do not want to face their guilt or see their predicament. Maybe it will all go away if we just keep our heads in the sand.