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I did two things yesterday…
…that I haven’t done in years.
First, I went to a baseball game (spring training in Tuscon!) and second, I heard the National Anthem sung. Surprisingly, I haven’t been to many events where that has happened in a very very long time.
It was really good to hear that old ditty. And it made me feel really good, too.
But the National Anthem also got me thinking. I have my issues with our country. I am bitterly angry at Bush Co - and sometimes I really want to say I hate “him/them”. But the truth of the matter is hate is such an ugly emotion, one that I (thankfully) have only felt in my life a couple of times.
I am ashamed that we don’t have universal health care. Or that our country scores so poorly against other nations relative to educational standards for our kids. I am appalled at the greed which permeates our government. I am stunned that we went to war in Iraq. I want to reach out and help everyone who is suffering in this mortgage climate (I even feel badly for the idiots that got greedy themselves and over extended to “flip” houses for great gain…well, I don’t feel THAT badly for them!). And I fear for my (grown) childrens’ futures if things don’t improve.
