Congratulations to Mr. Frank Rich for describing a deteriorating situation in the U.S. (better than I ever could). And don't overlook his paragraph about easy access to guns for any "nutjob".
Link to his 6/13/09 NYT article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/opinion/14rich.html?em
1. I thought that the recent national election provided some hope, but, no; this (still) is not the "United" States anymore. Not at the current time. Divisiveness mainly for the sake of divisiveness -- or audience ratings -- weakens the union.
1a. Leadership is required to defuse (or perhaps try to better integrate?) the present minority of "haters", secessionists, reactionaries, and demagogues. Otherwise, with poorly controlled access to guns in this country, it's "Pandora's Box" open wider. As pointed out over and over here, with millions of people or all kinds and temperaments, and little weapons control, media "fanning of flames" is the last thing most Americans want or need. And spreading misinformation and half-truths is unpatriotic. It can be a form of hating and disparaging your country.
Oh. And just how inaccurate were the following, much-reviled comments from candidate Obama awhile back? It was a divisive thing to say and it uses stereotypes, so I don't support it. But take a minute to think about it again anyway:
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