We are caught in a downward spiral of dysfunction, disillusionment, and distrust. I want our national garage to look a lot better by the time I get back next weekend.
Rich Galen
I read a great (well not great, more like greatly depressing) article over the weekend about Muncie, IN and the plight of America. Bookmark this and give it a read over the next few days. If you want to know what the future holds, read this. Between NSA spying on our every communication, Government falsifying documents, allowing criminals in charge of government and business institutions, abusing citizens, and the elimination of truth in the media, we are moving past bread and circuses.
Knock around Muncie for proof: City Hall…is petty and polarized, driving down voter engagement. Stodgy mainline churches are losing worshipers in droves. Low-tech and unruly public schools are prompting parents to pull their children out. The city’s once-beloved business class shuttered its factories, leaving a legacy of double-digit unemployment and helplessness. Labor unions once credited with creating the middle class are now often blamed for the demise of industry. Even The Star Press, Muncie’s daily newspaper once venerated for holding locals to account, was gutted after a job-killing merger…
Seven in 10 Americans believe that the country is on the wrong track; eight in 10 are dissatisfied with the way the nation is being governed. Only 23 percent have confidence in banks, and just 19 percent have confidence in big business. Less than half the population expresses “a great deal” of confidence in the public-school system or organized religion.
God help us.
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