
Well, as the song goes..."You can't always get what you want".
Still, we are living in times our ancestors could only dream of (and they'd probably think it was more like a NIGHTMARE, than a dream).
We are witnesses to history.
All in REAL TIME...with NO "do-overs".
What we see is what we get...period.
If it's not Marxists in the inner circle of the White House "staff", it's "czars" out the wazoo.
If it's not some ill-conceived and illogical "tenet" to SPEND one's way out of debt, it's wasting even MORE money to have governmental control of banks, car makers, and who knows what else.
But, like my Mom used to say: "It could always be worse, son".
Nice thought...and by the way this nation is being run, it probably WILL BE...soon enough.
You can pick any ONE facet of this nations problems, and see them for what they are.
And we have problems in abundance these days.
Take the illegal drug situation just in the state of Indiana.
And why IS that, do you suppose?
Well, there ARE those people that erroneously believe that drug USE can be blamed on the loss of ALL those manufacturing jobs.
Do *I* hold to that belief?
Not so much...and here's why.
When you've lost a job, and nothing surfaces on the immediate horizon...sure, you can get depressed, but instead of that feeling motivating you into even MORE (positive) action, many people retreat into drug use. Like THAT will make ALL those problems disappear.
They started a vicious cycle that they will never be able to break on their own, without some help.
Americans have always been a resilient people...but that was a while back. Today, people want (and in some cases demand) that "instant gratification" I mentioned with kids in YESTERDAY'S post, and what better way to find it, than at the business end of a crack pipe...or a blunt...or a syringe. But doing THAT costs MONEY...money these people don't readily have.
Some will turn to CRIME to get the money...others will fore go normal, basic amenities like FOOD...or paying bills, or even taking care of their kids, leaving THEM to fend for themselves in too many cases.
(and providing an excellent "role model" along the way)

We can't "blame" job losses for a rise in drugs.
After all, how do you account for drug use with minorities in low-income situations?
In my neighborhood, you can count the number of people gainfully employed on ONE FRIGGING HAND!
So, what about everyone else?
Well, they're NOT working...and not even TRYING to seek employment, because they're on the dole...aka WELFARE.
And they've been there for YEARS.
Never even TRIED to look for any job.
Never even tried to start their OWN business.
Never have done much of ANYTHING, come to think of it.
And they USE drugs a lot more liberally that most people, if they're NOT selling them. Some do both.

Welfare does NOT pay out THAT damn much...neither does ANY form of unemployment OR disability.
So...someone is dealing drugs....(gee,Bob...'ya think?)
Well, one can look no farther than the number of thefts from vehicles, stolen vehicles, burglaries and robberies (both business and residential) to see where all this is going.
Job losses are never a true barometer to drug use...ditto for "poverty".

Especially with a "nickel bag" going for like $20...instead of the old $5 days I remember on the streets.
(yeah, inflation affects EVERYTHING, people...even the quality of the items being distributed)
What is driving drug use has to be the "instant gratification" factor...as I said yesterday.
This is repeated with an annoying frequency around my city of Fort Wayne.
And it's much worse in larger cities with larger numbers of "disenfranchised" people (especially minorities).
That's just the facts.
Minorities represent the largest number of UNEMPLOYED people...and the largest number of people committing the crimes in areas like that.
But whitey's been busy too...with METH.

They might be pulling up alongside you at the next traffic light.
Nothing says "responsible parent" QUITE like THAT, does it?
Rural areas have become a new battleground for growing pot, as the increasing number of huge busts in those areas by local authorities will testify. We can add that to the increased traffic from south of our border, as well as from Canada. (they like to run *E* ...ecstasy down here)
Poor farmer Bill, who's just trying to grow his CORN crop and eek out a living, might be visited by the DEA when an aerial flyover discovers about 400 marijuana plants growing among his crop on the "south 40".
Now, we could just ship all the druggies down to MEXICO, where they can toke and shoot up on the damn streets these days (law was passed just last week, as I stated here), which would be a nice tit-for-tat for all the ILLEGALS that have come HERE.
Or, we can bust all their asses, overcrowd the jails even MORE, and really burst the penal system at the seams...
Or, we could legalize some of this sh*t...and become another nation JUST LIKE MEXICO...or HOLLAND...or AFGHANISTAN.
(By the looks of the government push for takeovers these days, we're trying like hell).
Hindsight is ALWAYS "20-20".
We SHOULD have been making better decisions DECADES ago.
We SHOULD have turned off the "instant gratification" faucet when we had the chance.
The genie is already out of the bottle, and you can never get it back in, so we're faced with some hard decisions.
We NEED to step back, regroup, and come at these drug dealers HARD, FAST, and CONTINUOUS.
We NEED to punish those who influence the trade...ALL of them.
We NEED to stop the generational dependence on these poisons.
Many financial aid systems in this nation are beyond repair, as a result.
People have to take control of THEIR OWN lives...and break the chains of dependency, which has become a new form of slavery in America.
This nation was built upon the backs of STRONG people...not people who had their hands out, or those who were too damn lazy to raise an axe to fell a tree, or handle a bucket to fetch some water.
If there is ANY dependence to be found, it needs to be WITHIN OURSELVES.
Once you do that, THEN you can be someone who can show others how to depend on THEMSELVES.
You can LEAD...and TEACH...by example.
That is what MADE this nation.
It worked before, and it WILL work again.
So, while you're cogitating on all that...
Stay safe out there, America.
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There is a very good movie out there that does just that. The Time Changer. A Bible professor from 1890 comes forward in time to the present via a time machine and cannot believe the things that he sees! It's not about how good it was to live in the 19th century - it's about how bad it is to live today without spiritual guidance from a Christian point of view. Other major religions will have their own methods of delivering their values to believers and non-believers alike. I have personally witnessed the decline of values in the last ten to fifteen years. No-one respects anyone else and so much is simply accepted rather than questioned or denounced. Very young children use profanities as punctuation. They have no shame.
MSN:
I agree...
We have taken down the LIMITS that people used to abide by...AND, we're reaping the whirlwind OF those "results".
Sadly, we can see it starting at SUCH a young age...
Everyone becomes ACCOUNTABLE to someone at SOME time in their lives, and if not in THIS life, then cerainly in the NEXT one.
That sounds like a good movie, too.
Thanks for stopping by.
I've never seen anyone spend themselves out of debt.. it only gets yourself MORE in debt.. and that's where the government is putting this country. In the meantime, alot of people in this country are taking advantage of this 'free' money they get from the 'gubmint' and not learning very much. There are a very few out there that use the money for going to community college to get a good job, but they are few and far between.. When babydaddy isnt around, or even known, boyfriends come and go, and more and more kids are born to each successive boyfriend, its just entrenched.
wow. cant fully agree. except you can count on one hand the people that have jobs in your area. NOW THAT SUCKS. i on the other hand have to use the mutilplication tables...lol
and old farmer in the back 40 has probley been seeing this fair share of the weed growing there. perhaps he is getting a cut back that he dont talk about. been going on like this for decades. now the smarter druggies are doing it too.
other then that i fully agree. and i would love to get that movie too. perhaps at the liberary.
Diane:
It is entrencehd, and the "indoctrination" starts as soon as the kids can barely walk...
Helluva way to live.
Thanks for stopping by.
Indy:
I remember times when the DEA used to have to get together with the DNR and go through the Appalachian Mountains to find the weed that was growing ALONG HIKING TRAILS!
Amazing.
I used to also recall when damn near EVERYONE worked on a given street back in Philly (only exceptions being those who were RETIRED).
I miss those days...a lot.
We used to all look out for one another and we always had something in common...JOBS!
Yeah, how I miss THOSE days.
Thanks for commenting.
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