Thread: The Coming Storm

I'm opinionated, so I'll refrain from comment, other than to say this: Talk to your children.
They are the future.

Mine (aged 19-28) are pretty squared away. They value education, they have a pretty good
work ethic, they care for each other, and they are reasonably well informed.

We certainly don't always agree with each other, but we do share a concern for the health of
our environment, for the value of human life, and they do have a pretty solid commitment to
fairness as a political ideal.

We sometimes get tangled up with our different takes on current events, but I respect that, on the whole,
their hearts are in the right place. So, since they represent the future, I look to them for a vision.

As I recall my own youthful idealism, hopes, and attitudes...and compare them to our present circumstances...
it's abundantly clear that things don't always work out the way we envisioned. But we're still here, we still care,
and we still hope for the best.

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Where are we headed ???? Hmmm, frankly I never expected to be where we are today. The technology revolution has had far more consequences than most people expected.
Future? .... your guess is as good as mine.

Nobody changes anybodies mind. That is certain. The media sucks! They can look at a 50 acre plot of beautiful green grass. And focus on the one dandelion. Zoom in and WOW! That lawn is full of weeds! Look at it! People perception of things is more than the actual result. Fear sells. Lot of clickbait out there. I was born in '65. We never had "snowpocalypse" we had snow storms. We never had polar vortex, they said it was cold. Everything is sensationalized, Back in the day you got your news at 5 or 6 oclock and it was a half hour. Today its 24/7/365.

I see the future, and it don’t involve me once I’m dead, so let get all apocalyptic, I only wish I can be there when the terminator comes around, then I can ask him where he got the cool sunglasses

Originally Posted by Bill31521

Nobody changes anybodies mind. That is certain. The media sucks! They can look at a 50 acre plot of beautiful green grass. And focus on the one dandelion. Zoom in and WOW! That lawn is full of weeds! Look at it! People perception of things is more than the actual result. Fear sells. Lot of clickbait out there. I was born in '65. We never had "snowpocalypse" we had snow storms. We never had polar vortex, they said it was cold. Everything is sensationalized, Back in the day you got your news at 5 or 6 oclock and it was a half hour. Today its 24/7/365.

Well, I was born in 48 and we didn't even have a TV then. By the time I was 3 or so and we had one and the news was 15 minutes. Folks got their news from newspapers. T.V was a fad to a lot of people and many didn't think it would be around long. Most watched the news to see the pretty weathergirl at the end.

Like with anything they invent someone always finds a way to muck it up and find some evil use for it.

I think the media drives sensationalism, decisiveness, and tries to push an ultra liberal agenda down everyone’s throat.

I believe most people are moderates and just want what’s best.

Politicians are decried for being moderate and do not want to work for the good of the country, they are working for the special interest groups that fund them.

My 2 cents…

If y'all want a good read as to what has been in play for many years now. Take a look at George Lincoln Rockwell's book. "White Power"

These are facts that can actually be looked up, and be proven true. You'll see how all this has ended up the way it is, now.

I read it out of interest, not because I'm racist, or such. But I did find it truthful for the most parts, and that its actually still happening, today.

I believe America will see a time of civil war, in sometime soon, if things keep going the way they are.

This is a feeling I've had in my guts, since I was in my younger teens. And I've seen much unfold, that pushes us further into division, since.

Once we see the divided states of America, were done.

E Pluribus Unum, or fall.

Never in my life would I have thought the US would be on the brink of a second Civil War. Sadly, that was yesterday and today I am not at all sure. I have never seen the US so apparently widely and deeply divided on so many subjects. I only hope the US can and will step back from the precipice as not being able to do so will have dire consequences not only for it's citizens but globally also. I do not want to see the experiment begun in 1776 fail in such a manner.

Bob