America is in trouble--and our elites are merely resigned.
This is a link to an insightful, thought provoking piece by Peggy Noonan. Surprisingly, I share many of Ms. Noonan's feelings. What do you think? Is there a "deep and fundamental" sense in America that "things have broken down and can't be fixed, or won't be fixed any time soon"?
The problem I have is that in describing an extremely depressing outlook, Noonan offers no solution and, in fact, postulates that there may be none. Importantly, she fails to analyze why our problems have suddenly become so overwhelming, our feelings so hopeless. Without analyzing the causes, there can be no solutions.
I believe that our normal political and societal problems have been exascerbated and fanned to hurricane proportions by the Bush administration's severely misguided and dangerous policies. Where we had problems before Bush, they have multiplied tenfold in both number and intensity since the Bush regime.
The solution is, therefore, first and foremost, to remove from power the disruptive and counter productive forces in our government: Bush, his cronies, and their elitist agendas must go. And they had better go soon. Because the dire future Ms. Noonan paints is already upon us, and the point of no return is rapidly approaching (if we haven't reached it already). We must radically change the direction this country has taken for the last 5 years. And we need to do it now.
Bush should take a hint from Harriet Miers. His reign is distrupting this country's ability to solve our problems. He should step down and take his whole crazy cabal of neo-cons with him."
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