Land that I love (yeah, right) -- RANT

[BigBearJohn]

I was standing in line at the supermarket today and
there, checking customers out as fast her feeble shaking
hands could move, was a 69-year-old woman, doing her best
to be cheerful as she slid groceries past the scanner.

We started chatting about the apathetic state
of the country. She told me she was going to be
70 next month and it was difficult for her to make
ends meet. Then she said, "Oh i'm not trying to
make you feel sorry for me. At least I have a job
and my 2 kids are too old for service. It could be
worse -- at least none of my kids have died in this
useless war... I mean, (this is a navy town) I have
had to comfort so many of my friends who have lost
their children to this horrible war... just to
make the rich, richer. It's horrible. Just horrible."

What kind of a fucking country is this? Crime after crime
after crime after atrocity after crime occurs and all we
can do is sit and watch and hope SOMEBODY does SOMETHING
about it. Like cattle waiting for the slaughter.

I woke up in the middle of the night and it dawned on me.
We truly do not have any REAL leaders left. I mean, REAL
stalwart leaders. Just a bunch of sheep. Sometimes loud-
mouthed, but sheep nonetheless. And, being disabled, I'm afraid
that I'm just one of them.