Reply #70: If you asked a German in 1936, they'd probably complain about not being able to find a good deli.

[JacksonWest]

Other then that, for the non jewish Germans, life didn't suck. Hell, Hitlers' war machine fueled a lot of German companies that are still around today-Volkswagen, Mercedes, ect.....

If you were a Jew in 1936 Germany, you had to look at propaganda that insulted you, register with the government, forsake your business.....

Germany aside, we're a great country with great people that happen to have a shitty leader. But I promise you, if you asked people to look at the future, at any point in our history, you're always going to have detractors. Hell, look at 1984. One of my favorite books...and that was way off the mark.

It's just surprising that there is such uniform opinion on this topic. All the doom and gloom, none of the hope. Things get better everyday. And things get worse. It's part of life. Bush will go. Others will come. Things will happen. I hate to tell you that global warming and the environment aren't going to have a profound effect on us in the next twelve years. We're not going to lose a coast by anyones estimate..so let's all just relax. Let's focus on the positive, and what we can do to make this country better, stronger, and a better global citizen. It's not like everything we do is bad. We give billions in foreign aid, create jobs and strenghten other countries economies. We lead the world in medical research. The charitble organizations founded by Bill Gates and others are without peers.

If you look at only the bad, you're never going to see the good. And if you don't believe there is a future, you're not going to fight for it.

Peace. Prosper.