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BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

1. America is just probably devolving. I think many people have known this for a long time.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2014, 11:47 AM

Dec 2014

We honor a lot of sociopaths and shun the people who are kind. (arrest old man who feeds homeless?)

Even Rats will try to save another rat when chocolate is IN THE WAY.
We run over other people to save 20 bucks on a TV. (Walmart black Friday)

The 2 women at Publix yesterday didn't know what Fracking was...
A person I was talking to at Sears didn't know what hard water was...

I get the feeling that we are the poor and the very rich and the fairly-well- educated and the stupid as a fox-news-viewer society.

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What's cruel & unusual is US. [View all] kpete Dec 2014 OP

America is just probably devolving. I think many people have known this for a long time. BlueJazz Dec 2014 #1

Excellent article. Huge k&r 99Forever Dec 2014 #2