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My Country INFURIATES Me
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Sometimes I feel discouraged, but right now, I feel furious.

There are some recent events in my country, the U.S., all set off by people that indubitably seem like a reflection of the North American spirit. And there are moments when I feel so discouraged by complete strangers' ethics that I wonder how accurate outsiders' perceptions of my homeland really are.

(1) Hudson River plane crash. A highly skilled pilot maneuvers an airline plane to safely land in New York's Hudson River without one death of the 150 passengers; this feat under all circumstances was almost implausible. Given this, along with $5000 compensation by the airline, some of the passengers have recently decided to sue the airline, citing that emotional damages and lost luggage cannot be rectified by $5000.

(2) Greedy Corporate executives. While we talk about the capitalist nature of the States and as U.S. Americans attempt to defend it, we are drenched by an economic undertow of a recession that is currently driving numerous families to murder their families and then suicide. The most recent was in Southern California.

In turn, these companies that have been lending money do not pay for the repercussions, and are given money to bail out their companies which is not just giving a "slap" on the wrist, but--for anyone knows what it's like to train a dog or is familiar with Pavlov--is reinforcing NEGATIVE BEHAVIOUR. One executive involved has already committed suicide, and generations ahead will be paying for this greed.

(3) God love them, I overhear people talking about Banana Republic not going out of business. And I want to say, "Have you SEEN pictures of Gaza Strip? Have you HEARD about the accounts of explosives and shrapnel deforming civilians?" This is Maya (in the sense of a veil covering the eyes and shrouding clear perception) and we as North Americans (or just the mainstream?) are oblivious to it.

(4) Even someone as stupid as former presidential candidate John Edwards running for president in 2008 INFURIATES me. And this is why: He tended to his cancer-treated wife, and was allegedly caught post-candidacy having an affair. It is not the morals/ethics of this situation that incites me, it is the EGO with which one believes that he can escape and get away with deceit in a time of turmoil, when already the U.S. citizens dissented against George W. Bush and feared governmental corruption, misleading verbiage, and most of all, gross disappointment with leadership. And to think that one can knowingly bring another disappointment and bad representation of liberalism to the forefront of our nation?? Behooves me.

This type of rant is counterintuitive to what TakingITGlobal stands for, as we are focused on positive outlook to bring about constructive change. But in the midst of seeing huge character flaws that reflect my homeland's well-being, I am just so discouraged by what has become of our people.

Someone once told me that those in the East are far more spiritual than those of the West, as a whole, and that it is perfectly evident. Having never been to the East, I cannot say this is false or accurate, I can only say that based on my vision and imagination, the practice of Eastern religions appear to be far more authentic and promising than the neglectful nature of the characters I have seen here. Whether without a doubt these practices are Christian, Muslim, Orthodox Judaism, Buddhist, I am not in honor to be in my country right now, and would long for a moment to be close to that sense of spiritualism and away, even for a while, from the secularism that currently overwhelms me.

(4) Around Christmastime, at a Walmart (superstore), a mass of people waited to get inside to buy sale items early in the morning. In the stampede of all those folks rushing to get inside, one person was trampled to death, and no one stopped to help him.

January 29, 2009 | 6:04 PM Comments  0 comments

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