Last week my husband and I drove 300 miles south to Santa Cruz, Ca. On the way We saw hundreds of cars with flags. It really started to bug me, and I'll tell you why. Is it because I'm anti-American? I guess it depends on what your definition of "American" is. It bugged me because all I could think of was how in the months to come, we will be seeing all of America littered with ripped up, torn up flags. On a street corner in Santa Cruz, I saw the remnants of a shrine, now faded and littered. I wondered who was going to clean it up? I along with other Americans hung out my flag after 9/11, but it is supposed to rain tomorrow, and I think I'll take it down. Because I'm sick of flags anyway. People are dying and I can't help myself, I think it's wrong. But....I have no answers. I think there should be no guns. None. Then there wouldn't be war or at least the kind of war we are in now. Maybe people would be throwing rocks at each other, but that's not so dangerous. You could run.
I also think we should be teaching our sons to be gentle. I mean, how many woman terrorists do you know? All this macho, kick ass shit really bugs me. Have you noticed George? I swear he grew 2 inches and now has a John Wayne strut. But, to be honest, it makes me feel a little better, because before I could only see a monkey when I looked at him, or that guy from mad magazine. Would Al Gore have done things differently??? I think not. I am spouting off, and I'm sure I'll get some flack. By the way I love men, I'm just speaking the truth. I'm just frustrated because I watched our small town raise $100,000 in one day, and we don't even have a decent public library!!!! So many things can be done right in your back yard, and very few rise to the occasion. And I'm speaking for myself as well. Moral to the story....do things that make a difference.....ALL the time. Peace, Julie
