"The Americans will always do the right thing...but only after they've tried everything else."

I fear that may have been an appropriate phrase at the time. A time when there were of course the usual politics but within a common goal to keep America on course.

I do not think the politicians of today have that same credo. I believe because they are individually wealthy and so polarized they would in fact watch America crash and burn as they are currently demonstrating. The politicians of today have a very self centered priority.

It has been said our modern (suit yourself as to what era and how long) government only responds to an issue when it becomes a crisis. They have shown that not to be an accurate assessment either. Proof being the complete lack of action on the continuing, worsening financial disaster and the continuing worsening energy disaster that grows worse day by day by week by week by year by year.

And for the partisan biased, the above is not condemning one party or the other. We have been on this path for over 50 years. The only common denominator is the apathy of we the people. However, even worse in the current completely polarized, paralyzed, finger pointing, blame finding OK with doing nothing attitudes of today.

btk