Good Morning Middle America, your King of Simple News is on the air.
This is one of those mornings that even the news isn’t interesting. Obama and McCain continue to trade grade school level insults regarding subjects that don’t matter in the least, while at the same time our country falls further into recession.
I suppose that really is the news, regardless of which of these illustrious gentlemen are elected, we will get more of the same ineffective governance that we have become so fond of and accustomed to.
Or perhaps the most important news, and that having the greatest impact and the least reporting, is that the American people are separating at what appears to be a record rate.
How did our country ever become so divided to begin with? Why isn’t there someone who could run for president, that as whole, we actually liked?
The answer to that question is that it isn’t possible. The division that runs between the proclaimed “Liberals” and “Conservatives” is so deep that there may be no hope of bringing us back together.
The differences in our likes, dislikes, and ideals from one part of the country to another are staggering. How can there be predominant red states and predominant blue states in the same country, without there being massive eventual consequences?
Having differences to the degree that exists between our two major parties creates constant conflict, a sort of civil unrest that never goes away, and that is highly elevated around election time, which is pretty much all of the time.
The Democrats literally hate the Republicans and visa versa. You know, George Bush did this and that or Bill Clinton did this and that in a never ending political war between neighbors.
As the economy continues to run downhill with no sign of any braking, the tensions will become further elevated. Blame will be placed primarily on Junior Bush for all that is wrong with America. King of Simple News readers know that we started on our immanent collision course with reality long before Junior was born; but most folks aren’t much on history.
Is it possible that our political leanings will become so totally polarized that our nation will begin to separate into like minded enclaves? I know personally that there are areas of this country where I could not and would not live. Let’s just say that there are areas that don’t suit my clothes.
We have had vast differences in the core beliefs of our populace a couple of other times in our short history which resulted in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Is this time different?
As the pain of our crumbling economy continues to worsen, tempers will flair and irrational blame will be placed, further elevating our differences. Is America capable of pulling it back together, or will we live in our current divisive environment until such time that the lid blows off?
I’d like to hear your thoughts on that subject.
