The World Today (standard:Editorials, 436 words)
Author: Lori	Added: Jun 04 2007	Views/Reads: 3268/0	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
The inter workings of my mind.

The World Today 

By: Lori 

The inter workings of my mind.
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I sit at my computer listening to “I'm A Bitch, I'm A Lover” by Alanis
Morrisette after having a conversation with a good friend of mine. It's 
1:30 in the morning. So, if you think this is a dull topic, skip it now 
because it wasn't wrote for you anyway. I wrote it for the ones who 
care about the world and the events happening as I speak. 

The world today concerns me. Not only are we in a war that shouldn't
have been fought. Who cares some country has more oil then we do? Is 
this so important we forget about the other things going on in our 
world? What about child abuse, spousal abuse, and, veterans without 
benefits? What about the homeless in this country, starving babies 
because their parents are drug/alcohol addicts? Or how about the 
growing population of teen pregnancies? Did you know Middle School 
children are getting pregnant now days? How do we call ourselves good 
parents when our children are getting pregnant at 11 and 12 years of 
age? 

NO, the all mighty dollar has to reign! Who cares if those dollars never
reach our, as common citizens, pockets? Who cares Americans are dying 
right and left for those said dollars? Who cares Americans are being 
maimed and their mental health is destroyed before their ever eyes? Who 
cares at all? Who gives a damn anymore what happens to this country? 

I CARE! I have two children who are going to be adults in two years for
one, and a year for the other. I've already failed them through their 
schooling. I've never made them do their homework or cared if they 
failed. I've failed them as being upstanding citizens with an education 
like I had. I've failed them in the respect to have something important 
to fall back on. How can I fail them by leaving a country torn in half 
by its own people? 

We have Cindy Sheehan giving up the fight because she can't endure it
any longer. I have stood beside this woman in everything she believes 
in. I've cried with her, screamed with her, felt her pain in a dying 
society that doesn't care anymore. If she gives up the fight, who is 
going to lead the assault? I don't know and I'm afraid the answer will 
be no one. 

The world today scares and terrifies me. I don't know how to stop the
things from happening. I'm only one woman. But, with my voice I'm going 
to try. 

© June 4, 2007


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