A FINE MESS

ONE DOESN'T NEED A LOUPE TO SEE THAT THINGS ARE AMISS. HERE IN AMERICA, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PENTAGON PLANS TO REGULATE PAYDAY LOANS TO MILITARY FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY 'RESORT' TO THEM. RE-DEFINE ‘RESORT’ AS CHOOSE AND YOU REALIZE THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS CHOSE THEIR MESSES. ALLSTATE IS BEING SUED BECAUSE IT DID NOT COVER FLOOD DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE KATRINA. IF THEY READ THE FINE PRINT, CUSTOMERS KNEW THEY WERE NOT COVERED IN CASE OF A STORM MESS. NEW YORK'S GOVERNOR SPITZER HAS MOVED HIS STATE'S PRIMARY ELECTION TO FEB. 5TH 2008. INTERPRET THIS ACTION AS A POLITICAL PLOY TO BENEFIT DEMOCRATS AND MESS UP REPUBLICAN CHANCES. ON THE WORLD STAGE, THINGS ARE NO SANER. UNDER THE REGIME OF DICTATOR MUGABE, ZIMBABWE HAS BEEN TOTALLY CORRUPTED. READ THIS TO MEAN THAT THE PUBLIC COULD REVOLT AGAINST THIS MESS. IN PALESTINE, HAMAS IS PRACTICING BLACKMAIL IN AN EXCHANGE OF ITS ISRAELI PRISONER. WHAT MUST BE UNDERSTOOD IS THAT CRIMINALS AND TERRORISTS WILL BE SET FREE IF THE MESSY TRADE TAKES PLACE.

COMMON SENSE AND SANITY HAVE GONE AWRY BOTH HERE IN AMERICA AND ACROSS THE GLOBE. WHERE SHOULD WE CONCENTRATE OUR ATTENTION? WHERE SHOULD WE FOCUS OUR LOUPE TO FIND THE GREATEST NEED? I SUGGEST WE CLEAN UP OUR CULTURAL MESS. A CULTURAL 'SCUMBAGS' LIKE DON IMUS IS NOT WORTH OUR TIME, BUT THE STATE OF THE FAMILY IS. A LOCAL RADIO STATION SPONSORED A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT, PLEADING FOR FOSTER FAMILIES. THE MESSAGE MENTIONED THREE FAMILIES THAT MANY CHILDREN NOW HAVE. THE BIRTH FAMILY, THE CARING FAMILY AND THE FOREVER FAMILY. THEY ARE BORN INTO A 1ST FAMILY, PLACED BY CHILDRENS' SERVICES INTO A 2ND FAMILY AND THEN RE-LOCATED INTO A 3RD, FOREVER FAMILY. WHAT IN HELL IS A 'FOREVER FAMILY’?

HINT: WE ARE IN A HELL OF A MESS WHEN AMERICA NOW HAS NOT ONE, BUT MULTIPLE FAMILIES. ASCENT TO RATIONALITY ROOTED IN MORALITY CAN GET US OUT OF THE DEPTHS OF THIS DEPRAVED,
FINE MESS.