WHAT DISAPPOINTS ME?

WHAT DISAPPOINTS ME?
1. WHAT DISAPPOINTS ME MOST ABOUT AMERICA? THE CULTURE HAS MOVED FEMALES FROM 'BABY' TO 'HO.' IN FACT, A FEMALE HAS VOLUNTARILY TRANSFORMED HERSELF FROM LADY TO WOMAN TO HYPHENATED MS. INNOCENT HAND-HOLDING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY ACCEPTABLE ORGAN-GRABBING.

2. I’M DISAPPOINTED THAT FOR AMERICA TO TRAVEL DOWN THE NEW ROAD IN HISTORY, SHE MUST CONTINUE DEREGULATION, REDUCE BURDENSOME COMPLIANCE COSTS, CONTAIN BASELESS LITIGATION AND OPEN GLOBAL MARKETS FOR GOODS AND SERVICES. THERE’S NOT A CHANCE OF THIS IF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS GAIN POWER AND POLITICAL CLOUT IN WASHINGTON.

3. PROFESSORS AND LAWYERS ARE INSANE. FOR EXAMPLE, AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF COMMERCIAL LAW CLAIMS THAT THE PET INDUSTRY, ESPECIALLY THE PET FOOD MANUFACTURERS THAT CREATE AND PROFIT FROM PREMIUM BRANDS, "HAS FOSTERED AND PROFITED FROM THAT EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT" (OF PET OWNERS) AND SHOULD "PAY FOR THE TEARS AND MISERY IT CAUSED. ... WHERE IS AN ACTIVIST JUDGE WHEN PET OWNERS NEED ONE?" THE LAST THING AMERICA NEEDS IS ANOTHER GREEDY ACTIVIST LAWYER OR JUDGE MAKING SURE A RICH SCAPEGOAT PAYS. FOR NEITHER DOES REALITY EXISTS WITH ITS OCCASIONAL, MESSY ACCIDENTS.

4. HOW DISAPPOINTING WHEN AN IDIOT CONSUMER ADVOCATE OR HEALTH AFFICIONADO TELLS OLD PEOPLE TO CONSUME FEWER CALORIES FOR THEIR OWN GOOD. HAS HE OR SHE NOT SEEN ONE ELDERLY PERSON, STRUGGLING WITH DIMINISHED MOBILITY, ACUTENESS OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FIVE SENSES OR BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS? THESE SYMPTOMS COME WITH THE TERRITORY OF ADVANCED YEARS, SO THE LAST THING THE AGED NEEDS IS TO BE TOLD THAT FOOD, THE LAST HEDGE AGAINST THE UNFORESEEN, MUST BE LIMITED. OH, PLEASE.

IN "TO HOPE," THE POET JOHN KEATS CALLED DISAPPOINTMENT THE PARENT OF DESPAIR. THIS WISDOM FROM A YOUTH WHO DIED AT 26. JAMES BAILEY, WHO WAS BORN A FEW YEARS PRIOR TO KEATS' DEATH, PLACED DISAPPOINTMENT UPON THE PROPER SHOULDERS. HE PENNED, "THERE IS NO DISAPPOINTMENT WE ENDURE/ONE HALF SO GREAT AS THAT WE ARE TO OURSELVES." I AM DISAPPOINTED IN AMERICAN CULTURE, BUT I AM NOT AT THE BRINK OF DESPAIR. LET'S RE-EXAMINE OURSELVES, BEREFT OF SANITY. LET US SAVE OUR BRIGHTEST AND BEST HOPES, DECENCY, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMON SENSE.