Reply #100: I was "comfortable" and now I'm poor. I never thought I would be ashamed [View All]

[Lorien]

to call myself an American, never thought I would feel anything but pride in my country-but that changed on election day 2000 when I watched helplessly while white cops intimidated black voters as I handed out voter literature in front of their polling place. I watched as the cops tried to shut down the polls early-but called in to party headquarters to have them reopened. Then the poll workers told the voters-hundreds of them-that they had come to the wrong polling place, and the "right" one was across town. We called in church buses to take the voters across town, but the cops pulled the buses over and said that without a taxi license, they needed to unload. Yes, I live in Florida. :grr:

I talked to reporters, others did to-but the media was silent. I knew that this was no longer the America of my youth. 9/11: NOTHING NEEDED TO CHANGE! What the fuck HAPPENED to us? Instead of saying "Fuck you-you won't terrorize me. You won't make me cower. You won't have an effect", the country did EXACTLY what the terrorists wanted (whoever those terrorists are); they became a Nation of pathetic, thumbsucking bed wetters, willing to give up their Liberty for a false sense of security. I was due to get on a plane to Norway that day,three hours after the attacks. The airline COULD NOT BELIEVE that I still wanted to fly! If I didn't fly, they won. Since my flight was grounded, I went to the bank to take care of some business. The banking officer looked at me when I signed in and said "Why are you here?? Don't you know what's happened"? I said yes; it did not happen in Orlando. No terrorist WILL EVER make me too afraid to live my life! Giving into terrorism makes it successful. It's the worst thing anyone can do-and the whole Nation did it, with the MSM leading us in an orgy of fear. We have lost what we once were.

My personal fortunes have always been tied to the nation's economy. During the Clinton years I had a nice six figure income. Last year I made less than what I used to pay in taxes-much less.I don't see anything but increasing poverty in my future.