Watching the World News Tonight the USA Looks Like the Worst Place on Earth to Live With All That is Going On--But is It ?

Ruthanne

Ruthanne

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So I was watching ABC World News tonight and seeing about the impending unsurvivable hurricanes coming, the national unrest and killings, and of course the virus stuff, too.

In my state things don't look so bad. We don't have any protests or rioting going on, yes we have the usual murders (it's sad to say it that way actually), our covid problem has gone way down and it doesn't look that bleak here.

How is everything going in your state?
 

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Maryland isn't bad off, comparatively speaking. Of course, we have part of the Eastern Shore in danger of floating out to sea; the heat has been record breaking this summer; Steven Strasburg had carpal tunnel surgery and will be out for the rest of the 2020 season, but our World Champion Nats are playing to an empty stadium anyway; crime is as usual in Baltimore; our coronavirus figures don't look so good, the state hasn't opened; and there are all the usual political issues. But outside of that, let's look at the bright side. We're not in the path of those hurricanes. We don't have a lot of Confederate statues to be torn down (although Maryland was a slave state, believe it or not). And people are not behaving stupidly about the virus; there is general cooperation.

Could be worse I guess.
 
Sunny said:
Maryland isn't bad off, comparatively speaking. Of course, we have part of the Eastern Shore in danger of floating out to sea; the heat has been record breaking this summer; Steven Strasburg had carpal tunnel surgery and will be out for the rest of the 2020 season, but our World Champion Nats are playing to an empty stadium anyway; crime is as usual in Baltimore; our coronavirus figures don't look so good, the state hasn't opened; and there are all the usual political issues. But outside of that, let's look at the bright side. We're not in the path of those hurricanes. We don't have a lot of Confederate statues to be torn down (although Maryland was a slave state, believe it or not). And people are not behaving stupidly about the virus; there is general cooperation.

Could be worse I guess.
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My sister lives close to Maryland. Why is the eastern shore in danger of floating away? Yes, those hurricanes look terrifying from what I heard on the news tonight. I'd never live in the deep south in the paths of hurricanes...of course we have some tornadoes here. I'm glad to hear people are being smart there.
 

Lets see, this is South Carolina:

- We are being stupid about the virus.
- We are being stupid about race relations.
- We are being stupid about domestic violence.
- We are being stupid about keeping our roads and bridges repaired.
- We are being stupid about political corruption.
- We are being stupid about alcohol and drug abuse.

We are just stupid, ... and this summer has been very hot, humid and uncomfortable with lots of mosquitos.

But, we do have good BBQ!
 
Pecos said:
Lets see, this is South Carolina:

- We are being stupid about the virus.
- We are being stupid about race relations.
- We are being stupid about domestic violence.
- We are being stupid about keeping our roads and bridges repaired.
- We are being stupid about political corruption.
- We are being stupid about alcohol and drug abuse.

We are just stupid, ... and this summer has been very hot, humid and uncomfortable with lots of mosquitos.

But, we do have good BBQ!
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Great about that BBQ!
 
Sorry Sunny but the website is giving me problems trying to view it..they want me to get a subscription or give them my email addy.
 
Pecos said:
Lets see, this is South Carolina:

- We are being stupid about the virus.
- We are being stupid about race relations.
- We are being stupid about domestic violence.
- We are being stupid about keeping our roads and bridges repaired.
- We are being stupid about political corruption.
- We are being stupid about alcohol and drug abuse.

We are just stupid, ... and this summer has been very hot, humid and uncomfortable with lots of mosquitos.

But, we do have good BBQ!
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I've always thought that things would be so much better if we had an equal rights amendment that made everyone equal, no matter what gender, race, sexual preference, religion, age, or economic standing we are. It would certainly solve the questions of equal pay and marriage rights. But, there are some who feel that they would lose something if that happened.
“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
― Lyndon B. Johnson

There will never be peace here, or anywhere in the world, until all people will accept others as their equal. And, that will never happen. It just doesn't seem to be in our nature.

As for the weather, I wonder how much of the bad weather is our fault. And, again, since we can't seem to convince everyone that we could do things to make the severity of these weather changes better, it just won't happen.

We can choose where we want to live though. Here in Michigan, we don't seem to have severe weather very often. But, we do get some. Weather wise, I think I live in a pretty good area.

We don't seem to have much trouble getting along with others here, either. When I go out I see people of all colors, nationalities, and religions. From Native Americans to Buddhist. From Black or White to Hindu. Jewish and Amish. So many I can't list them all. We smile at each other as we pass them, and we chat while in a line. Perhaps it's because we have so many different industries here that brings such a diversity.

As for this virus, I don't see anything getting better for us until we all commit to wearing the masks and practicing social distancing. We will have to continue with that until there is a vaccine. Even then, what if the virus mutates? This could be our life for years to come. I hope not, but it worries me.
 
Ceege said:
I've always thought that things would be so much better if we had an equal rights amendment that made everyone equal, no matter what gender, race, sexual preference, religion, age, or economic standing we are. It would certainly solve the questions of equal pay and marriage rights. But, there are some who feel that they would lose something if that happened.
“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
― Lyndon B. Johnson

There will never be peace here, or anywhere in the world, until all people will accept others as their equal. And, that will never happen. It just doesn't seem to be in our nature.

As for the weather, I wonder how much of the bad weather is our fault. And, again, since we can't seem to convince everyone that we could do things to make the severity of these weather changes better, it just won't happen.

We can choose where we want to live though. Here in Michigan, we don't seem to have severe weather very often. But, we do get some. Weather wise, I think I live in a pretty good area.

We don't seem to have much trouble getting along with others here, either. When I go out I see people of all colors, nationalities, and religions. From Native Americans to Buddhist. From Black or White to Hindu. Jewish and Amish. So many I can't list them all. We smile at each other as we pass them, and we chat while in a line. Perhaps it's because we have so many different industries here that brings such a diversity.

As for this virus, I don't see anything getting better for us until we all commit to wearing the masks and practicing social distancing. We will have to continue with that until there is a vaccine. Even then, what if the virus mutates? This could be our life for years to come. I hope not, but it worries me.
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Thank you for your thought provoking post.
 
Ruthanne said:
So I was watching ABC World News tonight and seeing about the impending unsurvivable hurricanes coming, the national unrest and killings, and of course the virus stuff, too.

In my state things don't look so bad. We don't have any protests or rioting going on, yes we have the usual murders (it's sad to say it that way actually), our covid problem has gone way down and it doesn't look that bleak here.

How is everything going in your state?
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Ruthanne, you know the saying...."if it bleeds, it leads", all news shows want ratings and viewers, so they not only report the news, but they make the best of the worst stories, to keep people interested and watching. There's 24/7 news now in the day of cable TV and social media....they have to fill the time, usually with repeating stories every half hour. Then, each year on an anniversary of a bad event, they spend another week 'reporting' on it.

In Colorado, things aren't that bad. There have been some incidents with overly forceful police and some related protests. All in all, there hasn't been anything unreasonable in the protests, problems were dealt with quickly. As far as COVID-19. the majority of the people I see on a daily basis are doing their best to contain the spread of the virus by wearing their masks and socially distancing. People are being kind and considerate to each other.

The United States of America is definitely not the worst place on earth, I assure you. I feel blessed to be born in this country, I love my fellow Americans, and I plan to stay here until I leave this earth. There are bad people everywhere, and bad leaders, but for the most part, people are good, loving and empathetic to others. We'll have our ups and downs, but don't lose faith. 🧡
 
SeaBreeze said:
Ruthanne, you know the saying...."if it bleeds, it leads", all news shows want ratings and viewers, so they not only report the news, but they make the best of the worst stories, to keep people interested and watching. There's 24/7 news now in the day of cable TV and social media....they have to fill the time, usually with repeating stories every half hour. Then, each year on an anniversary of a bad event, they spend another week 'reporting' on it.

In Colorado, things aren't that bad. There have been some incidents with overly forceful police and some related protests. All in all, there hasn't been anything unreasonable in the protests, problems were dealt with quickly. As far as COVID-19. the majority of the people I see on a daily basis are doing their best to contain the spread of the virus by wearing their masks and socially distancing. People are being kind and considerate to each other.

The United States of America is definitely not the worst place on earth, I assure you. I feel blessed to be born in this country, I love my fellow Americans, and I plan to stay here until I leave this earth. There are bad people everywhere, and bad leaders, but for the most part, people are good, loving and empathetic to others. We'll have our ups and downs, but don't lose faith. 🧡
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Yes ABC News is a very Sensational News Channel and I have to watch how much I watch of it. I'm glad that things are going okay in your state and they are in Ohio too for the most part.

I am glad to be an American too and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
 
SeaBreeze said:
The United States of America is definitely not the worst place on earth, I assure you. I feel blessed to be born in this country, I love my fellow Americans, and I plan to stay here until I leave this earth. There are bad people everywhere, and bad leaders, but for the most part, people are good, loving and empathetic to others. We'll have our ups and downs, but don't lose faith. 🧡
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:unsure:So true. (y)
 
Watching the news this year, I'm really glad we live in a quiet rural area in the middle of the nation. We have very few cases of this virus in our area, we have no forest fires, or hurricanes, and certainly NO idiots Burning Looting and Murdering. About the only aggravation we've had to contend with is fairly hot and humid Summer weather, but that's almost normal.
 
Don M. said:
Watching the news this year, I'm really glad we live in a quiet rural area in the middle of the nation. We have very few cases of this virus in our area, we have no forest fires, or hurricanes, and certainly NO idiots Burning Looting and Murdering. About the only aggravation we've had to contend with is fairly hot and humid Summer weather, but that's almost normal.
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That's good to hear.
 
As we learn about the other planets out there we find they also have storms that would make ours look like kiddy's play. One example id the swirling storm on Jupiter is larger then our planet! Living now we should be thankful we can get warnings of coming storms except in some cases tornados. I sit here looking out the window being thankful Laura missed us by inches yet knowing what is happening in Lake Charles right now is tragic. Landfall is in three hours.
 
Here in the San Jose/San Francisco area there are still lots of fires around although they've definitely been reduced overall. The smoke comes and goes at various points in the day and has been diminishing overall the last three days. We actually got to ride our bicycles on a 9 mile bike ride this morning but later in the day is started getting smoky outside again but in the late afternoon the winds from the ocean came up and cleared it up again.

We had mainly peaceful protests several days just after George Floyd was murdered but they haven't recurred. There were some damaged businesses and cars here and there bot the protests were peaceful for the most part. It was an extremely small number of people who caused problems.

So we're just waiting for more wild fires and the next big earthquake since the Loma Prieta earthquake didn't really diminish the likely hood of an earthquake on the San Andreas fault.
 
I'm fed-up with the BBC news, not fit for purpose, so I've started watching Al Jazeera based in the Middle East. There is so much going on in the world which is never mentioned on the BBC. I was surprised at just how much conflict there is ..riots and civil unrest.
Britain right now has lost its way, pandering to the minorities, but hopefully now that we've left the EU, we'll get back our sense of identity.
Believe me, America is not the worst place to live!
 
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