Im mad as Hell and Im not going to take it anymore! (From the movie NETWORK)

The following questions are questions that need answering. Are there answers to them? We must remain optimistic and vigilant if there are to be. These are just a few topics. There are many more, some more important and some less, based on a persons beliefs and attitudes. I present them, as a reference and a starting point for discussion

Guns? Why is it so difficult to do what is best for society, not for our liberties? If the second amendment says we can possess guns, shouldnt we be expected to abide by that? Cant we, better yet, understand the law and realize that people want to, and have a constitutional right to, defend themselves and hunt for food? Wouldnt it make more sense if we allow anyone over 18 (since they can vote and defend us) to own a pistol for their residences, and/or a rifle for hunting, as long as they have never been guilty of a felony? Since semi-automatics are in most offensive cases used for mass killing, shouldnt there be a law that says it is illegal (as illegal as in distributing drugs) to manufacture any type of machine gun or automatic or semi automatic weaponry, or to own one, or have one in their possession, except for law enforcement personnel? Cant we all be logical and practical, law-abiding, and compromising at the same time?

Why would a president, considered by many to be one of our most brilliant, be impeached for lying to Congress (to save his marriage), when our present president lied to the American people about weapons of mass destruction, and then lied that we were there to take out Saddam Hussein, yet we are still there? Why isnt this man, who is driving the American people into a debt of half a trillion dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan (which could be used to rebuild New Orleans, house the homeless, take care of the infirmed, and feed the poor), being allowed to send thousands of our children to their deaths while, at the same time, killing tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi men, women, and children? Why arent his lies, deceit, and actions impeachable? Is it because his party controls our Congress? And why does America feel it has the right to force democracy upon other countries? How can we expect to change other peoples way of living when their beliefs have been inbred and practiced for thousands of years? Should we remove despots and dictators? Yes, but arent we just taking over countries when we force them to copy our government and live as we do because its what we think is best for them? What is America going to do now that we have now alienated many of our western hemisphere neighbors? With the middle east and many parts of the orient against United States policy, what will our president do now that Bolivia has elected a leader who vows to be Americas nightmare, and counts among his friends U.S. critics Cuba's Fidel Castro and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, along with leftists in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay? How much longer before its us against them?

Can someone tell me why we are trying to rid the world of WMAs, but were fighting in a country where there are none, and next to a country (Iran) that says they are building one? A county whose president broadcast that the Holocaust was a myth and that Israel should be bombed off the face of the Earth? Why is our president not doing what he promised the world to do: rid the world of weapons of mass destruction? Why are we in a war in Iraq when we should be in Iran and N. Korea, and, as we were led to believe, in every country with weapons of mass destruction?

Why are we so worried about Communism and wont speak with our neighbor (Cuba) as friends of different governmental beliefs? Why should we punish the innocent Cubans with our embargoes against them, as the majority of Cubans seems to find it quite livable? Is genocide taking place there, civil atrocities? Horrifically, why would our president turn down the thousands of doctors Cuba offered to send to aid in Hurricane Katrina? How many more lives could have been saved? Isnt it true that we should not fight communism any longer, rather accept it, since China has one billion more people than the United States? Doesnt big fish eat little fish? Shouldnt America be in Africa helping crush the genocides and teaching these countries to become self reliant and self sufficient so that this will never happen again? Shouldnt America and the world, together, take the responsibility of creating new civilizations, with schools and hospitals and courts, and a government, not destroy ones that have existed for thousands of years?

Why has it become so difficult to smile at people, to help people, to forgive people, to offer a compliment, to say pardon me, please, and thank you, to be a kind person? Isnt it easier to be nice than mean? Doesnt it make for a happier world when people are polite, considerate, and thoughtful? Do people ever wonder why it isnt this way everywhere for all people, no matter their color, gender, age, religion, beliefs, and practices? Will we ever learn? Cant we all do the right thing, as Spike Lee wrote in his movie?

To survive in the best of all possible worlds we must all work together as one family. If we want to change and be a better people, a far better world, we must first be willing to change and act upon it.

If you have questions or topics that you feel should be addressed, please email the author, Bruce Schwartz, at www.parkavenuepress@hotmail.com. The publisher has the discretion whether to print your comments