Maybe it's time to say goodbye.

America is going through a period of costly and obscene wars. When the money and effort could have been spent so much more wisely and humanely. On putting people back to work, for instance. And on narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor. But we Americans have a mentality that war is necessary. That we have to be tough hombres. And enforce our stupid ways on the rest of the world. Mainly for perceived economic gain. For oil. For profit. Not profit for the nation as a whole. But rather for a few oligarchs. The one or two percent of Americans that control the majority of the wealth. They also control our body politic. Which makes all of this crap possible. The saddest thing of all is that we poor and middle class Americans sit idly by. And allow it to happen. Maybe because we don’t know any better. Because we act stupid and helpless. Too many of us assume that’s the way it is. And nothing can be done about it. A little like living in hell. With no escape. But I’m not of such mind. I want to bring about change. One way or another. Through reform. Through revolution, if necessary. But if change can’t be achieved that way, I’m also willing to leave America. To go elsewhere. To another part of the world. Used to be that people from all over the world wanted to escape their enslavement and come to the USA. In order to be free. To find a more decent life. But believe me, some of us are now thinking of migrating in the other direction. Away from America. –Jim Broede