A friend recently got back from a trip to Munich, Germany, where she attended a week-long conference.
When I asked what struck her about Munich, compared to this country, she said: "You don't see any homeless people there."
But here in Oregon, as elsewhere in the United States — supposedly the Greatest Country on Earth (according to Fox News) — homelessness is painfully obvious.
As hugely talented Oregonian cartoonist Jack Ohman showed in the Sunday paper today. (click to enlarge…and maybe weep)
We need to stop this "greatest country" crap. Fortunately, Obama is restoring some much needed reality to our sense of national self.
We've got a lot to learn from the rest of the world, especially the European social democracies. For instance, they've had high-speed trains for a long time. We're just beginning to try to catch up.
Ditto with health care that actually makes citizens healthy, and doesn't cost an exorbitant amount.
And…dealing with homelessness.
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I’m so happy I stumbled upon your blog. Sometimes it is as if you take the thoughts right out of my head, rearrange them to make sense, and out comes a wonderful cohesive linear thought. 🙂 Thank you.
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Lindsay, thanks for the thanks. The thoughts you expressed also sounded wonderfully cohesive. Of course, they were complimentary to me, so I tend to understand such sentiments easily.