gritty musings...Bright Shiny Pennies

been reading alot lately...all sorts of stuff...an interesting interpretation of the second continental congress...and the establishment of the foundations for our government...it seems then as now that the forces that opposed each other were aligned along the lines of self enrichment...there were voices that understood the frailty of our new union ...and others that just wanted to maintain their hold on  their riches and insure that the path to future riches were unobstructed...that is a very, very simple encapsulation of the book...but.. .it made me think.. .about the last decade here in the ole usa...greed and arrogance have us fighting  un-winnable wars in far off nations...the banks of our country are likened to the vultures picking the last flesh from the carcass that was a healthy America...everyone is turning a blind eye to the uncontrolled cost of the... now close to half... our nation that has no health care ...with the first wave of baby boomers turning 65 and waiting for

so bin laden is dead...found in the honeymoon capital of Pakistan...living in a million dollar compound, with his youngest wife, child and a slew of bodyguards and couriers...at first... relief...like killing Hitler...a giant exhale...and then the media...people parading in the streets...and i get that too...so many of us affected by one mans singular hatred of a people and a way of life...so many innocent lives lost...here...and in Iraq...because lest we forget...Iraq was the brunt of our anger...and thousands of American and Iraqi lives were forfeit to a war based on finding the man and punishing a regime... most likely never involved with bin laden's politics...my cousin the nursing student put up a post by Martin Luther King...along the lines of "i will not rejoice in the death of my enemy...because he too is a human being"...and i admit to being proud of her politics...i only wish i was that resolute in my convictions...bin laden is dead and i am glad of it...i jus