Overwhelmed?

Has anyone else noticed the abundance of crisis we've been facing of late? Is anyone naive enough to think this is a coincidence? Would you be surprised to find, I don't believe it is? Here's my theory.....

The world has entered a paradigm shift, it didn't happen overnight, and I wish I could point directly at one source for the failure to adapt, but it's been awhile in the works. We entered the information age, things move at the speed of light, or even faster. There isn't one foreclosure, there is a nation wide collapse of the nation's mortgage market. It isn't one computer or child that contracts a virus it's a world wide epidemic. We don't have on bank fail, it's a global crisis. Not just one country is facing financial collapse, the whole European Union is.... It's hard to comprehend the speed at which the smallest crisis blossoms and spreads.

Do our leaders look like bumbling idiots when these situations arise? Absolutely! They lack the creativity, knowledge, and forward thinking spirit it takes to attack these issues. They are so corrupt, so involved in the system and self preservation, they are dinosaurs in a world of innovation. Our survival is left in the hands of politicians whose only attribute is they are bewildered by the here and now, and that's been the situation for way too long. The integrity of our representatives, the trust we should place in our leadership, our belief that they are capable of telling the truth, is eroding away. John Q. Public is starting to realize we are trapped on a rudderless ship, with a Captain without a clue.

Our leaders have made us part of a network of interdependency, one that is beginning to spin out of control. One incident, like Greece's economic issues, can begin a domino affect that could be felt worldwide. How did we allow ourselves to be so vulnerable that one country's irresponsible policies might have a major impact on the once most powerful nation on earth? Is this in anyway congruent with the foundation of independence our forefathers bequeathed to us? Not from where I'm standing.

Somewhere we left the role of leadership behind and began to follow the rest of the world like sheep to slaughter. America can be the example again, but not on the present course. We need to find our independence, so we can defend our nation. How can you set a course if you can't stand alone? We've become to dependent on outside sources. By definition, if your a dependent, you rely on someone else to survive. If you have common goals, interdependence is a good thing. So tell me who in this world has our ideology? Better yet, tell me who we can trust to support us when our problems overwhelm us?

I have a deep inner feeling i'm not done with this subject......

God Bless!
Capt. Bill