When was it that we totally lost respect towards each other? Was it when a smart Black man was nominated for the supreme court, betrayed by his own people and accused of committing disgusting acts by a women we never heard of and who never mentioned the acts to anyone.

Or when we found out that the Commander in Chief was so occupied denying the fact that he was stalking women and carelessly discharging bodily fluids on interns and rugs in the Oval Office like a high school kid, as our enemies plotted tokill thousands of us, some jumping out of windows as to not burn alive.

Or maybe when the self-righteous congressmen who preached morality while trying to hit up anything that moved, at the same time promising to show fiscal responsibility as he made backdoor deals, spending our hard earned money without even thinking about the consequences.

It could have been when a presidential candidate could not accept defeat like a man, demanded a recount in safe districts only, caused a constitutional crisis, delaying the transition of power and tearing the country apart, just as our enemies were on the same page plotting an attack that has set in motion events that may be beyond our control.

Then again i remember a great woman’s funeral that turned into the bashing of a president right over her dead body, or the funeral of a congressman that turned into a political rally while he was being laid to rest.

What about the internet, did that give us all a chance to spew rabid insults to all those we disagree with. After years of frustration screaming insults at the T.V. we finally can sit at home and communicate instantly with millions of people. Do you choose to make that communication civil, or do you descend to the lowest levels of disrespect and compare your rivals to Hitler.

I was watching Hardball the day after the bridge collapse. Barney Frank was on with Mike Barnicle, Barnicle ( who In August 1998, was forced to resign from his position as a columnist at the Boston Globe amid questions about the sources of at least two of his columns). He asks Frank( who’s lover used to run a prostitution ring from his basement) if the Bridge tragedy helps the Democrat cause to raise taxes. I could not believe that with victims still in the water, these scum-bags were rubbing their hands together salivating over the fact that the deaths of these unfortunate people will give them an opportunity to blame the Rep. party, and pick the pockets of overtaxed Americans, who have paid enough taxes to ensure Minnesota alone will have a $2 billion dollar surplus this year.(most states will have a surplus). Can these people stoop any lower.

Most of the major news outlets had the same template. Showing indifference to the victims and setting up the talking point “is the infrastructure of this country falling apart because of the war in Iraq” They were to lazy to research the projects that Minnesota had approved over bridge repair. here are a few.

A new $776 million Twins stadium to be paid for with a Hennepin County sales tax increase approved by state legislators with no voter referendum, $97.5 million for the North Star commuter rail line, $34 million in subsidies to ethanol producers that have seen a 300% increase in profits in the last year, and yet they’re still being subsidized, $30 million for bear exhibits at the Minnesota and Como zoos, $12 million to renovate the Schubert Theater in downtown Minneapolis, one million for a replica Vikings ship in Morehead.

What is it with death and progressives. They have no respect for the dead. Can you just see them at the edge of the river saying “man the death toll needs to go higher so we can make our point”. Or when they all breathlessly report the latest death milestone from Iraq. They don’t care about #2999 but when #3000 comes around you can see the saliva
dripping from some MSNBC hosts mouths.

I remember when David Dinkins (Dem N.Y.) was Mayor. The city was a disaster, disrespect was in the air, Al Sharpton is a product of that era, i remember the Jews, Blacks, Puerto Ricans, and Whites fighting with each other. There were riots, race murders, wilding gang rapes, cop killings. the streets were dirty, Time Square was owned by pimps and drug dealers.
Now many of those same New Yorkers who voted for Guliani enjoy a New York that is 100% better. There is just one problem, he is Republican.
On Friday night’s “Inside Washington,” panelists trashed Ross Buettner’s story in the New York Times playing up a close relationship between Fox News boss Roger Ailes and GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani. Newsweek’s Evan Thomas said “I think this was the New York Times thinking that Ailes is Darth Vader, because they made him out to be this monster who’s given all this time to Giuliani, but the story itself and the graphics supporting it didn’t support the story.”

We can go over the things that have been said about the POTUS, not just by citizens but by elected officials. A total lack of respect, not only to him but the troops and their families. Is this the future, maybe we are setting ourselves up for a day when something will happen so devastatingly horrible that we will have to come together, forget our differences and show each other a little R - E - S - P - E - C - T .