Monday, January 25, 2016

Tonight in America

Tonight in America, military veterans are sleeping in an underpass just to the South of the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center. 

Tonight in America, children went to bed hungry.

Tonight in America, men, women and children have no home.

Tonight in America, mentally ill individuals who need help aren't receiving it.  They are being ignored.

Tonight in America, three politicians are conducting a town hall meeting in Iowa.  The 30th most populous state in the U. S. will hold the first primary event, elevating its important far above those of states with much larger populations. 

Tonight in America, the people of New Hampshire are preparing to hold the first actual primary election.  New Hampshire is the 43rd most populous state. 

Tonight in America, senior citizens have to choose between buying food or paying the co-payment for the portion of their prescription medications that isn't covered by Medicare and their supplemental insurance.

Tonight in America, billionaires continue to plot how best to spend tens of millions of dollars from their vast wealth, in order to influence this November's election outcome.

Tonight in America, our men and women are deployed around the world, in harm's way. 

Tonight in America, people without health insurance of any kind will go to emergency rooms, where their emergent care needs will be met.  But only those needs will be met.

Tonight in America, Ruth Madoff, the wife of convicted swindler Bernie Madoff is comfortably ensconced in a Connecticut home that was owned by her late son.

Tonight in America, Jordan Belfort (the real Wolf of Wall Street) is a free man.  He owes over $100 million in fines and restitution but reportedly has paid nothing toward that amount from his share of the profits from the movie about his life.

Tonight in America, people are ranting about the extreme threat posed to us by ISIS and letting their fear drive their thought process.

Tonight in America, a billionaire panders to prejudice and fear in order to try to gain the presidency. 

Tonight in America, more people are watching the WWE's Monday Night RAW than are watching the Democratic Presidential Town Hall on CNN.

Tonight in America, a friend of mine called us a sick society.  Is he wrong?