Dysfunctional Nation

The whole world must know that the USA is the richest country in the world and the richest country in world history. I wonder how many of those folks know that in the midst of all those riches, nine million children do not have health insurance. (Another strange twist in our national dysfunction: almost all of these children are from working families.)

In reporting these facts today, ABC News pointed out that if those nine million children formed a line holding hands, they would stretch from coast to coast. That picture does not go away as readily as a page of statistics.

And OK, readers, you know I am going to say it again. George W. Bush is pouring one billion dollars into his mad war every four days.

Dysfunctional president + dysfunctional Congress = dysfunctional nation. We are in the pits.