I guess when you hit a certain age, you want to try and do the right thing as the world is wrapped up with many of those who cannot discern what the right thing is. I attempted to adopt a dog from a rescue group in Simi last week only to be rebuffed because the group thought the dog should be in a house with children. This position taken by the rescue group is, by its very nature, discrimination. What made this worse was the fact that there was nothing indicating a preference for this dog. The fact was that this dog was going to lead a better life than the volunteers. So, instead of finding a dog a good home, this rescue group violated the Unruh Civil Rights act and they continue to be vehement in their position. Seems you just can't do the right thing and save a dog imprisoned by short minded types who may not have escaped their own cages.
So this week I thought I would help out our economy and buy an American car. I bought the car, but discovered the car is assembled in Ontario, Canada with parts from Mexico and Canada. The information was not surprising, but how can we help our bretheren in middle America if the cars are being assembled up north?
These 2 incidents seem to show that despite all indications that our country needs good deeds, that we still have difficulty trying to do the right thing. Should these incidents be a sign post in an already morally decayed wasteland? It does seem that you cannot do the right thing in many sectors of our society. We are often rebuffed by rules which seem to have their origins in Mars or were drafted by those who count the number of microbes on a pin. The fact is that life is not rocket science. Perhaps we need to look at our core values in an effort to make sense despite all of the lobbying and pontificating that we see. It is not easy these days with 4 generations competing for jobs, social supremacy, and seeking financial survival. The question really is do we need to show better direction to those born in the 70's and beyond? It seems that we have generations that eschewed education for bling or who prefer their music and tattoo's to dealing with the real world. Seems we as a nation, will be in trouble once these Gen Xer's and others reach their 40's with sagging tattoo's and no incentive to succeed. I guess we can continue to try and do the right thing and hope that the cosmos will reward us.
