INTO THE ABYSS 182 A

LIFE IS A GAME OF CONNECT THE DOTS, IF YOU DON'T CONNECT ALL THE DOTS OR DON'T CONNECT THEM IN THE RIGHT ORDER YOU NEVER GET THE PICTURE INTO THE ABYSS 182 A I didn't write last night, I wanted more people to read my last essay, "How Americans are Played", but I guess due to algorithms most of the people never saw it. I didn't get distruted as some other posts did. It was a serious topic, about how the Christian ethics got undermined, how we lost our focus on personal lives, and personal ethics and morals, how our characters were destroyed to achieve political goals. Maybe some of will still scroll down and read it, I will put the link in the comments. It is 4th of July weekend, the celebrations have already started, the military post next door already did the fireworks tonight so the soldiers and the civilians can start a 4 day weekend. It is more important, apparently, to get a vacation, go to the beach have picnics and whatever else. Do the American thing, go shop. For the past 43 years, I have never lived more than 10 miles away from the gates of Ft. Rucker, Alabama. In 1976, as luck would have it, on the "Bicentennial" I was stationed at Ft. Belvoir. Being stationed at Ft. Belvoir from June 1976 to September 1976 was a great opportunity to learn the history of the US, I visited DC every single weekend, visiting historical land marks, memorials, Smithsonian and so many other sites. The 4th of July 1976, It was a Sunday, busses were available for the troops that wished to come into DC for the celebrations. I visited the Arlington cemetery, the Tomb of Unknown, the JFK memorial. At night I saw the fireworks at the Washington Monument. I was lucky, right place at the right time. Patriotism felt different, the #Constitution meant different also. Life, history, reality, war, everything really, looks different depending upon your vantage point. 1976 everything felt different than it does today, and I am sure it looked different depending upon who you are, where you lived, what you were doing and what you did, depending also in your skin color and your background. Race riots, Vietnam, Kennedy, assassination, MLK and Malcom X assassinations, killing of Bobby Kennedy, Roe V Wade, Watergate, Nixon resignation, school desegregation, Tate Labianca murders, Texas University shootings, Mai Lai massacre, all from 1963 to 1976, what all do you remember, what do you care, do you? Remembering does make us who we are, also ignoring what we should remember does it too. I WILL WRITE MORE SOON M. N. R. 01 JULY 2022