The View From Gate 14

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan uses people going through the demoralizing process of airport security as an analogy for America. She discusses how Bush has lost all support, even in Texas. She lists several reasons, but I think she hit the nail on the head when she referenced

"...a fine and bitter conservative sense that he has never had to stand in his stockinged feet at the airport holding the bin, being harassed. He has never had to live in the world he helped make, the one where grandma's hip replacement is setting off the beeper here and the child is crying there. And of course as a former president, with the entourage and the private jets, he never will."

I agree with that. There is a sense of unfairness; a sense of disconnect. We feel that our concerns are ignored. We've seen ideology, political correctness and perception has become more important to our leaders than objective reality. We've seen a gradual conversion to the view that the only way to solve our problems is by more and bigger government controlling every aspect of our lives. The upcoming election hold little hope of retreat from this dangerous path. Both parties want to expand government. Democrats and Republicans differ mainly in the specifics of what they wish to control.

I'm depressed.