United We Stand?

After the the worst attack in American History.......9/11.......many people drove around sporting American flags with the saying: "United We Stand." I guess I really misinterpretted that bumper sticker. I was under the assumption that , perhaps all the rudeness, bigotry, hatred, abuse, violence and every other vile behavior we as humans.........for lack of better words......are unfortunately capable of, would just disappear. All of the ugliness would be a thing of the past. Why? Because: United We Stand. After 200+ years of this country existence we would all come together, put aside our differences and act like human beings should act.

Wow.........I seriously do live in denial and wish for a perfect world. Maybe not a perfect world, but I wish to live in a better world.

I think we were United for? Oh? Maybe three weeks? Maybe. Then it was back to business as usual.

First off..........Rudeness. Why do people have to be so rude and thoughtless? I know we all lead busy lives and we are more in a hurry than the slow walking idiot in front of us but why be so rude? Yes.......I am getting to my point. Patience. Actually, that fits well under the heading of rudeness also. Patience.

I was delivering some catering to an office building late yesterday afternoon. Traffic was obscene. Parking was not going to happen and everyone around me was just rude.

I have never had a problem speaking my mind, never. I also have never had a problem telling people exactly what I am thinking and how I feel. I believe I "reprimanded" about five people in a thirty minute time frame about their rudeness and lack of just common sense. The young dude that almost knocked my 65 year old mother over, got the brunt of it. I mean, he was just an ass! Just two simple words would have suficed....."Excuse Me". Were you not taught that little saying? Or, before I blame your parents.........Do you remember those words? Jack-off!

The girl in the elevator who could visibly see all the food I had on a cart but still chose to cut me off? She was next. That was just stupid. If I would have lost just one chicken breast because you HAD to be the first one to enter the freight elevator....funny, you didn't have any freight and you took the car up ONE floor........I think I would have burned you, seriously, with chafing dish fluid.....(lighter fluid).

Unfortunately, my thinking about committing violent acts against my fellow man/woman has led me to my next point. Violence.

What the hell? Have we seriously gone completely mad and so out of touch with reality? What I am referring to is the horrible killing spree at Virginia Tech.

I feel for those victims so deeply. So young, so alive, so much life ahead of them that ended so abruptly because of one man's psychotic ramblings, episodes, and just lunacy.......I mean really? Did you view and see his "manifesto?" Oh, Dio Mio......what the hell?

Besides the carnage........besides all of that........why and how do we let people get to this point? What I mean is, why must something happen FIRST before we get involved? I am not passing blame........he was an adult, a sick adult, but still an adult. But, he had a court order to seek counseling!!!!! Where in the hell was the follow up? Whose desk is the paper work burried on?

This is the part I don't get! The signs were there. He had acted out before; it was documented. So, why? What happened?

And, don't even get me started on weapons in this country. Yes, I know......."guns don't kill, people kill." Yeah, whatever.

But United We Stand.......right? Still? Or was that for only three weeks almost six years ago?