I've Been Everywhere Man........I Wax Philosophic and Worry....

 Hate to steal a line from the old school C&W musician Hank Snow. ( Yeah, I know, most of you reading this won't have a clue who he is....Long time member of the Grand Ole Opry, sang, "I've Been Everywhere, " " I Don't Hurt Anymore,"  and my favorite Hank Snow song, " Hello Love.")

I am fairly well traveled, been places I've never dreamed of going, like Kunming, China.......The Plain's of Abraham( And they're not in Israel)......The West Bank.....( We're looking hard at Croatia across to Northern Italy next... Visit the home of the Renaissance....)

But, I ain't never been to Los Angeles.....Ain't on that bucket list, we went to San Francisco a few years ago and well, that was enough of California. 

I am ain't lying, we felt safer in Derry, Northern Ireland walking around in the middle of the hotbed of the "Troubles" and a rough part of The West Bank than San Francisco. 

I can't fathom what kind of hellhole LA is now. 

We wound up watching the riots over immigration yesterday. You Tube, Rumble now is the choice for news. Fuck CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, News Nation......Get a phone, a cheapo camera and stream live from YouTube....

Now, don't get me wrong, I am all about immigration. Seriously......Hell, we got one....And knowing my child, even as a child, we were not shocked we have a Chinese daughter-in-law. ( Our child was born about 32 years old. He was always an adult. ) 

And the way our nation is going, we need immigration to keep our economic numbers up.  

And the way things are going, I wonder what our demographics will look like in 2050? In 25 years, well, I doubt I am around. I'm hoping to just make in to 2035.  

Here is where I was lost yesterday......And I posted this on FB yesterday. 

Why, if you're wanting to be here.....Why are you rioting with the flag of Mexico, or Honduras, or Columbia? 

Now, I'm all about being proud of your ancestry, I tell folks all the time about where my people were from, but hell, the last group of my people, the Irish, got here in the 1800s. Others, were here in the 1600s. The French from Nova Scotia, 1745..... But still proud of my heritage.....

And say what you want, we all came to the New World for some economic reason, either hoping for it to get better, or a sinister reason beyond our control.  

I'm also a proud holder of an American passport. Seriously, of my personal possessions( We'll call it that), it might be my favorite item I possess. I guard Deb's and mine like gold.  

If this wasn't "The Bright Shining City on the Hill" why come here, and perhaps it is losing some of its luster now? 

Again, what will the U.S. look like in 40-50 years? I know this is a hard discussion already in Great Britain and Ireland, how they'll look in 40-50 years. 

Perhaps, this is the start of the end of the " American Empire" and don't go telling me, we'll be in charge forever. All nations lose their power. I know I read a meme about someone saying, " What will historians be writing in 2100?"