Busy DaY

Stopped in at a gun show today --- holy !$#%^&***((*&$#@!! it was busy. Lots of folks who very obviously knew VERY little about guns.

People are frightened. People are worried. Lots of folks are afraid the entire fabric of our society will soon be torn. They might not know exactly HOW or WHY, but the fear is palpable.

Both right wing folks and left wing - or, should I say VERY left wing folks -- seem to upset by the same stuff. Anger towards Monsanto is shared by both left and right, destruction of our habitat, unbridled development, etc., etc., are all things left and right agree on.

These shared fears, shared values, shared attitudes might just be the things that allow us all to look at what is important, what affects our lives, what HAS to be changed.

When you talk to folks they seem to know the climate is changing, the earth is becoming overcrowded, and corporations have too damn much power.

Even though my idea of a solution might be very different from theirs -- there are so many commonalities that the basis for a coalition might be a part of our future.

Neither Republicans nor Democrats appear to give a damn about us -- perhaps a new party is in order.