THE OBAMA SONG..."COMING TO AMERICA"

Tom Friedman is a writer. He is also a part of the so called one percenters. I wonder how many occupy wall street people or left wing democratic liberals think of him in those terms.

He has written a lot of excellent books, he is one of the great journalists, extremely hard working etc. etc. etc.

In his June 13th editorial on page A23 of a New York newspaper, he made what I consider to be a major and serious almost critical misanalysis of the European and Middle Eastern political situation. He wrote about how the unification of Europe is not working and how in the Arab world they are falling back into "sects, tribes, regions and clans". At the end of the editorial he wrote the following astonishing analysis of chaos.

"When countries with such different cultures become this interconnected and interdependent, when they share the same currency but not the same work ethics, retirement ages and budget discipline-you end up with German savers seething at Greek workers and vica versa".

Now I am going to rewrite this sentence to try to bring his analysis into the context of our own country. The words that I'm changing are highlighted.

When people or states with such different cultures become this interconnected and interdependent, when they share the same currency but not the same work ethics, retirement ages or budget discipline you end up with anyone who is not in the one percent club seething at the well to do.

If Tom Friedman's editorial about the collapsing European and Middle Eastern communities is even close to correct, we should expect as a responsible writer that he point out that we are on the same path.

President Obama is using the "bully pulpit" to fan the flames of jealousy and class warfare.

As long as the public school building I went to which is now 100 years old and the black and Hispanic children attending are failing at standardized tests and a man of "change" changes nothing of importance, there goes our chance for excellence. Jealousy and class warfare will only make matters much worse.

Is what's happening in Europe and the Middle East the canary in the coal mine?