Since Newport is boring me lately, I’ve decided to take today’s post to the national level. Maybe when some waves hit town I’ll feel a little better about my newly chosen destination.
Anyway, has anyone else noticed that social unrest is simmering in the country? Today General Motors is having trouble with some United Autoworkers Union members in Detroit. Last week thousands of people protested the hefty sentences heaved onto six black kids in Jena (now the Jena Six). New Yorkers are upset today with a visit from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Columbia University. Everyone is worried about the national economy after banks made millions of bad investments in mortgages.
I’m not much of a history buff, but when you add a growing discontent with our War in Iraq, a social parallel with movements in the 30s and 60s emerges. People are really pissed off, and it is starting to show in some places. Will this be revolution? Hell no. Are these developments small steps into that direction? Yes. But the only way that wild speculation will ever be justified is if these outpourings continue.
