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Hit in Hocky, or Bombs on a Madrid Train

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Back to the subject about where our priorities are. Today I had something happen repeatedly and it really got me to thinking. I was driving through a strip mall and a car back out right in front of me. Now the parking was vertical to the sidewalk ( think of a "T"). So when the car backed out it backed out into the "road" of the mall. He should have yeilded to the traffic in the road but still backed out in front of me. I had to stop and wait on the idiot to get out of the way. So just as I start going another car comes flying out of no where to try and get into the newly vacated spot. I wasn't parking just passing through to the post office at the end of the mall. This car attempted to cut me off and take the parking spot. After the first incident I just had to give idiot # 2 a bad look. So I start moving again. About 5 cars down the row another idiot backs out into the road in front of me. I again had to stop, even thought I had the right of way, and wait on another no-brainer to move his vehicle out of the way. Once again I start moving. Now this strip mall is say roughly 75 yards long, kinda small yes. You won't believe this. It happened AGAIN. Another idiot backs out right into traffic. I am thinking "I must be invisible". Where do these idiots come from and where do they get off. In the short span of about 2 minutes 4 people pulled in front of me throwing safety and commen sense out the window. As I continuted home I noticed other drivers being extremely rude and dangerous. People pulling out from a side road between two cars (headed in opposite directions) and almost causing a crash, was another instance. There were other "things" too that made me stop and think. Priority -- ME ME ME No one cares about the "other" guy anymore. It is all "ME" I want to get where "I" am going and the H*** with you. I don't care if "I" cause a wreck I just want to go. ME ME ME Our society is not about "us" or "we" anymore. It is about "ME". I WANT! ME! Now I know that this is a generalization. But it is becoming more of what our society is, and where it is headed. This is why the train bombing didn't rate much air time at first. Because it wasn't about "ME". Who cares about "You", I am thinking about "ME". ME ME ME Now the media has shifted gears and are trying to bring it "home". Shifting the bombing to "here" and trying to show us what can happen here. I don't know if enough of the "MEs" will wake up and smell the coffee or not. Only time will tell.
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