Good Bye Old House

[L Verge]

Someday, I should write an expose on what it is like to try and stop vandals and thieves while getting no support from the police or society. I think I can understand that the police are overwhelmed with larger crimes in our area, but I really worry about what is very obviously a downward spiral in Americans' values when it comes to condoning acts of destruction and violence.

Just one more comment on the "ugly Americans" - since I'm in my next stage of mourning the house (anger!): One of the reasons why I brought my mother to live with me was for her safety. Just one example to share - the property has a driveway about one-tenth of a mile long with entrances at both ends from county roads. Drivers were constantly using her driveway as a shortcut between the two main roads. On several occasions, my mother and/or her dog was almost hit while standing in her own driveway; once she was backing out of her own garage and the driver of a speeding car honked the horn at her to get out of his way; and another driver stopped and cursed at her for being in his way.

I'm getting to the point where I just don't understand people anymore. I know that there are many more fine people out there besides the jerks, but the jerks keep jerking me around... I don't like finding myself mad at the world because someone else is.