Wolves & Bears...Halloween candy...and more...

I've been standing back and taking a loooong look at the world. What I'm seeing is a conglomerate of absurdities. Now don't get me wrong; I appreciate most of the everyday absurdities probably more than most of you, like why we park in a driveway and drive on a parkway, but some are "outside" of acceptable.
An example is that we are constantly telling our children to NEVER take candy from strangers. However, on Halloween, we send them out into a dark street with other kids that we don't know and let them knock on strangers doors, asking for candy. What the heck is that about ?
Here's a "biggee"...We let our children play with and love their Teddy Bears while we tell them about the Big Bad Wolf. Wolves don't attack or eat people; bears do !
We have the strongest and most powerful war machine on the planet, capable of winning any war in a weekend. What the heck are we doing with troops on the ground in the middle east ?
We have lawsgainst suicide, but no law against attempted suicide.
I wonder what the penalty is if you're caught having committed suicide. Do they bury you in prison ?
Another big one is that while the rest of the world is building up its arms and war personnel, we are minimizing ours. That seems like a "great way" to put ourselves in harms way.
Best of all is how we spend our taxpayer dollars. Most of my life, I've hardly ever noticed much of the gov't. spending on anything that affected me. Billions are "thrown away" on projects and special interests that less than 1 percent of the people get any benefit from.
...and, speaking of money; how much more can the gov't. spend before we run out of money and they have to print more ? We're already the largest debtor nation in the world. All that has to happen is that Japan or Saudi Arabia cash in their U.S. bonds and treasury notes and the U.S. is not only penniless but is bankrupt.
The only thing that is stopping them is that it would cause the world to come to a "screeching halt" and anarchy would break out worlwide.
What I'm amazed at is watching the two political parties trying to devour one another instead of running the country. Why did you vote for the "representative" that you did ? They aren't interested in you, only your vote so they can end up with a great pension, paid for by you. We have a war going on, huge monetary problems; and no one seems to be doing much to resolve these issues. Washington is caught up in the Democrats and Republicans fighting each other like kids in the school yard that would rather have fights than be in the classroom, learning. If any of you vote for any incumbents again, you deserve what you get. There is no one in public office that should be allowed another term. Not one of them is there to serve you.
Another absurdity is our alliances. Other than England, what big industrialized country are we aligned with ? All of the countries that are our "friends", are only that because we give them financial aid. Stop the flow of taxpayer money and we stand alone.
A really ridiculous one is the "charitable giving" for the Tsunami, Katrina, Pakistan earthquake, etc. Hardly any of your donations will ever reach the intended destination that you had in mind.
Bottom line is that we've had a great "ride" for over 200 years and all good things must come to an end. You will soon see that your lifestyle, your income, your safety, your health, your freedoms, etc. are all going away. Unless there is a great "turnaround" in our gov't., and we build up our armed forces, instigate large pre-emptive attacks in the Middle East, the Orient, South America and Africa, we are doomed as a nation and world power. Your only survival now depends on your speaking Chinese or Arabic.
You political correctness and your laziness in paying attention to what your gov't. is doing has led you to this point.
Now, what are you going to do about it...probably nothing. Then get ready to curl up and die...