Originally Posted by trollhunter

I received a letter from my nephew Cameron last week that has left me quite disturbed and worried about the future of our country. I asked his permission to reprint his unedited letter for all to read. He simply replied to me, ?I don?t care.? Why would an 18 year-old kid living in the United States of America feel so hopeless about the future of his generation? I?m not sure ? but I do have my suspicions. Here is the letter:


Dear Uncle Hayden,

You asked me recently how my first year of college was going. I wish I had a better answer for you than what you?re about to read. What I've learned this year:

Imagine being 18 and driving around on a Friday night with the coolest kids from school. Your thinking "this is the greatest" when suddenly one of them hops out at a stoplight and beats a stranger to death with a bat. Then you think, ?Holy Christ these are the bad guys. And now I'm here with them in the car, and when they go down, I'm going down.?

Well, that's what I learned this summer. I learned that by and large, my fellow Americans are poorly educated, quick to hate and ready to swallow anything that's handed them. In short I learned something I had long suspected but couldn't possibly believe to be true:

We, the American people, are the bad guys.

Whatever terrible future Bush and his cronies see fit to deliver unto us for the sake of their own profit, we entirely deserve. No countries will cry for us when the next 911 happens. Instead, they will recoil quietly in satisfied horror waiting to see which country Bush goes to war with over it.

I?m not even scared. Like I say, I was in the car with you all. I have it coming too.

But I will say this: when the fire starts rising in the sky, the lights go out, the sirens start blaring through smoke, in that last failing minute while we are trying to deny what is happening, let those who voted for Bush know what they've done.

Who needs Grandchildren anyway?

Sincerely,

Cameron

Again I ask you ? Why would a young man feel so lost and hopeless? Of course I know the answer, but does the American public know the answer? Based on the results of the November election it?s clear that we are a nation of scared people. Why are we letting George Bush and his friends scare us to death? It?s all because of greed. George Bush and all his oil buddies are too busy trying to divide up the spoils of war to realize that they have placed our nation on a dangerous path. George Bush has mortgaged our children?s future for his own financial gain. I say that we as a nation must hang our heads in shame and ask the brave and beautiful people of the world to forgive us for the aggressive and hurtful actions of our elected leaders. Or is it too late? For Cameron?s sake and the fate of an entire generation I say let?s hope not.