Reading the newpaper

Found a story that I found disturbing in the newspaper. It was in Wednesday's paper, a syndicated article I am sure. About the emigration of middle class British citizens due to the over immigration of foreign population to Britian. All of this is a result of the British empire and the colonization all across the world. But, it doesn't make it easier to lose your country. And foreign people have lost their country to the influx of Western society. Makes me wonder if I will want to emigrate from America someday. I aslo read that the murder rate in New Orleans is the largest in the USA. A pastor is writing everyone's name down on a "murder board" in front of his church in New Orleans. Dreadful, sad, and so wasteful. I know my first reaction to Katrina was, we cannot fight a war over seas when we cannot take care of our people and rebuild New Orleans and thousands of people's homes and businesses. Waste of money, waste of lives and sad sad. I asked someone this summer what was the most disturbing political issue to them personally: the war, the violence or the ecomony. The economy was her answer because they have an investment home that is not selling right now. This from someone who doesn't have to work, her husband has a good job, all her children have good jobs, and the home they are trying to sell is occupied by a family member. I guess we all end up voting our pocketbook. Is the American way of life really worth salvaging? Seems we are run by corporations who want to earn more money that anyone needs. My soapbox...a change would be more scary, I am reminded that Germany's issues after World War I were some of the same for us now. Rising inflation, an abundance of crime, and widespread immigration. and we all know that the change of power for Germany seemed like an answer for them at the time and was a disaster for everyone. What to think?