Does anyone have integrity anymore?

It used to be much easier to be able to trust people! Integrity was always a facet of one's character which people used to be proud to have! Somewhere along the way the integrity factor was lost, either on purpose or something learned! Allot of people that I meet now think it is weird if you are honest all the time!; what has happened? It seems to me that many people think that it is fine to act anyway and say anything just so long as their interests are fulfilled! And the sad fact is that this kind of behavior is across the board, even those that used to be thought of as people to look up to. INTEGRITY, does this word still mean anything to people?!

Medical field not truthful with us or themselves?

Why is it we are told smoking is very bad for us, but I see many doctors and nurses smoke? When you smoke your whole body is changed, and NOT for the better! Are people in the medical field lying to us and smoking really is good for us, or don't they have the self-discipline to practice what they preach?! I even have seen nurses smoke right outside the building where they just gave my wife chemo! Do the hospitals and Doctors know something about smoking that we don't or do the companies that produce these cancer sticks pay them to keep the public sick?! Talking to most people about quitting is like spitting in the wind, but doctors? Come on!!

If your American, show it!!I

After 9/11 almost everyone in my neighborhood flew the American flag! Yesterday on the anniversary of 9/11, only me and the neighbor across the street flew it! The makeup of out neighborhood has changed. But why not show your patriotism for our country and support for the people who died nine years ago?! Just because I live in Dearborn, Michigan that should not make a difference. Is it because people have become less patriotic or is it because there is a huge percentage on Muslims in this city now? Or is it because our President seems to go out of his way to support and applaud Muslims, as in the Mosque controversy, at the expense of non-Muslims? Or, is it because our President had one parent who is a Muslim?

Dumpster on display?

Why do some people who claim to be an artist make something that is such an eyesore? I am speaking of the "sculpture" that looks like a rusted out Dumpster in Dearborn, Michigan on the corner of Michigan and Military. Evidently some person pawned off the piece of metal as a work of art to put on the property as advertisement! I guess the hope is that some wealthy Moran would pay the 80, YES I SAID 80, thousand for it!!!

What has happened to us?

What has happened to America? It seems that all or most of the problems we have are caused by a lack of one or all of the labels below. It seems to be true what I heard from my parents years ago; 90% of work is done by 10% of our work force! No where is this more evident then in the automobile industry! I have heard and seen of workers taking items, and even almost building vehicles from parts that have been gotten but not paid for! To many people have the opinion that "if no one finds out it is OK"!! Now I know this happens in other industries but I am just speaking here by what I know first hand! When did it become the norm in this country to NOT do what is right, just what makes us money or some other gain?? Why is it that when we meet someone with good morals or integrity, we think is so unusual? From stealing pens at the office to stealing parts or tools at the plant to taking anything that does not belong to us; this now is the way allot of society operates!! I would think after the huge things that have happened with the economic system that people would change, that is truly my hope!!

Mosque at 9/11 site

Everyone else is airing their opinion, so I will too!! It is very insensitive to build on the site of the worse tragady of the decade! Particulary by the people that were responsibile for the deaths of over three thousand Americans! Islam means submission and thats just what the greedy contrators and even the president are doing...Submitting!!!

Nature- lovely, people- NOT SO MUCH!

Last week I spent a week on Lake Michigan. I was about 7 miles from Mackinaw city so I was out of the hustle and bustle of tourists. While the beach and the lake were beautiful, as soon as I went to anywhere near a group of people, trash started showing up!! Even at Wilderness state park on lake Michigan, campers do not respect nature. On the public beaches it is very sad to see how some people disrespect the land! When I go to Metro beach, it is one thing to see trash, but quite unexpected to see this on Lake Michigan!