I'm sitting at my computer, and I'm looking out the window and I look down my quiet street. Once in awhile a car drives by, a dog takes a person for a walk, or the mailman puts something in the mailboxes. There are no people starving on this block, nobody is shooting off a gun, and a riot would be unheard of. It's just a quiet American street.
Then I click on the news on CNN.com.
Suddenly, images of starving, crying, naked children appear. Politicians are verbally stabbing each other with sharp, hurtful words. The stock market is having a nervous breakdown. Tornadoes are wiping out American towns. Authorities are trying to track down escaped murderers. Animals are being abused, along with women and children. Famous people in sports and Hollywood and the clergy are confessing their sins day in and day out. Every other advertisement claims that they can get rid of the fat on your belly in no time at all.
I think I am going to remove CNN.com as my home page. Well, maybe not. I really need to know if the eggs I might eat are safe or if the aspirin I take is contaminated.
At least I hardly ever buy a copy of The Enquirer.
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We used to get stolen, abandoned cars that were set ablaze in the orange groves down the road. A few months ago a police search group with their tracking dogs were looking for a body in the woods down the road (they did not find it). I am very glad you live on a boring, quiet street, I think you should be safe there.
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