Maire Quilter writes a passionate column -- I cannot be Impartial -- about the state of our Union and asks some very pertinent questions about the direction we are headed as a country.

She eloquently points out that we are living history right now. Follow her as she discusses her feelings of betrayal after the 2004 elections, and how ^__ like many ^__ she wanted to bury her head in the sand and just ignore the warning signs.

Anger... or anguish?

Lately I've felt an eerie kinship with those who lived through WWII ^__ The gnawing worry, the necessity of living every day without any guarantee of a happily-ever-after ending.  History is being created and lived as we speak. We are history, and it is unfolding all around us. But it isn't history yet:  it is the now. History is 'safe,' because the outcome is already ascertained.  Real life is much more frightening.

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The truth is a nightmare. It now appears that every one of our mechanisms for citizen protection and corporate oversight has been compromised: FEMA, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Justice, the FDA, the EPA, the USDA ... all are now run by partisan Bush insiders and corporate cronies.

Americans are still living under a misconception that we are 'safe' and protected by this government. And with collective memories of greater presidents such as FDR and Eisenhower, we still believe our government actually cares about our best interests and wellbeing. But as each of us awakens to our new treacherous reality, one by one, city by city, state by state, I wonder -- what will remain in the wreckage?

Read the whole column on the ePluribus Media Journal and then come back here to discuss ...