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Enemy is us

Wed., Sept. 6, 2017

Does it ever amaze anyone else how someone who speaks from a balanced position - rather than taking one side or the other - typically gets flamed from both? No, I’m not talking about me. There are many others with far better credentials. The growing division, anger and hate – which has most recently been blamed on Presidents Trump and Obama - has existed long before either of them. Long before. Neither of them is the cause, but neither of them can heal it. How could they?

“We have met the enemy and he is us.” The treatment and restoration must come from inside each and every individual - you and me, brother and sister. Good luck with that. (The cynical me.)

Doug Kaer

Spokane

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