Hi Emma. I have to agree with Johnny to a certain extent. I can remember cold war drills where we got under our desks or out in front of our lockers with our head between our knees in the to save us from a nuclear holocaust.

I am very concerned about the state of the world, and unfortunately, the more I worry about it the worse my PD symptoms get. Extremism is far worse than any time I remember with the 10% on the two ends of political spectrum dictating the way things go. Recycle/reuse is wonder, but it's hard to pull yourself up by your bootstraps when you can't afford boots. Somehow we need to get the message across that social programs and socialism are two totally different things. We need to look out for each other. IMO, Jimmy Carter (one of our least effective Presidents but one of our best former Presidents) said it best: "The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens". Darwinian survival of the fittest may work for the animal kingdom, but empathy is what is supposed to separate us from the beasts. I hope...I volunteer...I vote. Somehow we need to get the 80% in the middle to do likewise. Hang in there. You have friends around the globe.