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In 2016 prior to the election I was travelling the US east coast from New York to Texas. It is not Australia, it is culturally a world away. Now that's a good thing for us, because you feel something which is different to Aussies. That is the northern hemisphere with its maelstrom of populations. We live in a different hemisphere, one that should be cherished and valued. We are unique. Any way I digress, back to the topic. In Manhattan there was hatred of Trump, every where. Same in Washington DC. All good, but was shocking was the decay that we saw from Virginia to Dallas. Whole inner city precincts with vacant blocks and derelict shopping centres. This was not the shiny, new USA we expected. It was so bad that In Houston we caught the "tram" (whites do not travel on public transport) to a shopping mal that we discovered was a ghost town. Its interesting that travelling on a Greyhound for 22 hours we saw a fair slice of the US. It became bleedingly apparent that this country was on the skids.
I digress again. When we visited the capitol we went to the Smithsonian, walking along the footpath towards the capitol buildings I noticed a backpack on the footpath. Like all good Aussie citizens I reported it to the capitol police standing a few paces away who seemed preoccupied. They came back shortly and they said it belonged to the Gardiner. No sweat. We should take anything the Jan 6 say with a grain of salt. It's all theatre with dire consequences.
I digress again. When we visited the capitol we went to the Smithsonian, walking along the footpath towards the capitol buildings I noticed a backpack on the footpath. Like all good Aussie citizens I reported it to the capitol police standing a few paces away who seemed preoccupied. They came back shortly and they said it belonged to the Gardiner. No sweat. We should take anything the Jan 6 say with a grain of salt. It's all theatre with dire consequences.