since recordkeeping began.or but you know this if you live here. if you haven t been to the funeral of someone who s died from booze, drugs or suicide lately, count yourself lucky because they re everywhere. the surreal thing is that nobody on television ever mentions any of this. it s like it s not even happening. maybe that s because in their world it isn t happening. everything is fine where they live. people arein prosperous and secure and happy and i plan on staying that way. they resent any attempt to remind them that in the world beyond the coastal cities america is killing itself. that means that people who built this country are dying, the people it in charge of this country are ignoring them as they die. you ve got to wonder how long this can continue. it s too frivolous, it s too dishonest. they keep telling us how the only thing that matters is trump! f they know that isn t true. they just want to talk about the rest of it because they are implicated in it. richie ise a for