I was watching a segment on MSG TV Sept. 11 and they featured several different sporting events post 9/11. It included hockey, baseball and football. Thousands of people at these events waving the American flag and chanting U-S-A! U-S-A! I remember days, even months after this horrific event, people being kind to one another, smiling, offering to help.

What happened?

I am sure the millions of people that bonded after 9/11 were not all Democrats nor were they Republicans; not all white, black, hispanic; not all Catholic, Protestant, Jew, Muslim.

What happened? Why is everyone so angry?

We need to look inside ourselves and figure out what really matters. Ninety percent of politics is pure rhetoric, yet some believe almost anything their party of choice tells them. We need to study what is said and not rely on the TV pundits and their "experts." Why can't we try to all get along with one another?

There are solutions, but we must not rush to judgment every time something happens that we don't agree on. Remember U-S-A! U-S-A!

Daniel O’Brien

Waterford