America needs lesson in manners

What has become of all the common sense and decency in our great country? Example: loud mouth ministers spewing hatred and controversy; inflammatory magazines such as The New Yorker with the controversial cover of the Obamas; the horrendous behavior of the paparazzi hounding celebrities and endangering the public; the Hollywood scene - paying a fortune for newborn's pictures or stars out of detox (who cares?); people standing in line all night for the newest expensive iPod and crying about the cost of gas, etc.

I wish Americans could go back to kinder and simpler values.

J. Costello

Huntley