Opinion and views on what is and what is not being reported on... |
In a word, lack of action or involvement is usually defined as APATHY... In today's world, there are plenty of people giving an enormous amount of lip service to a vast number of "goings on". The War on Terror Mad Cow Disease Social Security Reform Political Party Agendas NAFTA CAFTA Tax Reform Supreme Court Rulings Patriot Act Outsourcing Healthcare Costs Corporate Influences on Government Identity Theft Etc... In my humble opinion, there is a common thread, and most of the subjects creating much of the OUTRAGE among American citizens have their roots in our Federal, State, and local governments actions, or inactions, whichever the case may be. Lets look at the list again... The War On Terror http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/05/09/MNGOU6IK1J1.DTL&t... http://www.truthandpolitics.org/cost-iraq-war.php http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8359694/site/newsweek/ Mad Cow Disease http://organicconsumers.org/madcow.htm Social Security Reform http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-06-23-bush-social-security_x.htm Political Party Agendas http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/election04/parties.htm NAFTA http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/4/28/200411.shtml CAFTA http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/03/cafta.push/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8294960/ To be continued - Husband hungry. Tax Reform http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7476724/site/newsweek/ Supreme Court Rulings http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8336228/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8357190/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7598231/ Patriot Act http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8359096/ http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=News&template=/ContentManagement/Content... Outsourcing http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7936464/site/newsweek/ Healthcare Costs http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8085381/ http://www.supersizeme.com/ http://www.calcompnutrition.com/natural-cures-kevin-trudeau.html http://www.911healthshop.com/trudeau-natural-cures-book.html http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050602/news_1b2insured.html Corporate Influences on Government http://novaspivack.typepad.com/nova_spivacks_weblog/2004/07/proposal_for_a_.html... Identity Theft http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8359692/site/newsweek/ And of course there are more problems facing America's citizens, for example: Everything Else http://www.thebscorner.com/ Let me say this, I don't believe Americans are apathetic... In regards to politicians (includes all Federal, State, and local civil servants): "Never have so few done so much wrong to so many." The majority of Americans are exhausted, we are overburdened, we are overtaxed, we are overcharged, and it appears we can't do a damn thing about it. This is not to say we are apathetic... WE just recognize a Democratic government gone FUBAR. FUBAR - Fucked up beyond all repair. Requesting suggestions... |