Posted on 10/14/2005 4:26:08 AM PDT by Tolik
*sigh*
Instead, 2001-2005 marked the wildest growth in nondiscretionary domestic outlay in our recent history. Even with an expanding economy, vast amounts of new federal income could not keep pace with even more vast expenditures.
**Big sigh**
Indeed - including at least some sharing of the responsibility in defending this nation - even if it's national service in medical facilities and situations.
Many Americans don't want to be "bothered" by the fact that a hell of a lot of crazed fanatics are, yes, fervently seeking to kill us. After all, it's "disturbing" and "depressing" to hear this.
Being entertained and mesmerized from birth to death by the two-dimensional television image flickering in the homes is one, huge cause of it all.
If our ancestors had succumbed to such debillating aspects, we wouldn't be here today.
Some 60 million persons were killed in WWII because Americans and others didn't take seriously enough the openly stated goals of Hitler and Imperial Japan - and they "didn't want to get involved.".
Indeed - including at least some sharing of the responsibility in defending this nation - even if it's national service in medical facilities and situations.
Many Americans don't want to be "bothered" by the fact that a hell of a lot of crazed fanatics are, yes, fervently seeking to kill us. After all, it's "disturbing" and "depressing" to hear this.
Being entertained and mesmerized from birth to death by the two-dimensional television image flickering in the homes is one, huge cause of it all.
If our ancestors had succumbed to such debillating aspects, we wouldn't be here today.
Some 60 million persons were killed in WWII because Americans and others didn't take seriously enough the openly stated goals of Hitler and Imperial Japan - and they "didn't want to get involved.".
Indeed - including at least some sharing of the responsibility in defending this nation - even if it's national service in medical facilities and situations.
Many Americans don't want to be "bothered" by the fact that a hell of a lot of crazed fanatics are, yes, fervently seeking to kill us. After all, it's "disturbing" and "depressing" to hear this.
Being entertained and mesmerized from birth to death by the two-dimensional television image flickering in the homes is one, huge cause of it all.
If our ancestors had succumbed to such debillating aspects, we wouldn't be here today.
Some 60 million persons were killed in WWII because Americans and others didn't take seriously enough the openly stated goals of Hitler and Imperial Japan - and they "didn't want to get involved.".
While this may indeed be true, I think that it a natural response to the lifting of the information monopoly that the MSM has held for so long. With new, opposing sources of news, information and opinions available, many of us are questioning and rejecting "commonly-held beliefs" that we had accepted (albeit with some conflicting feelings and free-floating suspicion) in the past. This has lead to a healthy difference of opinion and political fractiousness, but which can cause anxiety and frustration in those who are not comfortable with questioning the status-quo (which pretty much requires abandoning "political correctness", since PC is a means to squelch any meaningful exchange of ideas.)
I think the problem is that we always look to someone else to 'lead' us here or there. (I'm as guilty as the next person.)
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