The death of outrage.

[chieftain]

The American people have been robbed of their ability to feel outrage when confronted with the outrageous acts perpetrated by the criminals who have hijacked their government. The laundry list of atrocities is large and grows larger each day. Events and activities that would have stirred the nation to action in earlier generations now receive nothing but a cynical sigh. Deficits balloon out of sight, billions are stolen, personal information is rifled, innocents are tortured, avoidable deaths of miners occur , child labor under the most demeaning of circumstances is sanctioned by our congress, American jobs are exported, villains continue laughing at our ineptitude, our military is ill-equipped, slander of dissenting heroes is condoned, lies, ineptitude and graft parade across our consciousness every day without raising a ripple of anger among the populace at large. Our pundits pontificate, our religious leaders espouse tax cuts for the wealthy and ridicule science. The opposition party dithers from one half way measure to the next. Our candidates express surprise at the viciousness of the personal attacks leveled against them and in silence are befuddled when they work.
I know that the Republican Party has no soul or conscience.But I wonder when or if the American people will wake up from their long slumber and throw these thugs and crooks out of power. 2006 and 2008 are the most important elections since 1860.If we are to avoid a continuing, rapid descent into fascism, somehow, someway the American people are going to have to regain their sense of decency and rise up in righteous indignation and rid these desecrators of American ideals from positions of power.

[Skittles]

1. it would help if the media made them the true outrages they are

they keep diluting the message as if trying to appease republican bosses

[depakid]

5. The media is one of those entities

that America should be MOST outraged at. Seems almost as if American like being lied to.

[FightingIrish]

2. I read your post after watching a rebroadcast of Bill Moyers'

address to the "Take Back America 2005" conference. After listening to him I have no lack of outrage, but what I lack is an effective way to sustain and channel that outrage. It is like we have been accustomed to accept gross unfairness even if we are on the receiving end of it. I worry that we have waited too long to stop what should have been apparent years ago. "We the people" has become an acronym. The vanishing American middle class is something that the people calling the shots do not need unless it is as a buffer between the filthy rich and the wretchedly poor. Our elections are being tampered with because they are a great inconveneince to those who are really making the decisions that affect our lives. If the elections this year are not in themselves a revolution against the status quo a real revolution will certainly follow.

[chieftain]

9. I was reading Frank Rich this morning. His comments about

"truthiness" illuminate a large part of the problem. McDonald's sells "chocolaty" chip cookies. It's faux chocolate and it sells. The Republicans have cornered the market on how to exploit truthiness and we Democrats sputter as these thugs and their protectors in the media sell the American people a bill of goods. None of this lets the population off the hook, however. The Bushbots who only watch Faux and listen to Rush don't want to know the truth. They only want their preconceived beliefs to be bolstered. It seems unlikely that they will ever be susceptible to reason until the dark side of W's regime comes home to them in the form of a lost job, foreclosed house due to rising interest rates, alarmed parents who are victimized by the false drug program, or, God forbid, a son or daughter killed or maimed in a senseless war while clad in inadequate armor. The number of people thus disaffected grows each day, but at a terrible price.

[firefox]

3. One of these days the Republicans will go to far.

Maybe the loyal opposition is confused on who to be loyal too? :shrug:

[serryjw]

4. I would not hold my breath

I was out petitioning today and all I saw was a sea of orange and blue. 9 out of 10 people entering King Soopers was wearing something that said Bronco's on it. This week-end it is estimated that $21 million will be spent in Denver to promote/support the game. You have to wonder where the outrage is over the loss of our nation and our constitutional rights. I watched "Enemy of the State" tonight. Seemed appropriate

[awoke_in_2003]

6. You are right

sources of info aren't "in your face" enough, and those that do pay attention think that the pretzledent is protecting us from terriers- the old "if you got nothing to hide, what are you worried about crowd".

P.S. GO STEELERS

[serryjw]

7. I sent the most recent article of the Iran Bourse to a friend in Atlanta

He is college educated and smart..He knew nothing about it. The crash is going to come as a huge surprise to many.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11613.htm

[awoke_in_2003]

8. Thanks for link

on edit: This (the Bourse) is scarier than I thought. EVERYONE should read this.