This election year more than any in a long time, I am very concerned at the mud slinging and bilious rhetoric flying about on our nation's airways and in the press. I will be ever so relieved come Nov. 3 when all this cacophony stops (even though the outcome of the election probably will be debated for months afterward).
As I was perusing the articles on today's Truthout.com website, I came across this "webitorial" by a woman named Debi Smith, who originally wrote the piece for CommonDreams.org. I'm only copying and pasting one small part of what she wrote (the whole article is below) because I realize that instead of being part of the solution these last 3 years, I was part of the problem. No more. I am doing my research and asking questions now. It behooves all of you to do the same if you value the freedom you were born with.
"Yes, I blame this neo-oppression on the Bush cabal, I blame the media, but I also blame myself, and everyone else like myself, who just hasn't had the time, or taken the time rather, to pay sufficient attention. To question. To reason. We were born into very fortunate circumstances-our country having fought long and hard for the opportunity to be self-determining, democratic, and free. Yet we have mostly squandered that gift by our inattention and often slobbering focus on all things material. It's we the people who've handed over our power to the media, to corporations, to the government. We're the ones who left the store, leaving the door wide open and the keys in the till. "
Miulang
Complete article:http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304L.shtml
As I was perusing the articles on today's Truthout.com website, I came across this "webitorial" by a woman named Debi Smith, who originally wrote the piece for CommonDreams.org. I'm only copying and pasting one small part of what she wrote (the whole article is below) because I realize that instead of being part of the solution these last 3 years, I was part of the problem. No more. I am doing my research and asking questions now. It behooves all of you to do the same if you value the freedom you were born with.
"Yes, I blame this neo-oppression on the Bush cabal, I blame the media, but I also blame myself, and everyone else like myself, who just hasn't had the time, or taken the time rather, to pay sufficient attention. To question. To reason. We were born into very fortunate circumstances-our country having fought long and hard for the opportunity to be self-determining, democratic, and free. Yet we have mostly squandered that gift by our inattention and often slobbering focus on all things material. It's we the people who've handed over our power to the media, to corporations, to the government. We're the ones who left the store, leaving the door wide open and the keys in the till. "
Miulang
Complete article:http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102304L.shtml
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