Being Blind To The War
Life goes on in America. What's the latest on your favorite reality show? Did that old celebrity lose that 5 pounds? What type of bug will you see someone eat this week? Are you concerned about getting to your local Starbucks early enough to stand in line for your special morning beverage? Is your VCR timer set? Are you comparing the specs on different mp3 players? Want that new video game? Picky about breakfast cereals? Tonight are you in the mood for a light "banquet" beer or a hearty full-bodied ale? Perhaps a nice year and a half old chardonnay with not much bite to it? Is your grey showing? Considering Botox? Planning on going to an expensive concert? Do you care about canine halitosis or your cat's urinary tract health?
Let's get real. Government and Media in the United States is a distraction. A sideshow. A commercial ratings battle. American's suffer short-term memory. The real truth is probably even sadder. We really don't care. It's "them" not us. A nice retort of "Well lucky you live in the U S of A" should shut them up. We turn a blind eye to what is reality in the rest of the world and are more preoccupied with being loyal American consumers. Sure we'll donate money to a relief cause, to make us feel good. Open that car window a crack and hand the homeless a fiver. Slip some quarters from the checkout into a jar. Feel better? I know I do! What's on TV tonight? I wonder how they'll kill Kenny, that is always fun to guess. Seen the new Ipod? Hey there's a phone that plays mp3s now, gotta get it.
We keep our mouths shut. We don't want to be labeled unpatriotic. We are either part of the solution or part of the problem. Don't wear a label. Behave. America chose the path we're on by voting, right? So just sit back and keep your head and arms inside the ride at all times and wait for the coaster to come to a complete stop. What really happened? What's really happening? Do you care? Is there a way to stop it? Who knows. And do you care?
Don't keep your brain shut. If nothing else, become aware of what you're not seeing. Let it "hit home", "touch a nerve". Become human again.
http://mindprod.com/politics/iraq.html Pictures of war in Iraq. graphic. disturbing
Wake up America.
Let's get real. Government and Media in the United States is a distraction. A sideshow. A commercial ratings battle. American's suffer short-term memory. The real truth is probably even sadder. We really don't care. It's "them" not us. A nice retort of "Well lucky you live in the U S of A" should shut them up. We turn a blind eye to what is reality in the rest of the world and are more preoccupied with being loyal American consumers. Sure we'll donate money to a relief cause, to make us feel good. Open that car window a crack and hand the homeless a fiver. Slip some quarters from the checkout into a jar. Feel better? I know I do! What's on TV tonight? I wonder how they'll kill Kenny, that is always fun to guess. Seen the new Ipod? Hey there's a phone that plays mp3s now, gotta get it.
We keep our mouths shut. We don't want to be labeled unpatriotic. We are either part of the solution or part of the problem. Don't wear a label. Behave. America chose the path we're on by voting, right? So just sit back and keep your head and arms inside the ride at all times and wait for the coaster to come to a complete stop. What really happened? What's really happening? Do you care? Is there a way to stop it? Who knows. And do you care?
Don't keep your brain shut. If nothing else, become aware of what you're not seeing. Let it "hit home", "touch a nerve". Become human again.
http://mindprod.com/politics/iraq.html Pictures of war in Iraq. graphic. disturbing
Wake up America.
posted by Scott | 11:24 AM
1 Comments:
And here I was ... wondering where you'd gone off to?
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