America (fade to black, curtain)
Sunday, 29. June 2008, 08:58:04
Maybe I shouldn't write this.
It's unAmerican to complain, but I have written my congressman and senator often, like every time I come up with something. I have a stack of reply letters on many topics. But why bother?
Representative Democracy is dying a horrible death. The pathogens are the "breaking news" culture, corruption, indifference, ignorance and inaction.
There, I said it. Our constitutional rights were destroyed with ease, no Boston Tea Party, and patriotism was used to pacify both young and old, throwing common sense out the door. The old tricks are the best tricks.
It's unAmerican to complain, but I have written my congressman and senator often, like every time I come up with something. I have a stack of reply letters on many topics. But why bother?
Representative Democracy is dying a horrible death. The pathogens are the "breaking news" culture, corruption, indifference, ignorance and inaction.
There, I said it. Our constitutional rights were destroyed with ease, no Boston Tea Party, and patriotism was used to pacify both young and old, throwing common sense out the door. The old tricks are the best tricks.
WIDGETIZE