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August 25, 2006
The Genius and Daring of Keith Olberman
This is one of those things that many mainstream media outlets just didn't bother to pick up. It's a list the newsman compiled about major problems the Bush Administration had and the seemingly coincidental appearance of a raised threat level soon thereafter.
Now you can be the judge...
Now you can be the judge...
August 21, 2006
The new law: carry lots of cash, have it seized.
On the one hand, I wish the following story weren't true. But it is. And that's because I've been growing - like so many of you - more and more dissappointed with how our government acts. But this story wasn't so much dissapppointing as it was shocking and alarming.
Read it for yourselves here. Or here.
On the other hand, I'm glad the story is true. Because here's the truth: the majority of us are lazy when it comes to getting involved with monitoring the running of our government. We have kids, we have spouses and jobs and responsiblities. At the end of the day, we don't really want to see how bad things are getting do we?
So perhaps stories like these serve as the spark that will light a fire under our collective ass to motivate us to pay more attention and insist that things be done in a different way.
No matter what the year, at every point in history, the question that ultimately defines the direction that civilization choses to take is this: for what will you personally stop the routine of your life in order to stand for what you believe to be right...even if you're not personally involved? Are you willing to take a day off of work - a vacation day - to organize for the better good? Or does your participation require that a freedom be revoked by the government in order for you to become involved?
I look forward to your posts.
Read it for yourselves here. Or here.
On the other hand, I'm glad the story is true. Because here's the truth: the majority of us are lazy when it comes to getting involved with monitoring the running of our government. We have kids, we have spouses and jobs and responsiblities. At the end of the day, we don't really want to see how bad things are getting do we?
So perhaps stories like these serve as the spark that will light a fire under our collective ass to motivate us to pay more attention and insist that things be done in a different way.
No matter what the year, at every point in history, the question that ultimately defines the direction that civilization choses to take is this: for what will you personally stop the routine of your life in order to stand for what you believe to be right...even if you're not personally involved? Are you willing to take a day off of work - a vacation day - to organize for the better good? Or does your participation require that a freedom be revoked by the government in order for you to become involved?
I look forward to your posts.
