International and national politics have never really been interesting subjects to me.

Normally, I read disturbing stories in the paper and, like most Americans, realize that there’s not much that I can do about it.

Since 9/11, the world that we’ve come to know and love has changed so dramatically it’s hard to ignore.

Patriot Act laws aside, the price of just about everything has skyrocketed.

And despite all of the blogs and underworld reporting (footnoted, documented and proven theories of what our current administration is really up to), our nation of people has failed to rise up and make a change.

We’re continually spoon fed ideologies, standards and rules of the way things have to be–when in reality, those rules only benefit a very small number of people.

We’re taxed.
We’re restrained by antiquated laws.
The concept of marriage is continually crammed down our throats despite a 70% failure rate.
The police seem to be just a facade.
Crime prevails in every city across the country.
Children are born into poverty, social assistance and a path that will undeniably lead to a life of crime.

But what do we do about it?

We blog.

We bitch.

We write letters to the editor.

And what does that accomplish?

ZERO.

Because we continue to swallow the rhetoric that it’s “all for our own good and safety of our country”.

War is exploding all over the world and the latest smokescreen is some horseshit story about a plot to blow up planes from the UK flying to the US.

Perhaps I’m cynical, but the first thing that crossed my mind when I read the headlines was “bullshit”.

They’re diverting our attention to hide some other gross injustices that are happening by the minute under our current regime.

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I watched The Simpsons tonight and believe that Kent Brockman said it best: “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again–Democracy just doesn’t work. “