Mindflame- Thanks for dropping by, and for being able to see through the nonsense.

Michael- You may be right, but I still think it’s worth the effort to try. Thanks for leaving your thoughts here.

Xenmante- I used to love Calvin and Hobbes! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a bit of levity here.
Hope to hear from you again.

Calvin: “When I grow up, I’m not going to read the newspaper and I’m not going to follow complex issues and I’m not going to vote. That way I can complain when the government doesn’t represent me. Then, when everything goes down the tubes, I can say the system doesn’t work and justify my further lack of participation.”

Hobbes: “An ingeniously self-fulfilling plan.”

Calvin: “It’s a lot more fun to blame things than to fix them.”

Windspike- Can you hear the lambs Clarice? I enjoyed that movie, but the book was better. No big shock there…

You’re right- it’s tough to graple with apathy in a society that shines on the surface of its rotten core. there must be a little Don Quixote in me here…

And the sad part is that when the realization really hits it will be that much harder to turn the tide peacefully. I hope Americans get our act together before we become something we were never meant to be- an imperialistic, militarized society and government that is but a hollow shell of its former self.

Thanks for the thoughts.

OKLib- Indeed- complacency is a viscious mate, keeping you blissfully appeased in the face of all that is wrong with our government.

As for your latter query, I’ve been trying to contact you about that very thing- if you haven’t gotten an e-mail from me, please contact me through the e-mail address in my profile.

Always glad to hear from you…

KWW- Hello again. Planting seeds is important, and at this point, just increasing the voting pool would make things at least more “representational” especially if those formerly absentee voters took the time to know what was going on and demand better candidates.

Quid pro quo indeed! If this is all we’re collectively willing to give, then what we get will never be more than we see today- totally unresponsive to the mandates of good government in favor of political cronyism and corruption.

And I hope you count yourself among those who you praise. Your common sense writings offer a perspective that is both different and affirming to so many others out there. I find it amazing that amidst all the political divisiveness portrayed by the parties and the media, that so many from such disparate walks of life see things in the same way.

Dee- Thank you. Do come back again.

Ghost Writer- I’ll try to stop by, and I’m glad you enjoyed the post.

Thanks Alot
Ghost Writer

I know many people who are out of touch politically and yes, find it easy to vote the party line because they do not have exert themselves enough to consider the issues. I usually at some point turn the conversation to politics (I can’t help it, tee hee) but justify my actions as “educational”. I am always sure to mention that political responsibility is necessary to maintain a democratic society. I figure that we need to plant seeds whenever we can and if we are lucky, someday one may sprout to grow into a responsible voter.

Maybe, I am beating my head against the wall by writing a blog…especially at my age…but I keep hoping that all of our voices together covering the range of topics that we do, will add up to change for the better.

“Ouid pro quo”….If we are all giving it the best that we’ve got maybe we can help our society reap the benefits and give Bush and his gang of neocon bandits the shaft they that SO deserve!

P.S. I was thinking today about how many wonderful, smart, hard-working bloggers I have found and read regularly. I truly treasure each and every one of you.

In effect, you are saying that the problems we face in politics are similar to the old saying that you can lead a horse to water but can’t make him drink. Truly, if people want change they should stop being complacent.

Do you know how many people I know and have met that didn’t vote last year? Do you know how many more than that I know that voted party line?

The question is: How do we get people to put up or shut up? That’s really the problem. It’s easy to complain about the way the world is but it’s much harder to risk everything and try to change it. Sometimes I think I have ideas for making this happen but with the way Americans are getting so complacent, I don’t think I have a clue. I do know that covering lies with lies to make voters feel good is not a way to go but that’s what politicians do today, particularly GOP’ers. Do you think things will improve Ken? Or shall folks like you and I merely work and work for change fruitlessly?