Reply #40: This is a very important point.

[uberllama42]

You have stated a simple truth: our current national way of life is not sustainable. Out patterns of consumption are destructive and will be the death of us if we do not make some changes soon. But everyone seems afraid to say anything. In fact, there are several dire problems with this nation that very few are willing to discuss.

One of these is the fact that democacry is dead. We sent the current Congress to Washington with one very simple, very clear goal: end the war. They chosen not to do it. It has become evident that there is absolutely nothing that the average American can do to affect national policy - he or she has no say in the government. This is not right. But somehow no one wants to talk about it.