Reply #11: #3 sounds good!

[Solly Mack]

Sometimes I think the the not-so-new news comes out in hopes of generating outrage...but not to encourage action so much as to direct the outrage...get mad at this person, direct all your outrage here....and forget that nothing is being done about it....just focus your outrage on how horrible this person is and how wrong this person is and how bad this person is

In some cases, that is... especially in the case of Cheney, I think...it just strikes me that Cheney rears his ugly mug just to direct outrage his way....then he goes on his merry way for a while, then he rears his ugly mug again...and people join forces against a common enemy and most people won't ask...why isn't he in prison..Oh, some do ask...but most are too caught up in their outrage at his comments and their focus is on the comments...then time goes by, calm is restored, and Cheney rears his ugly mug again...and pretty much says the same things over and over again...it's almost become a cycle.

I've gotten to the point I can't work myself up over anything Cheney says...he should be in prison and the fact that he isn't is the real outrage to my thinking.


I'm not saying that each time Cheney admits to his war crimes isn't news worthy, but just how many times does he have to confess before outrage is directed toward getting something done about it? Could be because the prospect of ever holding him and the others accountable is so slim, the outrage remains focused at him (and the other guilty parties)...because it's the only real outlet available. The media doesn't help any...they help create the problem.


Members of Congress have acted as if some so-called new revelation was new to them and just so shocking, even though past news articles show they already knew (from their comments made then)...and yet the same press that quotes the "new" shock doesn't bother mentioning the previous same shock over the same revelation weeks, months, years ago...


I know I didn't explain myself well at all...I'm rambling.