where's the IN PERSON outrage, complete with PROTESTS?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

We're in the longest, most expensive war in US history. And there is not even a definition of victory, much less one in sight.

Irresponsible mega-corporations have totally destroyed the ecosystem, probably forever.

Big brother constantly listens and watches our every move.

The only things we export are handouts and jobs.

We're being literally thrown out into the streets, as our homes become the property of the bank.

With VERY FEW exceptions, our government representatives are systematically selling us out to big business.

Still, we sit snake-charmed in front of our computers and TVs.

What has to happen before we take definitive action?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

1. one reader so far, there's my answer

[Jeffersons Ghost]

2. 17 now, I guess we can only stand so many OPs like this before becoming numb

[DrDan]

3. so you assume that no one is aware of this until they read your post?

you think others are numb to these points?

Isn't that a bit elistist?

Tell us something we don't know.

[KansDem]

4. Well, this might help to explain it...

A DUer posted this link a couple of weeks ago...

Most Americans can't name one Supreme Court justice

As Congress gears up to do battle over Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court, Americans are struggling to identify the names of her would-be colleagues, according to a new survey released by the legal information website Findlaw.com. Two-thirds of the 1,000 American adults polled couldn't name a single current justice, and just 1 percent were able to name all nine sitting justices. Many respondents believed that retired justices Sandra Day O'Connor and David Souter continue to sit on the court.

The largest proportion of respondents were able to name Clarence Thomas, at 19 percent; Chief Justice John Roberts was next with 16 percent. Bringing up the rear were Anthony Kennedy — the pivotal swing vote in many high court decisions — with 6 percent, and Stephen Breyer, who rang a bell with just 3 percent of respondents, despite sitting on the court for 16 years now.

Check out the other questions Americans either couldn't or had a hard time answering...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100602/ts_ynews/ynews_ts2356

Some more examples...
• More than a third did not know the century in which the American Revolution took place, and half of respondents believed that either the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation or the War of 1812 occurred before the American Revolution.

• With a political movement now claiming the mantle of the Revolutionary-era Tea Party, more than half of respondents misidentified the outcome of the 18th-century agitation as a repeal of taxes, rather than as a key mobilization of popular resistance to British colonial rule.

• A third mistakenly believed that the Bill of Rights does not guarantee a right to a trial by jury, while 40 percent mistakenly thought that it did secure the right to vote.

...I knew it was bad, but didn't think it was this bad!

[donco6]

5. I'm 50 years old. I remember the big protests of the 60s.

But I've been to other protests in the 90s and 00s. People don't know how to protest anymore. And I'm sorry if it offends anyone, but it's just the truth.

The last one I went to was in downtown Denver after Prop 8 passed. A good crowd showed up, ready to march and chant and show some real solidarity. Instead, we were treated to THREE FUCKING HOURS of lukewarm speeches, choirs, guitars, more speeches, more choirs - it was like a fucking America's Got Talent audition.

I left in digust. If someone can figure out how to organize a real protest that captures people's pent-up anger and emotion, sure. But if it's like that - I've got a lot of other things to do.