Reply #28: does it mean i'm smarter?

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maybe. in 2000 my son mentioned he might enlist and i said, "at least wait til after the election because if bush wins he's going to throw a war," and i was right. not that he won, but that he threw a war. but what difference does it make? because a terrible tragic thing was predictable. if it means i'm smarter then it does. that won't save a single life. the question to me is how can it be that this administration has so much power that they have just about succeeded in stripping our nation of its very democracy, and all the smarts in the world have not as of yet been successful in stemming the tide. how can so many people from illiterate and downright stupid to erudite and even brilliant support war? ignore what their government is doing?! after the first gulf war i went on out of the loop for a long time. i always voted, but i didn't pay attention to much of the news. then bush strongarmed an election. then my daughter was murdered. less than 2 months later 9-11 happened, and in spite of the overwhelming grief i struggled with i could no longer ignore what was happening to my country tis of thee. remember, the one of, for, and by the people? remember that USA?

what's the point of the question? my answer is yes.