Reply #61: We'll take America back...

[AngryOldDem]

...when they close down our McDonald's and Wal-marts and take our cable TVs and our TV remotes. Nothing matters until our own insulated, comfortable lives are affected. In any online debate I have seen about the wiretapping issue, those who most vigorously defend it almost always end their arguments by saying, "I have nothing to hide, so I have nothing to worry about." What these numbskulls don't realize is, this IS affecting us collectively, and it WILL affect them individually, most likely sooner rather than later.

I've been fed up for quite some time with the "I've got mine, so go fuck everybody else" attitude that only seems to have gotten much worse since Bushco took over. There are times when I truly believe that we, as a society, deserve whatever we have coming, but then I realize that the sentiment also includes the just along with the unjust, and that's not right, either.

I'm not sure we'll ever take America back. Maybe when we start giving a damn about things other than our own comfort and convenience, maybe. But I don't see that happening anytime soon.