Reply #3: Your OP has struck me twice! Recently, a month ago, I visited

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northwestern IN, Lake County, and found more of what you did in southern IN. In talking to people there I realized that they don't have a clue as to what's happening in this country. Star spangled paint over the rose colored glasses is the modus operandi. I can imagine that southern IN is even worse. It's pathetic that there is no news in areas of our country which leads to my second point.

For several years my husband and I made many trips between TX and MN. As we listened to the radio while traveling we found many areas where there was no news on at all! Didn't take us long to buy a Sirius radio for our trips!

When trying to engage conversation about the state of affairs of our country in relation to such subjects as the Military Commissions Act, for instance, I was looked at as a conspiracy theorist!
Nobody believed anything coming out of my mouth because they had no knowledge of the subject. None.

(I am a native of IN and graduated from IU Bloomington just in case anyone out there thinks I'm being too hard on the state.)