((((You can only speak for yourself. Being vocal means more than debating on a forum.)))))
Yes I know that, why even bother to bring it up?
(((((I agree somewhat, however, ignorance is never an excuse for pure laziness.))))))
The problem is what we are teaching the kids, and not allowing them to explore subjects – it is either what the teacher says it is or it is not right to explore it. This extends to the college campus where true freedom of speech is stifled by the masses who have specific agendas.
(((You contradict yourself. I am very vocal and all I ever see you do on here is debate minuscule details. You know like RERUNS. I have given you the root to all of our problems in the USA and instead of allowing the truth reveal itself you blind yourself in heated debate about issues that are insignificant in regards to the root. )))))
The purpose was to phrase it this way was to illustrate the reasoning behind my consistent words, as redundant as they may be. It is sometimes the details that matter, for that much many look at what they think is the larger picture and ignore the finer details of what’s, why’s and how’s. If this bores you, well move on.
You have given me a little but I took it upon myself to learn not from the journalist or self-appointed experts but the people who actually are involved with things. The articles only add to the knowledge of a subject albeit only marginally at times, not be its only source of information. I understand more than I need to and forgot a lot more than most will ever know but that does not mean I can’t tell people what I see is a problem. You see it as one thing, I see it as the fundamentals first.
((((Civil disobedience creates movements. To have a movement one must move, be active, and be a participant. Remember our forefathers "CIVIL DISOBEDIANCE" which led to our separation from ENGLAND. They did not want to continue to pay unfair taxes."Taxation without representation."))))))
Read the history of what went on, not a revised history by somebody sitting in an office at some university. The founding fathers tried to work within the existing system until they could not get any movement from the King, they did not want to become independent until there was no choice and what led up to that point was a series of events (like the Boston tea party and so on) that was done to show the crown that they needed to be taken seriously. FACT.
Do you know why we were being taxed or what that lack of representation meant? (You don’t have to answer that, just a rhetorical question.) I doubt it because it was not all about taxes but the equal rights of the colonist in regards to being a citizen of England. Read more history of England leading up to the formations of the colonies.
((((IT is an unfair election when the media only covers a select few and excludes others. Information is key to an election. The media knows this. And who owns the media?))))))
I can’t agree with you more on this issue. One problem with this is the idea that the media is sanctioned by the constitution to exist above the rights of the citizen and the end result is a closed society that we call the press. Examine the presses attitude and the history on how we ended up with the 1st amendment, oh and what a citizen journalist is. We live in a society today that is governed by the press, we allow things to happen like printing of secrets when we are at war but we as a people fail to care, yes that is laziness.
I think by eliminating the primaries, which allow the press to pick and choose what information they want to cover, is a good start. I also think this will stop the voter apathy that has been happening since the late 60’s.
But getting back to the laziness of the American citizen, which in fact has to do with the education system, we end up with what we have today, American Idol selecting the president.
((((((Thanks for pointing out the obvious. Again ignorance is no excuse for pure laziness. You change Congress by being ACTIVE.))))))
Yes it is the obvious but again how many don’t understand our form of government or wants to? It starts with education of the people to understand what they can do and how government is supposed to work, not just standing up and being a part of a demonstration for something that many don’t understand to begin with.
((((((How do we make amendments? """By being ACTIVE."""" Complacent people that complain are not being active they are being annoying. Someone that drives for miles to a rally or a demonstration is doing something. Someone that picks apart post in a forum complaining that noone is smart enough to translate the Bible, Constitution, etc. is just complaining. Nothing more. Again ignorance
is not an excuse, it is a deadend.))))))
I sort of agree with you, being active that is but we were not active with the 16th or 17th amendment, were we? We the people have not had a hand in any amendments since the 17th, because if we did the ERA would have been part of the constitution. Read and understand the 17th amendment. This is where our rights were abridged.
“Complacent people don’t make good activist” who said that? Well he is right but who said it? Demonstrations or rallies are only a small form that is needed, my theme here, if you didn’t get it is education of people to effect change. If the same effort was used to reach out to the ignorant masses, regardless what the leanings of the person is and show them how to change things, it is a far better use of resources than to scream about something that may not be heard across the country – make sense?
