OT - 10 steps to fascist police state

Or you could stick your head in the sand and hope that those of us who
are paying attention will take care of you.- Hide quoted text -

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Don, (please take this as kindly rebuttal) what do you think your
paying slavish attention to the news accomplishes?

Does your knowing that Cho butchered a bunch of innocent kids change
one thing? Do you feel better knowing all the details of his deranged
spoutings and savagery? Does your knowing change anything?

Does your knowing that Sunnis and ****es slaughtered each other, once
again, last night contribute to a solution? My gawd, they pray to
the same prophet from the same book and then go out and slaughter each
other in the name of the prophet!

Does knowing that the head of the world bank is stuffing his
girlfriend with money (among other things) do anything at all to
improve your lot in life or that of your family?

Now I could go on with endless rhetorical questions about current
news, but I've made my point adequately... Not one of these things
that you "are paying attention to for me" is meaningful in any way in
your life or mine... They are all things that have already
happened. Unless you have a time machine they are fait accompli, over,
finished, poof... You cannot in any way change them...

Now, lets say you feel that following the news makes you a more
informed voter... OK, so you vote for Goodolboy for Senator because
you feel he represents your interest better than his opponent.. As
soon as Goodolboy hits DC who does he represent? You? hah
He represents his majority or minority whip, who represents the
power brokers in their party... You don't even enter the equation...
You elected someone to represent you and he is representing HIS party
once the vote is cast you don't even exist in his world until the
next election...

Not following the rest of the sheep who drool in front of the idiot
tube is not the same thing as ignorance as to what is going on...

cheers - denny