To: Sedohr Nod who wrote (353415 ) 2/4/2003 2:55:31 PM From: goldworldnet Respond to of 769667 I'm more optimistic about US government than I have been since Ronald Reagan was President, but there is much work to do and conservatives must do everything they can to return America to her noblest virtues. We have both the opportunity and the responsibility and we must be faithful to both, but we have lost a lot and it will not be easy. Here are some of Joseph Farah's observations as described in his latest book.Cultural trail "The culture has lost its moral bearings. Society can no longer tell right from wrong. The civilization itself is becoming something less than civil. "It's the culture, stupid. For those who are old enough to remember the Vietnam war, here's an analogy: The culture is the Ho Chi Minh trail to political power. And the culture has been deliberately used and abused to transform our political system, to change the way Americans think, to attack our values, to demean our faith in God, to reduce that shining city on a hill to the status of a drab public housing project. "Think of the way movies have changed in the last generation — from 'Beach Blanket Bingo' to 'Natural Born Killers.' Think of the way television has changed — from 'Father Knows Best' to 'Temptation Island.' The popular culture has become a moral cesspool overflowing with toxic sludge that seeps into the souls of innocent kids. There's no protecting them if they have any contact with their peers. "It's painful even to think about the effect of the popular culture on kids, and even more difficult to imagine it's the same story in every city and town across America — every day, every week, for years. There's no escape."—Joseph Farah, from his forthcoming book, "Taking America Back: A Radical Plan to Revive Freedom, Morality and Justice" washtimes.com * * *