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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (556649)	3/27/2004 3:33:37 PM
From: redfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

"This has allowed them to slowly become so deceived that they now believe in their heart of hearts that people like me are radical, but that the federalization of a guy’s sticking his penis up another guy’s rectum and giving rights because of it is the height of American tradition." Aside from a very few parts of the country, I don't see where that is the case. I don't see what the big deal is. The country is pretty much the same as it's always been. The media gives a distorted picture of reality, but that can be dealt with by simply not having cable teevee, I've always relied on rabbit ears and watch maybe 1 hour of it a month. Most of the time when people talk about pop culture I have no idea what they are referring to.

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (556649)	3/27/2004 3:42:22 PM
From: Ryan Plovie (Hijacked)	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

In reading your post, it is comforting to learn that I am not alone. As I said, we have no one but ourselves to blame for what is taking place in our society. We have failed to learn from great Empires of the past. It wasn't the sword that brought Rome down, but rather the decadence of its own society. Just like Rome, America is falling too. Rather than teaching our children to emulate great thinkers and contributors to our society, we reward filth and ignorance. Why should our children listen when we pay illiterate basketball players hundreds of millions of dollars while great scientists are portrayed as geeks? How can we teach our children the importance of family when we allow Hollywood to glorify deviants? How can we teach our children honesty when politicians and corporate leaders are robbing us blind? I truly wish people would use their brains and think for themselves rather than be lead and manipulated like sheep. Unfortunately, that requires effort. Human nature is such that we always seek the path of effortlessness. As such, each society will be doomed to repeat the failures of the previous.