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To: Road Walker who wrote (254149)	10/7/2005 6:23:28 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574685

I know the pundits (and you) are always ranting about how divided we are. And I think that's true, for about 1/2 the population. The thing that I have found remarkable is the people who seem completely withdrawn from politics, they don't pay any attention; they don't seem to care at all. They don't watch or read the news, anywhere. If pressed they have an "opinion", but it's somehow achieved by osmosis, without any knowledge. I was talking to a guy that is a Bush and war supporter the other day, and he didn't know there was a deficit! He literally said "I thought we were just taking the money for the war from something else". Reading that article, it dawned on me, maybe these folks are in denial; maybe that event was so traumatic that it just turned a lot of people away from news and politics. Whatever it is, it's different now than it used to be, IMHO. I think you're right to degree. I think there has always been a component or tendency on the part of Americans to be unconscious about what's happening.........and I think that's what American leaders count on when they do the things they do. Many of our leaders are 'smart' enough to know not to push it too far but then you get someone like Bush who doesn't like limitations. After all, isn't that a trait of alcoholics....they have no discipline and they don't like to be limited? So I think there has always been a certain amount of ignorance/denial going on. However, I think its been much worse the past few years. I think people have known things were bad but did't want to hear how bad they were. They were like the guy who is financially overextended but long ago stopped balancing his check book months........making the situation even more serious. But then Katrina came along and woke up a nation. I think more people are awake now than ever before. Hopefully, they will stay awake. ted

To: Road Walker who wrote (254149)	10/9/2005 4:33:20 AM
From: Elroy	Respond to of 1574685

I know the pundits (and you) are always ranting about how divided we are. And I think that's true, for about 1/2 the population. I'd put the number that don't care about politics and don't feel "divided as a nation" a lot higher, closer to 90%. In my contacts with my friends in the US, politics seldom comes up as a topic of conversation, and when it does it is a friendly 15 minute debate, which rapidly changes into the latest football score. The thing that I have found remarkable is the people who seem completely withdrawn from politics, they don't pay any attention; they don't seem to care at all. They don't watch or read the news, anywhere. If pressed they have an "opinion", but it's somehow achieved by osmosis, without any knowledge. You're assuming that someone who has better things to do with his time than debate politics with you is an idiot. He's not. He just has better things to do with his time. Reading that article, it dawned on me, maybe these folks are in denial; maybe that event was so traumatic that it just turned a lot of people away from news and politics. Rather than assuming others have some flaw, you should consider whether you could be doing something other than dwelling on politics so much. It obviously upsets you (you've told us plenty of times how you have been driven to tears). Maybe YOU are the one living your life in the wrong way....