Well, Hock, you've seen a bit more of the inside of the United States than I have. To explain my disillusionment, I feel certain that I've seen a bit more of our country's massive screwups in foreign policy, and continued willful ignorance. Granted, it's mostly Iraq and Afghanistan that I'm referring too, but having been inside, and seen the policies as they're carried out, or suggested. Hearing from the state department on what ideas should be enacted. Seeing that most people don't have a friggin' clue about what makes the Mideast tick. And then seeing that in the States the average citizen has his own brand of what life is like overseas, and doesn't care to hear about more. The country is too polarized in order for myself, or you, or 10 million like us to make a difference anymore. People don't vote for a candidate, as I've said before, they vote against one. Politicians play the role of a quack medical doctor who got a certification in Rwanda. They say a bunch of stuff that sounds really good, but doesn't hold up to logic. People get upset when you tell them that their candidate doesn't stand for squat except furthering the interest of their Party. Common sense, sanity, and responsibility have gone right out the window, and the majority of people are oblivious, because they get what they want.
That said, I'll still vote in the next election, libertarian, same as I normally do. Piss on the democrats and republicans. But it's all circling the drain, and a good many of us know it.
Kent
