hold your tongue

i have somehow waded myself back into the deep end of political angst. thanks to my office manager who is as fanatically a liberal as i am, i have once again entered the world of frustration. i'm mad. i'm mad that there is no solution, that there is no truth, that there is no one we can trust and that as Americans, our only choice is to pick the lesser of the evils abound.

i accidentally logged into radio america online. it's an ultra conservative net radio program. i thought i was logging into air america but had gotten the stations wrong. i remember sitting at work thinking of how angry i was getting. all everyone wants to do in this world is scream about how everything is wrong in the world. how terrible things are because gays are getting married and environmentalists are causing gas prices to go up and that all environmentalists are terrorists... and how the only thing sacred in America is the act of marriage. it's weird because up until now, all i've been thinking about is mothers and fathers and daughters and sons who have to hear how their mom, dad, son, or daughter isn't coming home. that we're all whining and moaning over morality when people are making judgments (and we are complacent) that are sending people do their deaths. that fatality rates in america by americans are well over that of who die in suicide bombs in the middle east. who needs terrorists? we're killing ourselves just fine.

anyhow, i started reading michael moore's Dude, Where's my Country. i can't wait for Fahrenheit 9/11 to come out. i really enjoyed bowling for columbine..and i think his new documentary will really open a few more eyes.. whether they want to be opened or not.

but what does it all really matter. tomorrow, as long as we still have our health and pay checks, we'll be loitering in barnes and noble, sipping our double lattes, and burning through our credit cards at the mall. fear and consumerism... this is the way of the american people... i don't care what side of the flag you're on...