Quote Originally Posted by basschick
although everything michael moore says is true, he says it in a way guaranteed to piss off the conservatives. is there an advantage to making people too mad to listen to what you have to say? is making someone feel defensive so that they will defend themselves without thought going to help anything?

on the other hand, so far the heavy duty conservatives don't seem to be very listening people, so maybe it doesn't matter
Maybe it was 9/11, maybe it was the "war on porn" but my eyes have been opened to what governments are capable of doing since 2001.

I have no idea why our president doesn't have to answer for what he does.

Maybe people feel that the Bush administration has God on its side? Maybe people feel that a man elected by religious people couldn't be that bad? I honestly don't know.

I've had Fox news rammed down my throat here for 3 years. It's a necessary evil. I can honestly tell you that if someone doesn't report following a strictly conservative agenda, they are literally cut short on their reporting. If someone has a concern about the country and wants something to change, no matter what their political affiliation, they will be attacked. I don't remember seeing that on news before, where someone was attacked for simply wanting change. I always saw things as open discussion.

I think out of fear, people have stayed with Bush because of the "war on terror" and are putting unreasonable, unchecked, faith in a man that is incompetent. Out of fear and wanting to "stick together" to fight the bad guys, we've had instilled a "you're with us, or against us" mentality that has caused people to NOT listen to reason out of wanting to support the country. This has been to our demise.

I think we're at the point where things MUST change for the survival of our country, or the Bush administration will be remembered as the one that brought America to its knees. Why aren't people protesting out in masses? I don't get it. I am half way round the world, so I'm sure there are things I'm missing that I would understand if living back home.

It's sad that I have a better standard of living in another country then I do in my own.