Reply #4: Quite apart from the possibility that the fix may be in already for [View All]

[Veggie Meathead]

Election 2004,notice how Bush and many of the newscasters talk about
elections as though they are ball games with no intent or effort to
educate the electorate on the issues involved.This produces the ethic,
just as in ball games, that you do anything and everything necessary for a win.The incessant harping on polls and their margins of error
is indicative of the bankruptcy of mind that we are stuck with.Far from bringing Democracy to the Middle East, it would be more appropriate to call for Democracy at home with an involved and alert
citizenry able to understand the issues and vote for the people of their choice.Unfortunately, we will have to wait for a miracle
because with an administration bent on deceiving the public at every turn, an informed citizenry will be a mirage.

At some point the cacophony of voices in our media only produce noise
and very little information.Ironically, the War on Iraq has physically victimized our soldiers and the Iraqi civilians and threatens to victimize the rest of us by creating an information vacuum that will deal a death blow to our Democracy.