Reply #26: K & R... but [View All]

[JeffR]

I'm not sure that the subjects percolating in these forums are an accurate gauge of our (mine or anybody's) outrage. The forums tend to get swept up in the scandal-du-jour, the latest assinine remark from a mis-Administration official, even the latest missing white girl in Aruba or some case in Des Moines of a driver leaving his pet rattlesnakes to die in a hot car or whatever today's non-news is.

As remarked upthread, the media's utter lack of focus and curiosity about Darfur is a travesty, one of many on their part. The United States government essentially doesn't give a crap about Darfur or the rest of Africa. Then again, they didn't give a crap about the Israel/Palestine situation either - other than their little bullshit Roadmap To Nowhere - and we now see what their lack of engagement has helped to occur there.

Personally, if I posted about everything I am outraged about, the volume of my ranting would lead to this site having to be renamed JeffR Underground. And I don't think anyone wants that to happen.:P

PS - A sincere thank you for keeping this issue alive on DU. It may not get the buzz that Tony Snow's latest stupid non-answer gets, but people need to be kept informed.