I was watching CNN the other night an they had Bill Maher on cause his show Politically Incorrect got cancelled (Don't ask me WHY)...anyway he brought up this point which I've been feelin for a long time an I'm curious about how y'all stood on this:
a poll was taken a little over a month ago...and only 16% of all Americans thought that combating terrorism should be the number one priority at this time...Now had you taken this poll in October, it would have likely been more like 95% or higher.
The fact stands that NOTHING in America has changed...Sure it changed for a couple of months...People acted kindly to one another...Showed pride in a country that maybe a month before they talked shit about...Showed pride in a President that before September 11th only had about a 45% approval rating...Went out and bought an American flag to put on their car antennae..."Instant Patriot Just Add Flag"
But here we are less than a year since that day that supposedly "Changed America" and we're back to what we were before...a self indulged, "care free" country...How will we act the NEXT time this happens? And please believe there WILL be a next time.
So the question is...Do YOU think that what happened on September 11th made a deep enough impact? Or will it take countless MORE times like what they're experiencing in Israel...DAILY terrorist attacks...for us to wake the fuck up...
pe@ce,
Mark
a poll was taken a little over a month ago...and only 16% of all Americans thought that combating terrorism should be the number one priority at this time...Now had you taken this poll in October, it would have likely been more like 95% or higher.
The fact stands that NOTHING in America has changed...Sure it changed for a couple of months...People acted kindly to one another...Showed pride in a country that maybe a month before they talked shit about...Showed pride in a President that before September 11th only had about a 45% approval rating...Went out and bought an American flag to put on their car antennae..."Instant Patriot Just Add Flag"
But here we are less than a year since that day that supposedly "Changed America" and we're back to what we were before...a self indulged, "care free" country...How will we act the NEXT time this happens? And please believe there WILL be a next time.
So the question is...Do YOU think that what happened on September 11th made a deep enough impact? Or will it take countless MORE times like what they're experiencing in Israel...DAILY terrorist attacks...for us to wake the fuck up...
pe@ce,
Mark