As you gather more political knowledge and...

[SHRED]

awareness is it difficult for you?

Sometimes I sense I am walking around in the midst of a bunch of sleepwalkers. A bunch of consumer oriented, T.V. driven zombies.
I keep thinking that the "Night of the Living Dead" movie will all of the sudden get real.

I see why the human condition seeks the comfort of "not knowing". However the shear pain of awareness raises conscience, I believe, and brings one to a higher mental plane.

Just a thought in the night...goodnight...

[wli]

1. yes, it's very difficult

I'm scared s**tless.

[AuntPatsy]

2. yes it is, but thats life to face difficulties, I wouldn't change my want

or need to be more aware of the world around me..

[applegrove]

3. Courage! It is painful to know & experience things that others just

take a pass on. Especially when it is really important stuff. Especially when people get hurt while others ignore it (and worse for the freepers...play an active role in the teaching of hate & baiting).

Some are waking up. It takes a while to get the ebb & flow of confidence men. They've never lasted more than a few years (except for Germany). Adults will return to adultland. To leading lives of compassionate connection in communities.

Courage.

[Burried News]

4. Nope. Being over 60, Alzheimers seems to be progressing

at the same rate as awareness, on a good day.

Besides, there ain't no use to getting really pissed when it takes you 15 minutes to void.

And of course a piss ant coming across the same shit from different assholes isn't moving to a significantly higher plane in the greater scheme of things.

Night

[skids]

5. Used to it...

...I've had that outlook since college. We used to have a saying, me and my friends -- "At any given time there are only 100 real people in the world. The rest are cardboard cutouts."

Nowadays we are a little more tolerant, but still feel like we are wading in a pool of stupidity. We did get a chuckle from the "sci-fi-geek" in War of The Worlds who turned to run while the rest of the crowd was gawking at the giant alien genocide machine. That's us, to a tee.

[More Than A Feeling]

6. It's hard to keep watch upon the latest political news.

I have to force myself to look at the latest horrors, then fight my instinct to distract myself with wishes that it were not so. It's like I imagine staring into the sun would be.

It is painful to realize the true character of human nature, the towering fear of mankind. The resulting lust for power and control is destructive and horrifying. The scariest part? To know that that fear is our common heritage, and that there, but for the grace of God, go I.

I wonder how this whole shameful episode has permanently affected our national character, whether the damage is chronic, or if it can be repaired?

[OneBlueSky]

7. the rumbling you hear is people starting to think . . .

that's the primary values in what Cindy Sheehan is doing, in fact . . . she is forcing Americans to think about the war and why we are there . . . and once they start thinking about the war, they'll start thinking about other things . . . and why we are "there" . . .

should be fun . . .

[Greyhound]

8. Nah, I've realized at last that they're not worth the worry

and are too damn dumb to save. Now I concentrate my efforts on getting my ass and loved ones out of here. Just let it hang together for another 5 years. :eyes: