I just tuned in (and out) of Fox's "Hannity" who was ranting about making the Bush tax cuts permanent. Why does no one stand up and say that it is bad policy to wage wars on a credit card that is owned by foreign governments (China, Japan, Saudi Arabia et al)?
Why do the same folks who shout about America's exceptionalism insist we do not actually have to pay for the costs of America's activities abroad and challenges at home?
Why do they never seem to equate "supporting our troops" with supplying our veterans with the medical and social services they need to recover from their arduous, often traumatic service in foreign lands?
Why do the American people put up with being treated like idiots incapable of understanding the demands our country's policies place not only on them, but on their children and grandchildren?
I have heard it said that only people who have hope of changing things protest. Can it be that we have lost that hope? Are we resigned to bearing the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune with no recourse?
Here's what I think...
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