What happened to activist spirit?  Have we all become so jaded that we're convinced that no matter what we try, nothing real will ever be accomplished?

The most educated society ever is no more content to risk their values than they are to drink milk one day past the code date.

Once you're able to get out of the checkout line, take a hard look at the world of which you're a part.  Are you proud of what you see? Can we do nothing to make it better?  I'm not talking about whether or not a freeway is restored to past glory.  Have you ever heard of human suffering?  No!! What a shock that is.  It's this weird thing that happens when people are upset as the result of some sort of conflict (internal or external) in their lives.  No, as a matter of fact there's nothing on the web that will end it.

Oh, you don't want to get involved.  Who the fuck will?  Politicians? That's great, two years from now (mustn't disrupt the election cycle) an independent bi-partisan committee will get together and figure out a politically-correct budget for a bunch of corporate-fed pawns to get together and have lunch to talk about whether it should be a federal, state or local issue.

Maybe we should wait for our respected business community.  Do people in business see anything beyond the bottom line.  People don't. Unless there's a tax break or a zoning license, don't count on big business to anything except pick up the nearest Phillips-head, and insert it directly into your back.  We keep buying what they're selling and never ask why, or if we need it.

How about our great civic leaders.  Unless no other demographically oppressed group will benefit more than theirs, don't count on it. Power, headlines and dollars are all finite resources.  They want make sure that they get the most of whatever is being doled out.

No matter how many checks we write, or how much we try to delegate the problem away to our leaders, these problems will continue to exist. Intolerance, Hatred, Poverty, Homelessness, War, Violence, Substance Abuse...all exist because they are financially beneficial to someone.  It's easier to turn on entertainment alternatives than to try and figure out how to resolve these issues.  Dammit, you deserve a break today.

Great Society my ass.  What a bunch of  hypocritical cowards.  You're no better than your slacker kids.  I guess you sold your social conscience to pay for their baggy jeans, cell phones, piercings and YOUR new fucking Pathfinder.  Look at your kids.  The future of our world lies in the hands of people more concerned about the street price of green-bud, or the latest derivative bullshit CD that's being forced down their plebian throats just as fast as corporate radio can churn it out, than they are about the six billion people they will live with for their shallow, pathetic lives.

Doesn't THAT make you proud.  Have a great day!