Just pass me the remote...

I used to think that people would want to stay free, want to see their children grow up, want to have a bright future.  But now, it appears that people just want to be comfortable, pay the bills, and catch the next episode of that 'bigger-than-life' tee-vee show.  Concepts like freedom, liberty, honesty, privacy, lawful, industry, principle, value, agape, due process, probable cause, constitutional, republic, work ethic, etc., have no place in the American consciousness anymore.  It is sad to see, but alas, it appears to be the predictable end of all countries. There is no doubt that America is in a terminal tailspin. No more production, no more jobs, no more honesty, no more enthusiasm over anything besides television, eating, the opposite sex,  hedonistic materialism, or some sports game.

I had to come to grips with the fact that the majority of Americans are in a terminal coma, and are afflicted with a similiar condition of terminal apathy, and will stubbornly refuse to wake from it.  Don't get me wrong.  There are many Americans that can see what is happening and are fighting and suffering, as well as media figures that still care, and are willing to put their money and fame on the line in order to get the word out.  But from the looks of it, and from a historical perspective, people are not going to 'just say no' to the criminal activities of the people who run things.  The apathy is too strong, the comfort level is too high, "I need my government check", "just leave me alone", "what can I possibly do?", "what are you doing?", "the government would never hurt it's own people", "you're a conspiracy theorist", "America is still the best country in the world", "It's not that bad", "You're overreacting", "I'm just trying to make it day-to-day", *insert your own favorite excuse for not acting here*. 

I just don't like what I see happening to the country. America never was totally perfect (what is?), but when the corrpution, lies, profiteering and dictatorial powers exercised by the president, blatant fraud and illegality practiced in the judicial branch (the courts), and the incessant installation of the police state-totalitarian apparatus into government standard operating procedure, it is extremely disconcerting.  There may not be any standard answer to the question of what a person should do to work against this sinister menace, but I know for sure that the answers will not be coming from the mainstream media, or from the next episode of your favorite dumbed-down, totally irrelevant television show...