Dear Billy Bob,
There is a time when unrest and civil disobedience is not only justified but needed. You should understand that yourself as you grew up in the 60's and are surely aware that it was the demonstrations and marches, the general protesting and unrest that ended the war in Vietnam and helped to improve the status of minorities and women in this country.
I'd like to point out that our representatives are elected by the majority of the people who vote and that these people are hopping mad because those representatives are not listening to those who elected them. Our representatives have become elitist who do and act as they please. They need to be yelled at. Many should be railroaded out of office. Some should be arrested and jailed and a few should be executed for treason (offensive language). They have allowed and even promoted a federal government that has become so large that it is on the verge of becoming uncontrollable; a behemoth riddled with waste and corruption.
I'm glad to see that there are people in this country who are not asleep, who are not afraid to stand up and point and shout at unjust people and policies. The SHOUTING and SCREAMING today is in direct response and in proportion to the amount of waste and corruption that exists in our government.
You can spend all day or an entire month or a year not listening to TV or the radio or reading a newspaper, a blog or a news site on your computer. You can go camping or fishing or stroll downtown, go catch a movie, eat out at a restaurant, drive across country, do whatever you want. But whatever you do and wherever you are (yes, of course there are exceptions) you can't help but notice how peaceful it is to live in this country.
There's a reason for that. People in this land have a history of not letting others push them around. And yes, before it's all sorted out there's going to be some SCREAMING and SHOUTING and even some DEMEANING behavior. It's only human nature.
Larry.
