What's Next For America
I may be one of the slowest bloggers to respond to the results of the election last Tuesday, but I was using that time to think about what I would say about it. And the truth is, I have very little to say. The Democrats won both the House and Senate back, a day later Rumsfeld resigned, and George "Dubya" is shifting his policies. America is changing; it's as simple as that. Wether it's for better or worse, has yet to be determined.
Today Elton John made the comments that religion should be banned and that this generation's youth isn't being proactive enough about world issues. Sure, the blogosphere has probably revolutionized how people get their ideas out there, but it is also because of the blogosphere that we don't see protests against the war in Iraq like we did back in the 60's and 70's over Vietnam. I'm not calling for the mass histeria that we saw during that era, I'm just calling for action.
This is my call to teenagers across America and the world to stand up for what they believe in through some, physical, non-technological means. Talk to people about what you believe in, start a club at school that supports that idea, JUST DO SOMETHING!! There's a range of political and cultural issues to take up, including, but not limited to:
the war in Iraq
the war in Afghanistan
the nuclear threats posed by North Korea and Iran
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
the U.S. trade deficit with China
abortion
stem cell research
women's rights, men's rights, children's rights, gay's rights
the list goes on and on. The image of American's being ignorant and complacent is only supported by the fact that most of us don't know what those issues are that affect our world and those of us that do don't do anything about it. I'm just as guilty as anyone.
My call is to Stand Up! Do something! The world is changing wether you like it or not, and believe it or not, you affect the outcome.
posted by Sir Knightly @ 9:44 PM
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An enlightening video talk was available off a WGBHTV web site via a link from chomsky.info "War and Geopolitics..." given April 9,2006 at an MIT forum but now seems to have vanished from WGBH web site. A very experienced war coorespondent, Robert Fisk (robert-fisk.com), explained how often current war news from Iraq is from "official sources". No area of Iraq is considered safe except in the Baghdad "green zone", the U.S. military occupied zone. Insurgents are led by three ex-Iraqi army generals educated in England and speak English. No interpreter is needed in order to negotiate with them.
get up, stand up ? Marley said the same a few years ago... maybe the idea would be "sit down, read on" that is the only way... you have to understand yourselves to know which direction you're taking....and then, you'll know where to continue your struggle for hope, democracy, justice and the rest
I'd have to agree with andariego. It is extremely important to understand what is going on in order to know what one's views are. However, it is only through actions that true progress can be made. America wasn't created by people sitting around writing nasty letters to the British government, it was created through that and actions taken by the colonists. The same thing happened in the 1960's and 70's.
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