I think the world has tipped its axis....

[JBrainard]

I was thinking BIGGER than that. Big Brother is a part of the bigger whole.

That reminds me; The documentary "America: Freedom to Fascism" opens in limited release this weekend. I can't wait to check it out.

 

[JBrainard]

When did our nation become pee-your-pants afraid of the world?

911. After a scare like that people had to put their faith in something. Unfortunately, all of the sheep put their faith in good ol' GWB. I could start going off at this point, but I won't.
:soapbox:

 

[Lisa]

Whether it is the media flood we have been getting lately or not, I have been finding myself shaking my head and saying/thinking "my that is strange" an aweful lot lately.

Good to know I am not the only one feeling it. Safety in numbers.

 

[FearlessFreep]

911. After a scare like that people had to put their faith in something. Unfortunately, all of the sheep put their faith in good ol' GWB. I could start going off at this point, but I won't.

Much longer ago than that. Possibly post WWII when life got comfy and people wanted to keep living like that forever without outside cares or threats. Maybe post-Vietnam for varous reasons.

 

[exile]

It's true that this sense of things unwinding is nothing new. Here's something that H.G.Wells wrote in a kind of extended pamplet titled Mind at the End of its Tether shortly before his death:

A frightful queerness has come into life. Hitherto events have been held together by a certain logical consistency as the heavenly bodies have been held together by the golden cord of gravitation. Now it is as if that cord had varnished and everything is driven anyhow, anywhere, at a steadily increasing velocity. The writer is convinced that there is no way out or around, or through the impasse. It is the end.

Kierkegaard echoed the same note a century earlier---for him, dread was perhaps the dominant emotion of his era. I think, if we look for it, we'll see evidence at just about every age and stage of history that some vital network of connections has been lost.

 

[wee_blondie]

Wow - glad its not just us Brits that think the US has gone a bit nuttier than usual lately! I find it reassuring to know that there are some in that big ol' coutry of yours still capable of independant thought!! (no offense intended but thats just the general impression over here)

Mind you, Tony isn't much better. At least your head honcho is coming up with ideas (even if they are whack); ours is happy to follow on which begs the eternal question: whos worse? the fool or the fool who follows?

Maybe its always been that way, we just haven't noticed. Hell, I'm just gonna start up my own country right here in my living room. Free speech, martial arts and all the ice-cream you can eat. Anyone wanna join??

 

[Hand Sword]

That reminds me; The documentary "America: Freedom to Fascism" opens in limited release this weekend. I can't wait to check it out.

Still, even bigger than that.

 

[Jade Tigress]

Free speech, martial arts and all the ice-cream you can eat. Anyone wanna join??

I do! I do! :wavey:

 

[Kacey]

I'm just gonna start up my own country right here in my living room. Free speech, martial arts and all the ice-cream you can eat. Anyone wanna join??

Me too, me too!!!

 

[Drac]

Since 9/11.

Something blew a hole in the space-time continuum that day and opened us up to Bizarro World, at least according to one writer!

Yes...

 

[Hand Sword]

Wow - glad its not just us Brits that think the US has gone a bit nuttier than usual lately! I find it reassuring to know that there are some in that big ol' coutry of yours still capable of independant thought!! (no offense intended but thats just the general impression over here)

Mind you, Tony isn't much better. At least your head honcho is coming up with ideas (even if they are whack); ours is happy to follow on which begs the eternal question: whos worse? the fool or the fool who follows?

Maybe its always been that way, we just haven't noticed. Hell, I'm just gonna start up my own country right here in my living room. Free speech, martial arts and all the ice-cream you can eat. Anyone wanna join??

Absolutely!!! Count Me in too!

 

[mrhnau]

Lets see.... Three school shootings (Colorado, the principal shot, Amish shootings), the Foley scandal, the Brazilian airline crashing and a Greek airline hijacking...

all in one week...

*sigh*

what a world

 

[Lisa]

Adding to that a college shooting up here in Canada a couple of weeks ago.

I walked into work on Tuesday to find on my desk the emergency plan the Univesity has in place for the campus. After the rash of shootings lately the University sent information to every employees, staff and student to remind them and make them aware that they have a plan ready should something happen there.

It caused my stomach to flip. The reality of it all just seemed to hit me a little harder.

 

[dubljay]

I agree it seems like there is more and more tragic things happening. I am no less disturbed by this than anyone else. But I don't dwell on it. Though when I do stop to think about it day to day I see more acts of kindness (or at the very least civil and tollerant behavior) than I do negative things, including what I read about in the news.

Focus on the bad and that is all you will see. Just because the news focuses on all the negative things in the world doesn't mean that our prespective has to match that.

 

[Arizona Angel]

Too many people on the earth. Where are they all coming from? Guess you get the good with the bad. And, life steadily gets worse, but at least we aren't living in the dark ages. I would miss my computer.