The State of Things

Maybe it's because I look at things from a human perspective, and not from a "national" perspective. But as I look back at the halls of history, all of the different nations, and all of the different eras, is not right of me to think that being a complete sell out to america and capitalism is just a bit wrong? Ardent Americans that blindly support the nation and refuse to ask questions that are hard to swallow should be easily viewed as poisonous to our species. Us good ol' americas have no outside perspective. The average citizen has no idea what the hell is going on in the world. We can no longer talk about things that may be the least bit challenging to the doctrine we've been raised on all of our lives. Remembering standing up in class everyday and pledging to the flag is a bit creepy to me now. Before I get carried away with this, let me say that I am not implying that patriots who care about America are wrong, or that anyone who says the pledge of allegiance is brainwashed. What I am saying is this, to be truly patriotic and prideful about our nation should go in hand with being knowledgeable about world affairs and our involvement with them. Two things that have shaken this nation to its core to this day are talked about like senseless acts of terror. They are Pearl Harbor and 9/11. Were they senseless? Was there no reason behind the attacks than a bunch of hate filled crazies flying planes into our ships and buildings? Can a group of people really base their suicidal efforts on the notion that they hate freedom and wish to dispose of all the shiny happy people blessed with it? Come now citizens, there has to be more to it than that. For the few americans who do watch the news, we hear a lot of things about celebrities, gas prices, immigration, things that are happening here on the home front. Sometimes we get a small glimpse of the quagmire and hell that is Iraq. The occasional suicide bomber kills 18 here, or the 10 soldiers die in helicopter attack there, is what we hear when it comes to the guts of Iraq. Either that or how democrats want to bring home the troops or end the war, but that I would consider home front business as well. But where is the news about why. Why this all happened? We know why their is a war on terror, but why do terrorists attack anyone to begin with? This is a mighty question and it deserves to be answered. Not by Bush or Obama but by me and you. We should know why. We should be equipped with the knowledge of why we are having problems with extremists any where at any time. If we knew, we could have avoided a two term wreck by the Bush dynasty and avoided 9/11 altogether. And the effects of 9/11 are not done. It's going to put Guilliani in the white house, and then we will have something to fret about like never before. At least I will. It's okay, we have Mtv and American Idol to quell the sting of the nightmare that is our state of things.