fatigue

I read two articles today on msnbc.com about the war fatigue being experienced within middle America. It's about time. What I find so sickening about it all - especially the politicians 'breaking' with President Bush - is that they're all like rats on a sinking ship. They were with him when it was politically expedient - now it's not, so they're not. Where were they when this could have been prevented? Voting for it all, that's where.

A few weeks ago, I read some articles on msnbc.com (which is, btw, a very good source for popular news, a good barometer of public opinion, if you will) regarding global warming, that more Americans now believe that it is real than don't. This was supposed to be some sort of huge revelation. I mean, even the most idiotic person ought to be able to realize that the data is incontrovertibly clear that the planet is warmer on average. The difficulties arise when discussing what exactly should be done about that. But good news folks - more Americans now believe the planet is warming than don't.

Maybe it's our system of education. Maybe it's our lack of any serious news media. Maybe it's our inability to understand anything other than short news bytes on Paris Hilton.

But somehow, it all seems like too little too late, and we will be remembered, not as the greatest generation, as our grandparents were (justified or not, they are remembered that way), but as the dumbest, most-lacking-in-foresight generation that ever devoured oxygen on this planet. Congratulations to us.