Im mad as Hell and Im not going to take it anymore! (From the movie NETWORK)

The following questions are questions that need answering. Are there answers to them? We must remain optimistic and vigilant if there are to be. These are just a few topics. There are many more, some more important and some less, based on a persons beliefs and attitudes. I present them, as a reference and a starting point for discussion

If religion is based on the word of God, then why are most wars religion-based? What ever happened to live and let live? Why do different religions and different societies hate each other? Is it modern-day survival of the fittest? Are we following His teachings? Or, are we a world uncivilized, with countries sending their children to fight and die in wars? Isnt it all just a chess game, with the winner being the country which kills the most people? Doesnt it all sound a bit childish and unproductive? Doesnt it sound like the rich and powerful ordering the young and poor to go kill for them so they can have more power? Doesnt it sound like the rich and powerful want a new democratic nation, oil-laden, where they can bring American modernism; hence, their businesses, and make mountains of money? Didnt we do this once before? To the Indians?

Why do we still allow our politicians to vote their conscious rather than the will of their constituents? Why have so many been caught in illegal activities? If we stop PACs and outrageous and imbalanced sums of money to be spent on political campaigns, with, equal maximum spending per candidate, paid by a $20 person tax each year by the people, will our elected officials be more honest and better represent us? Will it rid us of the power-mongers who are in it just to get what they can out of it? Doesnt a flat tax make more sense, with everyone paying the same percentage, based on gross salary? Isnt it the right of the American people to elect their president? If so, how come for only two terms? If a president is a great one, who is leading our country toward a bright future, shouldnt we have the right to elect him/her again? Shouldnt we vote out our bad legislators and keep the good ones who are making a positive contribution? And, as our children pay taxes on the salaries they earn, wouldnt allowing 16-year-olds to vote make them feel less alienated, less pessimistic, and less apathetic about their future? Would most people agree that todays sixteen-year-old is worldlier than eighteen-year-olds were twenty years ago? Since 16-year-olds pay tax on their income, doesnt our constitution say that taxation without representation is illegal?

Why is there a provision in our laws that says a child can quit school at the age of sixteen? If it is to help support their family, doesnt it do irreparable damage to the future of that child, perpetuating the cycle of poverty? If there is mandatory graduation from public school, or a trade school, wouldnt there be more (and better paying) jobs, less crime, less entitlements, and more taxes being paid in higher paying jobs? Is there any logical reason why our government doesnt change the law that no child will be left behind because they must all graduate high school? Will we ever have a real education president who understands that education is the most important foundation for every countrys success and survival?

If most people hate bipartisan politics, then why do we have political parties? Wouldnt it be preferential if people didnt have to be labeled? That way, wouldnt a person vote for a person rather than a party? Wouldnt most people agree that they like some things about each candidate, each party? Wouldnt it be common sense and be politically correct if there were no parties? Wouldnt it be the logical way to pick our leaders if we voted for the (wo)man and his/her beliefs, and what they will do, and then the final two (after a primary) meet in the election? Wouldnt that be the end to party politics, and allow real voting in Congress rather than Senators and Congress (wo)men being afraid of voting against their party? Isnt the classification of people what causes the separation of people, which leads to negativity and animosity toward those who are different than the majority? Shouldnt negative advertising during political campaigns be stopped? Shouldnt any mention of a political opponent, found to be misleading an/or slanderous, be illegal? How will American jurisprudence deal with this First Amendment issue? Shouldnt the Supreme Court define for us, once and for all, what freedom of speech really means? For societys sake, and for a civil future, is there anything wrong with censoring our media, people like Robert Novak who feloniously broadcast the identity of a CIA agent? Isnt this all about right versus wrong, not freedom of speech?

To survive in the best of all possible worlds we must all work together as one family. If we want to change and be a better people, a far better world, we must first be willing to change and act upon it.