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We have a mess on our hands because people won't take the time and make the effort to learn about and then stay informed about the issues, in their own country, let alone in Africa. or more disturbingly, don't have the curiousity to find out what the issues are.
When you are informed about the issues, it follows that you form opinions. You monitor what your elected officials are up to. They know that you are monitoring them, and that goes a long way to influence them to act as if they are accountable. The incumbant elected officials are now having their actions held up to the light, via recent, more virgorous scrutiny by the press.
These developments should serve as a catalyst for discussion, even if it is just speculation as to who will indicted next, whether prosecutors have a strong case, why Scooter Libby apparently received special treatment when he was arraigned in court, no handcuffs, no "perp walK", what Scanlon was told or shown or threatened with by prosecutors to cause him to give up nearly $20 million without going to trial....etc....etc.
My concern is that none of these developments are prompting discussion here. There are plenty of other places here to tell a joke or to talk about an entertainer's wardrobe.
I'm laying out an observation that "politics" is not "getting done" on the politics forum...not to a degree that is commensurate to the population of the U.S. and to what is at stake.....it's only our future that we're talking about.
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