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November 10, 2005
Good start Nicole
Your article was interesting; I feel an obligation to mention an analogy which may have been slightly off the mark. When you were four your mother possibly withheld information out of concern -- as a parent, I'm reasonably certain she had no hidden agenda concerning Cleo; on the other hand, politicians have two vested interests in keeping facts from us: one, the huge profits made in war and two, their desire to be re-elected. Concerning your idea that Journalists labor to bring us the truth -- it is simply not the case; journalists exist to sell newspapers or ad-time depending on their chosen media. Clark Kent is dead and Woodward and Bernstien are getting old.
So have you felt this disillusionment culminating, or was there a straw that broke your camel's back so to speak. Tell me about it.
No one seems to know exactly when outrageous profits caused corporate America to turn to the dark side, but some think it was in the early days of the New England Whaling Trade -- not only were there huge profits to be had there, but the related industries of lumbering, shipbuilding and all it's satelite industries: ropes, sails, wharfs and on and on. As we all know, if profit is good, more profit is better. Some historians claim that the profit hungry infrastructure of corporate America actually caused the Revolution and that the founding fathers were nothing more than well meaning, but misguided pawns. Certainly vast fortunes are made during every war; Enough so that the steel, cattle, rairoad, and coal robber barons finagled huge tracts of the west for their own use to add to their coffers even more, but enough is not enough and a war with Spain was manufactured. More American soldiers died from food poisoning which they contracted from eating the tainted meat sent from Chicago Packing houses than from combat. Profit once again ruled and money was spread around to the politicians so there would be no inquiries. The examples go on and on. What is going on in Western Asia is nothing new; it's simply the most recent chapter.
Concerning the future: it's decided by those who show up; keep me posted to your attempts; activism is not a dirty word.
I've forgotten the exact quote, but it goes something like: Terrorism is bad; war is bad. Terrorism is the poor waging war on the rich; war is the rich waging terrorism on the poor. Good luck.
Posted by Joseph Lampiasi at November 10, 2005 4:26 AM
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