[OnyxCougar]

I have never been heavy into politics. The first president I was aware of was Reagan, the First PM: Thatcher. I never really paid attention, and my first vote was for Clinton. I was kind of stoked, feeling like I made a difference, then I learned the real truth. I lived down the street from John Major in England. I kind of followed the news, but never felt connected.

Then I came here. I stayed way out of the Politics forum, because I don't know anything, and I don't like giving largely uninformed opinions. I became more aware of current events, and now I'm so cynical and disillusioned that I don't trust in either govt anymore. The US govt is so corrupt that they don't even know the meaning of the word "honesty" and the British govt has a "Yes, Mr. Bush" mentality.

So I *am* tired. And I haven't even been paying attention that long. I feel helpless. I feel scared of what society and the economy is going to turn into. I'm scared that we've put ourselves into an irreversible position as global cop. It's creating so much havoc and hell that the terrorists wont stop and nothing and no one is safe, that we'll end up like Israel, with bombs and missiles every day becoming commonplace. It scares me that a draft may be instituted. Not because my children may go (they're both not eligible) but because other people's children will go instead, and people will die for the cause of economics and oil and someone else's freedom.

I don't know how to fix the problems. I don't know who does. I know the people that do know are not an option for me to vote in. And even if I voted, it wouldn't mean a thing.

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