When you see Washington consistently turning a blind eye to suffering, don’t sit back and apathetically blame indifference. The loudest voices may be delivering the worst messages today, but history shows that grass-roots energy has the power to change anything when that energy is focused toward justice
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Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem to effortlessly push some Senate read more
Our Founding Fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem to effortlessly push some Senate leaders toward conduct the American people don't want from their elected leaders: Abusing power. Inserting the government into our private lives. Injecting religion into debates about public policy. Jumping through hoops to ingratiate themselves to their party’s base, while step by step, day by day, real problems that keep American families up at night fall by the wayside here in Washington.
Our government has a simple task: recognize our nation’s real problems, and address them in a manner that reflects the read more
Our government has a simple task: recognize our nation’s real problems, and address them in a manner that reflects the priorities of the American people. It sounds simple, but it’s not happening today, and I know you’re as frustrated with Washington as I am
Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference.
Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference.
The Administration’s willingness to consistently abandon the truth has done great damage. Americans are less willing to listen – less read more
The Administration’s willingness to consistently abandon the truth has done great damage. Americans are less willing to listen – less likely to trust or take anything that is said in Washington seriously.
I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.
It would be hard to blame you for having trouble taking much of what is said in Washington seriously. You read more
It would be hard to blame you for having trouble taking much of what is said in Washington seriously. You heard about the Medicare actuary who was forced to fudge the numbers and lie to Congress to keep his job. You heard the falsified numbers in Iraq on everything from the cost of the war to the number of trained Iraqi troops to a slam dunk case for weapons of mass destruction. You heard about the administration sponsored fake newscasts to mislead people all across America.
It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: "Is it true in and read more
It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: "Is it true in and for itself?"
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
