Can Someone Tell Me Why

C an someone tell me why:          tell me why this seems so                                          prevalent now? Is it better        1. Robert Redford is at the     reporting or is indeed the moral   2007’s Sundance Film Festival         fabric of American society now     demanding in the opening speech       broken beyond repair? Does anyone  that President Bush apologize to      have a clue? Those of whom I       the American people for               asked this question, those who     everything that has happened          grew up in the 30’s, 40’s, and     since 9/11? Why, tell me, does        50’s, are not able to recall from  anyone give a rat’s fundament         distant memory such a              what Robert Redford thinks about      preponderance of these cases in    anything much less politics? Can      the news media. I, for one,        someone tell me why people who        cannot believe for one minute      make movies in America are seen       that if these events were          to be smarter and have a higher       happening anytime in the past,     political acumen that God             and in such abundance, the news    Himself? For that matter, why is      media of any era would have        anyone in this country revering       ignored them. And, can someone     some schmuck who appears on TV or     tell me why, in the recent case    film to the point where these         where two Missouri minors were     “stars” are virtually deified         recovered safely from the          about everything from their           Freak-a-zoid maniac who stole      opinions on life itself to what       them from their families, no one   brand of underwear they wear?         in their apartment building                                              bothered to report the strange     2. There is such a proliferation      events that went on in that        of sex-crazed fiends living in        apartment? Neighbors heard this    America who routinely take other      madman slapping the Hornbeck boy;  people’s kids for their dastardly     they noticed the child did not     and horrid schemes? Can someone       attend school, and more…DUH! Do    not let the fact escape you that      they aren’t getting the picture    strangeness was noticed and no        that this deal will effectively    one bothered to drop a dime to        destroy the livelihood of          call the authorities. Can someone     thousand of Mexican farm workers   tell me why Bill O’Reilly, and        who will, in turn, head for the    other knuckleheads, would dare to     border looking for the lost jobs?  ask why this Hornbeck child did       Can someone tell me why this is    not escape his captor? (How dare      what NAFTA has done on a           them!) Can someone tell me why        whole-scale basis throughout       they say such things without an       Mexico? Can someone tell me why    apparent thought in their empty       anti-Mexican loonies condemn       heads? They know nothing of what      Mexico as the totally responsible  this child went through or what       party in the immigration debacle   torture he had to endure. Can         when America is pulling this       someone tell me why there is not      stunt? America steals jobs that    absolute compassion and               could keep Mexicans in Mexico and  understanding for this boy—and he     it is all Mexico’s fault? Can      is a boy—and his family?              someone explain this one to me?    Compassion would not motivate                                            someone to ask such stupid            4. I ask about the “moral fabric   questions!                            of American society” in point                                            #2…well, I used to write more      3. In a NAFTA-inspired trade          articles like the one you are      deal, within the next two years,      reading but have limited them in   Mexico will buy its chickens from     recent months. I tired of getting  American farmers? Can someone         all those well thought out,        tell me why Minuteman founder         critically reasoned responses      Chris Simcox and his cronies, are     that ranged from name-calling,     not crying to the heavens about       suggestions about my sexuality,    this? Can someone tell me why         and outright threats to my         physical safety. These logical        is it they cannot? Can someone     readers who responded all defined     tell me why?                       themselves as members of the                                             party that was supporting massive     5. I leave you with this: Can      and strict control of the “brown      someone tell me why that           plague” coming across the             according to The A to Z            border—don’t you just love the        Encyclopedia of Serial Killers,    compassion with which they term       the United States produces 76% of  Mexicans? How special is that?        the world's serial murderers—some  Can someone tell me, please, why      sources put it at more than 85%.   those who are on the side of                                             Chris Simcox and his band of          Can someone tell me why? All       merry men resort to name-calling      critically reasoned responses can  and threats when one dares offer      be directed to me:                 a difference of opinion? Why? Do                                         they not want to reason               “theolog {at} hotmail.com”         critically about this issue, or        About the Author: 1) THE PLAIN TRUTH ABOUT LIVING IN MEXICO--All You Need To Know About Living in Mexico 2) GUANAJUATO, MEXICO - Your Expat Manual Read more articles by: Douglas Bower Article Source: www.iSnare.com