Reply #21: I'll probably get flamed for this, but it needs to be said... [View All]

The line that you refer to is probably defined by the sudden realization that our everyday concerns about material goods, salaries, and gas prices (to name just a few) are trivial, and that the issue has become one of survival. I don't believe for one moment that we are close to that realization yet. I still see people getting flamed left and right for suggesting that we need to suffer before we can get better. I guess I will join the ranks now, but that's OK with me. The big picture, looking at it through a historical lens, suggests that we will continue to complain about the political machine of the RW until our neighbors and friends have been taken away and the crowd is coming for us. Martin Niemoller had a very good point. Lastly, I would ask the question, what is more important, the uniterrupted pursuit of material wealth, or the future of a once great nation?