I pulled this from something else I read. It was a quote from a perons known only at TED… So credit is limited but I totally agree with this statement and felt it worthy of repeating here:
“When so many of the voting public has so little idea as to the ideals on which our country was founded (contained in the Declaration, Constitution, Federalist Papers, etc.), how can they be expected to defend it when it is attacked by the likes of the administration in Washington? The answer is, they cannot. They’re too busy worrying about sports, and American Idol, and all manner of stupid and irrelevant distractions, to worry about the issues that our Founders knew were critical for the continuance of liberty and
“And Now the Rest of the Story – “Great Statement about todays generations