Where is America headed?

[wondering]

If we don't wake up to the poison being spread by ignorant, illiterate redneck nuts, we may find outselves with the American equivalent of new Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Convicted four times of perjury, falsifying financial records, tax offenses and bribery, Berlesconi has a shady record with several criminal indictments still pending.

He was voted into office despite allegations of Mafia connections and questions about how he acquired his personal fortune (which he used to buy all three of his country's national networks).

A flamboyant demagogue with extremist friends, Berlusconi previously led a populist coalition that openly embraced racist and neofascist parties. The Italian gangster-turned-media-mogul-tu rned politician compares himself to to Napoleon and delights in ridiculing AIDS victims.

Berlusconi out-spent his opponents 20-1. The "news" broadcasts on Berlusconi's networks were so scandalously partial they were almost indistinguishable from his campaign advertising. Much like FOX's network "news," in other words.

Only 20% of Italians subscribe to a daily newspaper.

[king1488]

So what do you suggest? I see our nation of whining entitled fatbodies turning into one giant nanny-communist state like california. I see our gov't ruling our lives and hamstring us every chance they get. I see our founding fathers rolling in thier graves at what has become to the nation they had envisioned. What happened to freedom? Freedom to work, to make a living and take care of your family? How come I have to support those who refuse to work? How come I have to keep killers alive on death row? How come I have to press 1 for english? How come I have to worry if my rifles will be confiscated by the ATF stormtroopers? Thats where our country is now. Now the question is, what are we willing to do about it.....?