I agree completely with George Clooney

[chervilant]

185. No

Actually, I was being facetious, which never helps.

While everyone is entitled to their opinions and we all HAVE opinions, people with demonstrably honed critical thinking skills are increasingly rare. The fact that most of us continue to participate in the Kabuki Theater which is our system of government co-opted for decades by Corporate Megalomaniacs (who've usurped our media, our politics, AND our global economy) is quite distressing. The entire system is broken, and those of us who are capable of discerning this are only now coalescing into a powerful movement. #Occupy is a glimmer of hope that critical thinking is still a vital part of a species which overwhelmingly manifests the scourges of overpopulation, pollution, depression, resentments, and fear.

We are like hoarders, incapable of letting go our 'stash' of historically remarkable moments of profound creativity and inventiveness. Much easier for most of us to point to our species' successes and ignore the ginormous elephant under our living room rug (no pun intended). As we teeter on the brink of catastrophic economic change, we can no longer ignore the behaviors and decisions that have landed us in this fine mess, Ollie.

We must be the change we hope to see in this world.