Good luck

I've just finished watching Good Night, and Good Luck directed by George Clooney. It deals primarily with the journalist Edward R. Murrough and his outspoken opposition to Senator Joseph McCarthy.

The number of parallels between the social and political climate of that time period and this one terrify me to no end. How is it that within 50 years we have once again come to a time in our history when to hold views differing from the somewhat rabid and certainly radical political majority is to be accused of being "Un-American" ?

This country was founded on the idea that every citizen not only deserved and had the right to speak out for what they belived in, but moreover carried the responsibility for both their actions and their inaction. When we fail to vote, to protest, to support those we believe to be acting in the best interests and oppose those we believe to be diminishing the spirit of America we lose the right, not only to be vocal about the state of the country as we see it, but also to call ourselves true Americans.

I may not always (and in this time rarely) agree with the decisions of the government, but however much I might disagree it is still my government and my represemtative to the rest of the world. If I fail to act, fail to at least attempt, to guide this country in the direction that I believe best....well then I have no one to blame but myself.

hmmm

So tell me dear readers:

What is your definition of apathy?

How do you define "lesson learned" and "getting the job done"?

Inspired by a conversation where apathy was defined as (and I paraphrase) a lack of emotional reaction in a generally emotional person...

and the second concept involved not only prforming dutied though they were undesirable, but not caring that they were undesirable, again in said generally emotional person.

Color me confuzzled.

and the good news...

In the good news I signed my job contract today, so barring catastrophe I have a good paying relatively low stress position.

Also, J's restaurant in Vinings is open and so far things are going well (except the fact that he is working doubles with no day off for the forseeable future.)

There should be a major post here about life, the universe, and the pull between societal and self definitions, but since I got home at about 5 I've:

loaded and unloaded the dishwasher
done 3 laods of laundry and put 2 of them away
made dinner for tonight and call tomorrow, then eaten dinner
found out I have to testify tomorrow in a sex assault case
cleaned up the puppy pads
vacuumed the lving room
and watched a very provocative movie...

Time to go crash/boom now I think!