This country

[bmxmon]

Does anybody else feel that the majority of the population of the United States is completely retarded?? I feel that the majority of this comes from the media, the music industry in particular. The first thing that I will bring up is the war in Iraq. I just got done watching music videos on Fuse. I like alot of the music, but feel what they are saying is really screwed up. System of a Down's song BYOB uses the saying, "why do they always send the poor." I dont understand how they feel that anybody is "sending" the poor to Iraq. This is not like Vietnam with the draft, everybody going over there enlisted voluntarily. Even if the armed forces were comprised 100% of people who lived in poverty, how could you blame that on the government? The next thing that I cant understand is how people blame the government for them losing their jobs or getting their pay cut. I bet that the majority of the problems comes from ourselves. People complain that they cant find jobs or decent paying jobs because they all get sent over to China. Why do they always get sent over to China? Because we are constantly demanding cheaper products. Price is the number one factor in peoples decision on which product to buy. The largest expense for companies is labor. We are constantly demanding larger pay checks yet cheaper products. Now I know that it seems like I am pro-government/business, but I dont consider myself that way. I definately agree that the govt and business screw up, but still feel that we always try to blame them other than actually look at ourselves.