Journal the_ed_dawg's Journal: Impatience leads to disappointment
The basic idea that I get from reading this book is that Americans are just too impatient. We want the world to be exactly like we want right now and forget the fact that some things take a really, really long time to fix. Case in point, it took the USA 80 years to end slavery, 140 years to grant womens suffrage, and 180 to pass civil rights legislation, but we want Iraq to do it tomorrow. Maybe it's a little heartless, but this whole situation sounds a little hypocritical to me.
Disclaimer: What do Michael Moore and Pat Robertson have in common? They both pander to mindless sheep. Believe it or not, many Americans lie between these two extremes and make up their own damn minds.