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Okay, we’ve all seen the forwarded jokes, Deep Thoughts, Things That Should Morally and/or Ethically Outrage You and You’re My Friend (but only if you send this back to me!) emails. You’ve either recevied one or you’re the guilty party who forwarded one.

I got this forwarded email from a co-worker….

Are things upside-down or what 

What a country………………………………….. 

5 million of our older Americans have not signed up yet for their Medicare, part D, drug plan——they are old and confused. Yet we are not going to grant them an extension.

However, 12 million illegal aliens are in our country and we are going to allow them to stay, protest, procreate, receive support monies, attend schools, avoid paying income taxes, have our teachers take 300 hours of ESL (English as a Second Language) training at our expense, etc.

WE MUST REALLY DISLIKE OUR OLD PEOPLE.

If it ticks you off, pass it on, if it doesn’t, shame on you.

Now it’s not the content of the email that got me fired up (that’s a seperate issue to be scathingly commented on in a future blog entry). It’s that last line there…”If it ticks you off, pass it on, if it doesn’t, shame on you.” 

Y’know, stuff like this does tick me off but I’ll be damned I’ve got to prove it by passing it along! If stuff like this upsets you, this is where being more activist instead of passive comes into play. Passing along an email to all your net buddies for the collective nodding of heads (or maybe not) does not change policy or rules in our society. People getting off their duffs, taking an active role in their community and/or government, (voting is a great start) is what changes things.

Of course, passivisim changes things too. With nobody there to actively stop the slow change that is taking place, the change will take place.

Something to think about.

Now pass this on and prove you’re an active “passivist!”

Or don’t. And prove instead you know of a more constructive way to do something about the issue.