02-18-2009, 10:41 AM
I have a theory about all of this. Firstly, when we were younger and growing up most of us did not pay much attention to politics or really anything that didn't involve the weather being nice so we could go out and play or what we were getting for Christmas. As we got a little older all we worried about was school activities and whether we would get our drivers license and dating and all of the other teenage things.
This stuff with dirty politicians has always been going on - we just weren't paying that much attention. Then as we aged and started to embrace more of the world around us we starting seeing all of the dirt on our rose colored glasses. We started paying taxes and paying attention to where that money was going or not going.
Secondly information is much more available to us. Back then there wasn't the internet and tons of cable news shows that were digging for anything to put on the air. Many of these things the pols were doing we just were not hearing about. Journalist used to wink and nod at things the politicians were doing, they never really reported all of the dirt. Just like now with police officers, decades ago if you were driving drunk many would just tell you to be careful and go home, now they are very eager to arrest you. It's a gotcha society now.
I think as we age we will start reverting back to when we were kids, All we will worry about is the weather, whether we will get banana pudding with our lunches, what are the specials down at the diner, do I have enough depends to get me through the day. Things like that. It's the circle of life and what always will remain constant is that many politicians are dirty, they always were and they always will be.
This stuff with dirty politicians has always been going on - we just weren't paying that much attention. Then as we aged and started to embrace more of the world around us we starting seeing all of the dirt on our rose colored glasses. We started paying taxes and paying attention to where that money was going or not going.
Secondly information is much more available to us. Back then there wasn't the internet and tons of cable news shows that were digging for anything to put on the air. Many of these things the pols were doing we just were not hearing about. Journalist used to wink and nod at things the politicians were doing, they never really reported all of the dirt. Just like now with police officers, decades ago if you were driving drunk many would just tell you to be careful and go home, now they are very eager to arrest you. It's a gotcha society now.
I think as we age we will start reverting back to when we were kids, All we will worry about is the weather, whether we will get banana pudding with our lunches, what are the specials down at the diner, do I have enough depends to get me through the day. Things like that. It's the circle of life and what always will remain constant is that many politicians are dirty, they always were and they always will be.