Nobody in power wants to ask the WHY questions - and all the more reason that we must.

Nobody in power wants to ask the WHY questions - and all the more reason that we must.

It's the shoot first, the spend/expand govt. first, the get more power first "opportunities," that are seized upon and implemented by those in power, without ever asking the WHY question (or asking Americans if that's what we want them to do, but that's another issue).

Posted: 01.11.2009

Take 9/11 for example. The World Trade Center Towers (and a few others for suspect reasons) were destroyed by extremists. Leaving the many unanswered questions aside (ie thermite and WTC 7 collapse), presuming it was extremists as we are told, nobody in government bothered to ask the WHY questions. Why are there such extremists? Why did the extremists do this to the US? (And, why is everyone so afraid to re-open the investigation, particularly since everything else from the Bush-Cheney regime consisted of lies and deceptions...)

Nope. Doesn’t matter to the people in power. Ramp up the military, let the bombs fly, clamp down on people in the US, destroy the Constitution. All “opportunities” seized upon by the fearless leaders of the “free” world, intent on scaring everyone else. Heck, they’re fearless because they know what they’re doing and what’s going on.

Take the “drug” war (and that America has a greater percentage of its population in prison than other nations). Nobody asks the WHY questions – why is there such a demand for drugs, why is there such crime? why are there gangs? Sure there are college professors that write papers on this, but the powerful people in control of our “free” world don’t want to know. All they want is the “opportunity” to expand their police forces, buy newer and more lethal toys for their boys in blue, lobby state and federal congresses for ever-more oppressive laws (that, btw are a convenient source of revenue/extortion), and expanded govt.

Take Gaza/Israel for example. Ask the Why questions, and get some insights.

Take cancer for example. Nobody asks why is there more cancer now than ever before? Well, the answer would be counter-productive to BigPharma’s goal of making profits dealing with symptoms. And since there’s no compassion, concern or even integrity in big business, the WHY questions are actively suppressed.

Anyway, the point is that the public would benefit by bringing the discussion back to WHY something is happening. The answers to the WHY questions would help return focus to the people, and return control to the people, for the benefit of the people, in the US.

SO… what do y’all think about this?

Can this be a rally cry of the Green Party that asks the unasked questions of the usual suspects in Congress and the White House. The otherwise overlooked and glossed over questions, that take politicians into deep, uncomfortable water.

Maybe, just maybe asking the questions will shift the attention of the otherwise docile American public to some real, meaningful discussions. It’s easy, too, and everyone can do it! Perhaps, if people on the street start asking their elected officials the WHY questions, those elected officials will start squirming, uncomfortably, and perhaps, start changing the course, finding their consciences and refocusing on addressing problems, rather than the typical reactionary political response that addresses convenient, money-making symptoms (but never comes close to dealing with the underlying problem).

Why does America have the highest percentage of its population incarcerated?

Why do extremists (the supposedly ultra-religious as well as the OK City types) resort to violence?

Why is America’s healthcare system falling in quality, compared to other similar countries?

Why has crime been rising precipitously, despite larger-than-ever law enforcement depts and more oppressive laws than ever?

Why are gangs so prevalent in urban (and spreading to adjacent) areas?

Why do the Dem/Repub politicians insist upon doing corporate America’s bidding, while ignoring what most people in the US would want them to do?

Why are there so many immigrants crossing the border to get into the US?

et al.