Calling all American Atheists. . .

[Aegrus]

Well, I'll say right now that educational funding isn't the issue in America. We already spend the most on schools of almost any government in the world- it just doesn't work. There's a fundamental sociological problem with our people. We can fix education without spending even more money on it, but we need to teach the parents that their childrens' education actually matters, and we need to teach the students that idiocy will not be tolerated.
I've heard parents demand, when their student is failing a class, that the class needs to be made easier. Nevermind the half a dozen people who got A's in the same subject at the same time, nevermind the millions of European students who score high in even harder classes.

And, of course, our media is now too obssessed with sharing every view point. They bring in Christian leaders to speak on public policy, they let Oprah speak on vaccinations (and millions of people are stupid enough to listen to Oprah and not vaccinate their children). . . people need to learn again that just because everyone has an opinion, and can voice it as much as they want, doesn't mean that their opinion is equally true.

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http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychar...y-spending

Take a look at this link: it shows American military spending. It is completely insane. We could solve our healthcare crisis if only we cut the military. We could lead the world in scientific advancement.

But instead, our fear-mongering politicians call anyone who wants to cut some of the military a "traitor". No one has any idea how many wars a "good" country should get in to, and almost no one even knows how many wars we're in right now. (Or with who, for that matter.) Perhaps that's the root of the issue- people here seem to think that wars are normal, and that every country changes them as rapidly as socks. Industrialized nations don't, last I checked.