Where do we go from here?

With the wars still raging in Afghanistan and Iraq ... with our own "What? me worry?" King George high horsing it until January of 2009 ... What do we do now? Where do we go from here?

I mean ... who are we kidding? If what Bush 43 and Cheney did in starting a war of aggression against Iraq are not high crimes and misdemeanors deserving of impeachment ... then what is?

But nothing is going to come of it, is it? Because the whole political class is falling all over themselves trying to avoid any kind of direct action that would somehow taint them in anyway with some segment of the electorate that would eliminate them from election or re-election ... because it isn't about serving the people. It's about getting elected because in their minds that is the only way one can effectively serve the people. The hell with calling attention to our core values ... that just gets you assassinated.

When the death of Anna Nicole Smith sucks the oxygen out of the news ... we are in as big a mess as Rome was when the Romans thronged to the circus.

And the egregious violence of 24 Hours as well as our other "entertainment" ... have we become so inured to violence that our youth have no pangs of conscience when the abuses of Abu Garib or Guantanamo unfold on their watch? Isn't that the real story of photos passed from soldier to soldier?

Have we become so caught up in the comfort and wealth of our way of life that we really don't see the irony of changing light bulbs in 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10,000 square foot homes? Or of everyone of driving age in a household having their own Prius?

Have we gone totally insane? Living so deep in denial that we have already soared off the cliff ... and just not started to feel ourselves falling ... yet. You tell me.