When is enough, enough?

A few days ago I watched "Network" again. I do that about every other year, and every time after doing so I ask ""When will we reach that point"? When will we throw open the windows and shout, "We're mad as hell and we're not going to take it any more"?

Apparently we have not gotten there, yet  - the reaction to the amazing performance in Washington has been tame except for one poor woman who lost it and ended up dead in her car with her one year old strapped in a car seat behind her, and she might have lost it for other reasons. Why are we so passive? How can we accept this lack of governance, lack of seriousness, lack of substantive action on the part of our elected leaders (using the word with no conviction)?

Part of the reason may be that mainstream media has lost its soul to the corporate devil; part of the reason may be fear; part of the reason may be habit; part of the reason may be not having the time because we are all too engrossed in trying to get by. Or it may be that we have forgotten what is really important, become anesthetized by lack of challenge, thoughtful discourse and empathetic action.

Whatever the reasons, it is time to take a close look at what's going on, ask the hard questions, and act. Start personal, go local and get moving, now.  So MaineStreams relaunches. Join the fray.