Much has happened since we handed over our voice

Excerpt from Reports. Oct 19, 2006
Somehow the more soldiers that die, the more legitimate the illegal invasion becomes.
Somehow profiting from tragedy and horror is tolerated.
Somehow the death of tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of people is tolerated. Somehow subversion of the Bill of Rights and The Constitution is tolerated.
Somehow torture is tolerated.
Somehow lying is tolerated.
Somehow reason is being discarded for faith, dogma, and nonsense.
Somehow being politically informed, diligent, and skeptical has been replaced by apathy through active ignorance.
Luckily this country is still a democracy. People still have a voice. People still can take action. It can start after Pat's birthday,(Nov.6.)
(The next day was elections.)
Written by Kevin Tillman. He joined the Army with his brother in 2002, and he served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was discharged in 2005. His brother, N.F.L. player, Pat Tillman was killed on April 22, 2004, by fire from his fellow soldiers.

Robert Scheer, a liberal syndicated columnist and the editor of Truthdig, based in Santa Monica, Calif. said of Kevin Tillman,"He is not proselytizing, he is not a political person. He just decided because his birthday was coming up he felt strongly that he had to say something. Since the article went up on the Web site, it has received more than 4,000 responses, though Web server limits have prohibited publishing that many".
For example, Comment#32292 "The points you make in your story are so important and I hope lots of people get to see this article".