prairie point

hiding my head in the sand

Over the weekend I received a couple of emails containing the Transcript of Tim Robbins Speech to the National Press Club, along with a plea to pass it on to everyone in my mail directory.

I have been really avoiding the war ever since it started. I've never really been into watching the so-called news programs on TV. But at least I used to listen to NPR on my morning commute and read the NY Times headlines via the Internet. But over the past few weeks I've mostly given that up too in favor of playing CD's in the car and reading mystery novels.

Generally I don't hear much discussion of the war from friends or relatives either. Not a soul mentioned it at family gatherings over Easter. Nor have I heard much talk of it at the office, although I do see a lot of people checking out CNN and MSNBC as I walk down the rows of cubicles.

I guess I am just inclined to hope that it all fades back to normal soon. Things are not going the way I would have liked. But fighting against it is also not the future I would will for myself. I don't really want to be into politics. I would rather tend my garden.