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Saturday, February 28, 2004 Posted: 8:39 PM EST (0139 GMT)
(CNN) -- A recent Time/CNN poll shows that the majority of Americans have decided to not be part of the solution, opting instead to become part of the problem.
With most respondents focusing on gaining their scant portion of the 1% of wealth not already controlled by the corporate elite, there seems to be less and less focus on the solution, and some people even have trouble defining the problem.
"I don't know WHAT that guy's problem is." Said Mary McPhail about an apparently deranged homeless man ranting on the Mall in Washington DC, "But I'm sure that I can become part of it much easier than I can hope to solve it, and I'm pretty positive that I can do that simply by ignoring him and doing what I was going to do anyhow."
"I just don't have time to worry about other people and their issues." Said Bob Jones of Colorado Springs Colorado. "I've got my Hummer to buy, because then girls will look at it and think of giving me a blowjob. I can't stop to think about people without homes… Let them live in condos."
"I realize that Jesus talked about the Golden rule and all," said Mary Williams, a Network Administrator from Mercer Island, "But Jesus didn't have to deal with all the shit we've got to deal with today. I mean, I'm not sure he'd be so willing to turn the other cheek if it meant he was going to loose his place in line at Starbucks."
Cynthia Hilar of Medford, New Jersey told CNN today that "I was pricing 1 carat engagement rings, and I learned about how they cut off babies arms and stuff in Tunisia, and it TOTALLY reminded me that I want to have a baby soon, so I opted for the half carat ring instead."
"The earth will always be here," said Jack Collins of Portland, "and I think those environmentalists are just Chicken Little. I mean, we could use some global warming right, what with all these severe winters and El Ninos and shit. I mean, we can't fill all the landfills with the trash that I make, so I'm doing MY part. Sometimes I worry about my unborn children though."
But Mark Phillips of Sioux City Iowa summed up the opinion of most of those polled:
"Fuck my unborn children." He Said. "What have they ever done for me?"
(CNN) -- A recent Time/CNN poll shows that the majority of Americans have decided to not be part of the solution, opting instead to become part of the problem.
With most respondents focusing on gaining their scant portion of the 1% of wealth not already controlled by the corporate elite, there seems to be less and less focus on the solution, and some people even have trouble defining the problem.
"I don't know WHAT that guy's problem is." Said Mary McPhail about an apparently deranged homeless man ranting on the Mall in Washington DC, "But I'm sure that I can become part of it much easier than I can hope to solve it, and I'm pretty positive that I can do that simply by ignoring him and doing what I was going to do anyhow."
"I just don't have time to worry about other people and their issues." Said Bob Jones of Colorado Springs Colorado. "I've got my Hummer to buy, because then girls will look at it and think of giving me a blowjob. I can't stop to think about people without homes… Let them live in condos."
"I realize that Jesus talked about the Golden rule and all," said Mary Williams, a Network Administrator from Mercer Island, "But Jesus didn't have to deal with all the shit we've got to deal with today. I mean, I'm not sure he'd be so willing to turn the other cheek if it meant he was going to loose his place in line at Starbucks."
Cynthia Hilar of Medford, New Jersey told CNN today that "I was pricing 1 carat engagement rings, and I learned about how they cut off babies arms and stuff in Tunisia, and it TOTALLY reminded me that I want to have a baby soon, so I opted for the half carat ring instead."
"The earth will always be here," said Jack Collins of Portland, "and I think those environmentalists are just Chicken Little. I mean, we could use some global warming right, what with all these severe winters and El Ninos and shit. I mean, we can't fill all the landfills with the trash that I make, so I'm doing MY part. Sometimes I worry about my unborn children though."
But Mark Phillips of Sioux City Iowa summed up the opinion of most of those polled:
"Fuck my unborn children." He Said. "What have they ever done for me?"
