You need to be careful to not throw all discussion that is critical into the category of "throwing stones", mississippitom. We need to be discussing what has gone wrong and who is responsible. We need to make changes in the way things are being done. There will be many more tragedies like hurricane Katrina and also the war in Iraq. We have problems that need to be corrected, and this won't happen if we all hush up and don't take responsibility for our country and the direction in which it's headed. Talk is important.

You think Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin and the rest of the "Founding Fathers" just sat around talking about Britney Spears and Tom Cruise and the US just magically appeared on their doorstep one day? Of course not. They talked about what was wrong with the system that existed in the colonies at the time, and who was responsible, and they talked about what they needed to do to correct the problems. Then they acted.

Now it's our responsibility to do what our predecessors did, and correct what is wrong. This begins with talking about it.