Government Funded Earmuffs

Bursting through the garage door after a dramatic day of middle school, I was purely disgusted that one person could be treated so unjustly by another. When I repeated the terrible circumstance to my father, in hopes he would throw his arms up in the air in like disgust and say,

"What is this world coming to?! That one person could be treated so unjustly by another..."

You can imagine my great disappointment when all I received was,

"well, that's not the whole story..."

Like most situations, it served as a life lesson.
As I have become more involved in taking political responsibility for my beliefs, I have noticed the government sitting at my dinner table, sleeping in my bed, and lounging next to me on the couch while I watch my favorite Sunday night television show. How the products I purchase, the food I eat, and the shows I watch surreptitiously support programs I may not believe in.

The media recently reported a story I was involved in on our local nightly news. I tuned in, having spent the day at the event and was not surprised when the information was both manipulated and misrepresented. And how many people are wise enough to stop and say to themselves - that's not the whole story...

I can not help but wonder what information we are missing, what the world is really like when we take off the earmuffs the government so politely provides. Will we ever hear the whole story?