the people don't care

sometimes i make the mistake of thinking that what i know must be common knowledge...wrong. how come every time i say, "what do you think about the bailout?" or "did you see bush's speech last night?" all i get back is a "what? i dont know about stuff like that." or "i dont pay attention to that." like, is it too much to ask to care a bit about important things that are going on in our country, if not internationally? i mean....really? you would be surprised how many people really don't know a thing about anything.