Dems want the gov to shutdown. In Howard Dean's exact words: "We will make sure no fruitful negotiations take place between the GOP and Democrats....we know who will get blamed for the gov shutdown." Bastards.
Progressives evidently think budgets are extreme. Why bother when they just spend what ever they want and raise the debt ceiling every year anyway? That's how Harry Reid thinks.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.