Crickets? I don't know. That pic evokes Bernard Herrmann's screeching violins more than anything else.
Bingo. Wishing will not make it so.
It must be terribly frustrating to be intelligent enough to realize that your opinions are not only meaningless, but also shared only with a bunch of like-thinking wackos that are capable of no more than parroting the party line.
"Bush is an idiot." There's an original thought. "My body, my choice." There's another one. It must be difficult to only think in slogans and speak in soundbites.