We're Doomed

Is it a function of age or are more and more people in this country becoming stupid? I find that the older I get the more I think that we're doomed as a country. Let me explain.
I spend quite a bit of time on the new websites like CBC.ca and CTV.ca. I also manage to frequent quite a few newspaper websites like the Hugely Left Wing Toronto Star, Middle of the road National Post and at least one Sun newspaper, who tend to veer to the right. Thats usually for the Sunshine Girl, but I digress :). I usually spend my time browsing the regular news but mostly its for the Politics news and I have come to a realization that whomever said that only 15% of Canadians are following Politics is correct. The problem though, is that 100% of people are still able to comment on these websites. Extrapolating that even further, subtract 15% of the knowledgable comments from the total comments (100%) means tha 85% of the comments left by the public are utter bullshit.
People do feel free to comment though, no matter how stupid they come across. You really cant blame them though with the present crop of politicians we have and with individuals being so wrapped up in their own lives, eally, who has time for politics?
Well we do, and we should. Right now we have a minority government tht has been in power longer than most majority governments. Why is that? Yeah OK, Michael Ignattief is viewed as an elitist prig with a silver spoon in his mouth who doesnt connect with John Q Public at all. Jack Layton is supposed to be the hero of the working classes, all about the union and workers rights and all for the little guy. Well Jack the little guy has a few issues with you. Lets start with gun onwership. The little guy likes to hunt and fish and you are telling the little guy that you dont think he can be trusted with his guns without big brother watching, and your MP's who voted for bill C-391 in first reading did a huge flip flop on subsequent readings. The little guys dont forget that Jack,
So is it the milquetoast leaders we have vying to be able to move into 24 Sussex or is it that people think Steven Harper is doing good work. If you read CBC.ca comments section you wouldnt think so. But you cant argue with results. Five years in minority is a good record. If Iggy and Jack would grow a pair and do thier job maybe we could get a majority government and the business of running this country could carry on without all the in-fighting and nit picking.  If it turns out that the people of this country picks a Conservative Majority then we will know that Iggy was the problem, if they choose a Liberal Majority then it will be Harper whose time it is to go. And Jack? Sorry Jack, you havent got a snowballs cahnce in hell of forming a majority. And if there is an election coming up I want two things.
1) The oppositions word, in advance, whether or not they are thinking of a coalition.
2) The people of this country to take an interest in politics and not just beak off about things they have no knowledge of.