We are watching the very destruction of the entire concept of Representative Democracy and trial-by-jury, right in front of our very eyes. And as usual, the American public will just yawn, eat another Dorito, and check out Fox to see if Paula is coming back to American Idol.

Yea, America. Way to go.

Now, turning to our more hopeful efforts---Accountability Now, Break The Matrix, EFF, Campaign for Liberty, Change Congress, and all the others are great and wonderful organizations. And I'm not saying they aren't having a positive effect. But when we look for meaningful results from these organizations vs the rapidity with which our ruling oligarchs are unabashedly stealing our wealth (bank bailouts, writing legislation, complete deregulation leading to predatory financial practices, CEO pay, bonus fiascos, insider everything, etc), and warping and enforcing our increasingly draconian and unfair "system" of justice, what do you see? Are we making enough net progress against these forces, or are we just minimally slowing the inevitable slide off the cliff?

This concept is something worth thinking about. When you immerse yourself in Glenn's articles and links he provides and you see how the system really works, then compare that to the progress being made by these small, not-very-well-funded groups, is there a net gain, or is it more of a "2 steps forward, 1.85667 steps back" scenario? As Glenn continues to expose the vast corruption of the media, Congress, the Financial Industry, and the Lobby Industry, it's increasingly clear we are up against a convergence of forces that require a larger, more unified response.

It is conjecture on my part, but it seems that by the time we wake up enough people pursuing these issues as small, largely separate advocacy groups, it will be much too late.

I really hate to sound like Alex Jones, or Adnoto for cripes sake, but isn't it time to put something together that will cause a true shift in the direction this country is headed? Isn't it time we (generic) start acting like we love and respect Democracy, instead of just taking it for granted?

Ohh, maybe we should just wait until the new Michael Moore movie comes out about the Financial Crisis. That should get us all angry and action-oriented.

Yeah, that's the ticket. *fake yawn*

End rant.

But what I want to know is: Has Brian Williams accepted your invitation to come onto Salon Radio?

Hmmm?

Has he?

Hmmmmmm?

You know, we'd probably settle for John King instead.....or David Gregory....or the very lovely and total whore-for-the-status-quo Cokie Roberts. Aim low if you gotz to, man! Just get those formal refusals posted up here so we have some peeplez to chide.

All part of the greater effort of exposing the media for what it really is.

Does it surprise anyone here, even in the least, that Bernbart utterly, completely, and without an iota of exception doesn't remotely get what's going on?

I fully realize it's rude to say so, but God, you are just the biggest tool..........EVER IN THE HISTORY OF TOOLDOM!

....so I will address you directly.

First, thanks for having the courage to debate with Glenn. I hope you saw value in it, and I hope you learned a lot. From your responses, however, I'm pretty sure you have been completely absorbed by Beltway thinking and no longer are able to think like a concerned citizen of the United States.

To illustrate, let's continue with the analogy of robbing a bank vs committing war crimes related to torture. It's a good analogy because both are easily recognizable as serious offenses with long histories of being punished.

Let's say a current political official, ohhh, say, Senator James Inhofe of OK, goes on a bender and robs a bank at gunpoint, and "allegedly" kills two bank tellers in the process. Should we not prosecute the Senator because it might result in a "political show trial" that might be "endlessly debated" as a "political football" between the left and right on cable or network TV? Is that really a coherent, justifiable reason not to prosecute him for something the evidence suggests he clearly did?

I'm going to assume you'd agree that he should be prosecuted in those circumstances. That being the case, is there even a single, significant difference between that and prosecuting war crimes?

I hope, Mr. Todd, you examine the transcript of this interview, because truly, you say some extremely ridiculous things, like the fact that you see one of your roles as holding government officials accountable. If that is the case, how can you possibly not want to hold gov't officials accountable who were clearly involved in perpetrating some of the most serious crimes humanly imaginable?

You also stated near the end of the interview that "the problem sits not with the media." But it does, Chuck, and your abysmal failure to understand that and what Glenn was talking about literally makes you an "Epic Fail" as a journalist and reporter.

I know you don't WANT to see it, and I know it HURTS to try and see it, but if you have even a shred of integrity and sense of duty about your person, you really should examine more closely your motivations, and why you say what you say about issues like these.

I'd love to go on and discuss several of your other comments from the interview, but in the end, I fear it matters little. At the end of the day, you're just not doing your job. Well, at least insofar as it relates to what we citizens want from you and what the founding fathers of this nation intended for you to do. From the sound of it, it appears you're ok with that. I hope you're not.