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I don't know why anyone is perplexed that (a) Bush & Co. lied, are still lying, and will keep repeating the same lies, or that (b) the people and the press give him a free pass. Bush & Co. are powerful, powerful men. They have political power, economic power, and since they control the government, they have the state's Monopoly of Force to back it up. Who wants to tangle with that?
230 years removed from the Revolution and we've become a nation of craven cowards who'd rather keep our heads low and our eyes averted in hopes that we can keep our jobs, cars, and cable TV (bread & circuses, people, bread & circuses). We're quite satisfied with the illusion of Freedom, so who wants the risk and work of having the real thing? Who's willing to take to the streets? Who's willing to barricade Pennsylvania Avenue? Who's will to reclaim our revolutionary heritage?
No one. That's who.
