[manwiththehands]

"But cynicism is highly called for. Today, to be cynical about government just means you have your eyes open. To seek to squash cynicism is to suppress truth."

Just don't say anything bad about Bush or "Republicans" on FR.

[MaDeuce]

Ain't nothing gonna happen ... as usual. Only way it will change is when a few million Americans take things into their own hands and the corrupt pols will be hanging from light posts in the hot DC summer sun.

Check this graphic out and see where we are on the scale
http://www.nhccs.org/Civilization_a.JPG