“Have the American people the resolution to resist it? We shall soon know. “
No!
I present as evidence:
Ask people you meet about Climategate. I bet you’re likely to find barely 40% of the people you talk to are even vaguely aware of Climategate.
Ask people you meet about the EPA ruling on CO2 being harmful to humans. Ask them if they are aware, and if they are do they know the implications, (subverting Congress’ role in government, draconian regulaiton of business, shrinking an ailing economy, more business flight to China... etc.). I bet 20% of the people you talk to would even have the beginnings of a clue.
Ask people you meet about Tiger Woods’ latest troubles. I bet 90% can give you complete details about the whole mess.
We are in deep trouble.
Even during the Revolution it was a small dedicated core that got things moving. I still am optimistic.
Sleeping giants take a while to wake up and assess things.