I don't know how dumbed down the sheep can be! I was at a school board meeting years ago where they were discussing something extremely contentious. The overly power hungry and hyper liberal president tried to shut up one of the impassioned parents during their questioning of the board. Almost the entire room of parents erupted in "LET HIM SPEAK! LET HIM SPEAK!" It is one of my fondest memories now of the difference a community of parents can make when they stand together against the bullying of the Public Education system. United we stand, divided we fall.
"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."~~Samuel Adams
Amen to that... but I think people are so scared now that the NSA will help corrupt officials target them. I remember in school in the 60s laughing at the Soviet Union, with its government oppression, propaganda news media, retaliation against dissent, absolute control of children's education, horrifying police actions... never in my life would I have imagined it could happen here.