[blam]

"It dawns on me that all the abuses and usurpations of this administration have been insufficient to provoke the citizenry to react in such a way as to justify Martial Law."

I'm a bit surprised and may be even a little embarrassed that it hasn't. This administration has committed crimes against this country and should be held accountable...we should be in the streets!!

[Smokin' Joe]

I, too, am chagrined. Unfortunately, I can understand why people have not--the ones who are paying attention are wrapped up in keeping their households going, jobs, kids, etc. The ones who are stupefied by TV/booze/recreational drugs really can't be bothered, and the ones who get it for free are only going to complain when the gravy train reaches the end of the line.

To top it off, the kids have been programmed to avoid conflict, to avoid unpleasantness, and the sort of things that should be happening in the streets will involve both sooner or later. For now, the 'go along and get along' crowd is winning, and I'm not sure how rough things will have to get before people wake up.

That said, there is that 'outlaw' contingent of conservative leaning kids who haven't been co-opted by it all, but who unfortunately avoid the organizations out there because they (rightly, imho) see them as part of the problem. They are disgruntled, but the whole anarchy set has them rudderless, without leaders going anywhere, and they see the system as monolithic and impenetrable.

Give them someone to rally around and a unifying event, and I think they will be a force to be reckoned with.