[Rob Instigator]

Originally Posted by gmku

SO when are we storming the palace?

Gas shortages.

High food prices.

Broken financial infrastructure.

Politicians all telling lies.

Environment going to hell.

An expensive, meaningless, unending war--thousands of our soldiers killed, thousands wounded.

Why aren't people taking to the streets? Why are Americans such a lot of bleedin sheep?

EXACTLY

as long as the TV is on, as long as the malls are open and the news media is saturated with "news" about inconsequential people and places, no one will be bothered enough to care.