Simple Truth...

It's sad that rational dialogue has been largely discouraged in this country, more so when legitimate opposition (of which there is sadly a limited amount) is easily discredited as a bunch of quacks and conspiracy theorists...

Here's an excerpt of a recent Zblog post by Chomsky...

There are no “conspiracies,” and it has nothing to do with “brutal men.” True, individuals influence decisions, but within a very narrow framework of choices. And that framework very largely derives from the concentration of domestic power, not surprisingly. That does leave a range. Thus the people around Bush happen to be committed to an unusual extent to serving very narrow concentrations of wealth and power and transferring costs to the great majority of the population and to future generations. Looking at who they are, and where they come from, it’s not hard to understand their role at the extreme of a pretty narrow spectrum.

Here's something else worth looking at...