well, it's something even if it's not everything! But honestly (laughable word considering this administration), how much more f*cking evidence is necessary before the American peepuls will wake the hell up? For god's sake - the bastards have done everything but write a book about cronyism!! Has the American government always been this bad and we just never noticed? Or were we willing to look the other way because things were good?

Even though I despise what's going on, I have to say that we can't blame it all on them. Regardless of the farce in 2000, we elected the president(s) who put those Supreme Court Justices on the bench so we can't weasel out of taking responsibility for the fact that Bush is (nominally) the president. He, not unlike Marilyn Manson, is a product of our society. Perhaps the ultimate symbol of many of the negative things about our country - greed, partisanship, favoritism, hypocrisy, bullying, and downright untrustworthiness.

I wonder if the rest of the world has seen us this way all along? What a sad and depressing thought. There's lots of good in this country too.