Today is Veteran's Day in the US, and blogger Spadehammer has compiled a lovely list of ways the Bushies are "supporting the troops".
What do people really care about? Hunger? Poverty? World economies? Globalization? Creeping (marching) Fascism? Terrorism, State or otherwise? Nah.
Try the friggin Royal Family.
A friend with a political commentary web site posted an article concerning The Great Prince Charles Sex Scandal, and got so many hits (11,000 an hour, to be exact) it crashed his US server. It was an eye-opening experience for him, and tells him that people would rather search Google for juicy tidbits of Royal Gossip than pay attention to what's happening in the real world.
The Roman emperors provided bread and circuses to entertain and distract the masses while they did as they pleased. We, on the other hand, have the Royals, Governor Gropenfuhrer, Be-a-porn-star reality TV, Survivor (previously known as Lord of the Flies), WWF and Nascar, Rush Limbaugh and O'Reilly, J-Lo and Ben, Grand Theft Auto, JonBenet, Laci Peterson, Chandra Levy, South Park, Beavis and Butthead, Ken Starr, etc. etc.
It's not about integrity or the other noble values anymore. It's about sleaze and money and sensationalism.
A prediction: America's Last Election next year will re-elect the disastrous George W. Bush.
And we deserve it for allowing this nightmarish world to unfold without protest.
P.S. I forgot to mention that Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler magazine, says he has purchased nude photos of Jessica Lynch, but does not intend to publish them. He says he bought them in order to protect her, and today's new version of reality has the GOP looking to smear her credibility any way they can.
Which makes America's champion pornographer more moral than her government.
Did a coup take place in America in the 2000 selection? Here's someone who makes a compelling case.