Much Of What Tea Party

Face It, The System Is Rigged, And It's Rigged Against Us.

As With Almost Every Significant Aspect Of The Bush Presidency, Its Handling Of 9/11 Was A Catastrophe From Start To Finish.

Americans Continue To Suffer From A Notoriously Short Attention Span. They Get Mad As Hell With Reasonable Frequency, But Quickly Return To Their Families And Sitcoms. Meanwhile, The Corporate Lobbies Stay Right Where They Are, Outlasting All The Populist Hysteria.

American Journalists Tend To Treat Inequality As A Fact Of Life. But It Needn't Be.

Americans Have Always Evinced Some Distrust Of Government, But The Current Situation Has Exacerbated This To A Degree That May Be Unprecedented.