I'd *like* to believe the jist of this.. Trouble is: it simply speaks Common Sense . Since when.. has that attribute been present in the Armani suited ones?

And Shrub, the PNAC and the Rove-o-witz cabal demonstrate how massively irrelevant is 'sense' in the 00s Murican dreamstate. Would the congress critters + the Cheney-chain stand mute while their Premier World-Domination Corp -- begins to fade mightily? How fast can you say bailout 6 times in a row?

Now if Next year's trade-imbalance, grandchild-debt tops oh, say A Trillion?
Will that . . .

A) reinforce the flaying of the Universally Despised creeps of Redmond -?- or

B) bury the bailout mechanism.. under news of the invasion of the Next country on that Neoconman list
(all amidst the general financial race to the bottom) ?


So... I'd like to believe that Just *One* boil on the asshole of humanity might occasionally be lanced. But all evidence suggests that, given the mindset of the ruling Junta (and its vast support from others who imagine themselves also - - Stealing Power some..day) Guarantees! that

NO HONEST process can occur in Murica. Those with control.. will kill/die before seeing it slip away. "At Any Cost" takes on its root meaning. Proof? Shrub can say "so what's the difference?" - re his now demonstrated Big Lie about invading Iraq. And Nobody (much) Follows Up. QED.


Pity,
Ashton

Oh, then there's this observation about how things really happen here:

Anyone think the masses will buy the line for the next release? The truth is they will, and Microsoft knows it.

The phrase 'it will be fixed in six months, trust us' seems to have a magic power when emanating from Microsoft. Every time someone big enough comes to it with a list of complaints, it announces an initiative, comes out with a slick Powerpoint presentation, half a dozen press releases, a Gates speech, and several shiny things to distract people.

We Are Too Dumb to expect recovery, even as a gift.