I'm not mad at you, but had to reply to Tom, who prefers to make fun of me by sweeping the whole problem under the rug. And If Iran Contra wasn't important, why were there hearings?

>"Just waking up is not a solution."

No, but being asleep IS part of the problem.

>"You can't fix the system. It's been growing this way far too long. "

You may be right about that. Shall we just leave it to implode on it's own?
Does the fact that Mohammed Atta was dealing drugs in this country make you sleep sounder at night? Do you feel even more comfortable that the men he sold them for..... can cover that up under "national security"?

While your dossier gets bigger, your freedoms erode and all your phone calls and emails become an open book for Big Brother.....THEY are getting away with murder, perjury, falsification and denial of evidence, obstuctruction of justice, etc. ad nauseum. It was barely 20 years ago that you had to be accountable for eveything in this country. Now you DO, while "they" don't.
They can invade countries against all international law, torture with impunity AND make the streets of America less safe by importing large quantities of illegal drugs and taking over the monetary system in this country WHILE getting funded for their red herrings such as a "war on drugs", and what?

I'm just supposed to roll over? I'm sorry if I sound angry. I guess you could say I'm a tad outraged. But not at you. Can't you see the difference?