Michael:

There are som mant reason for the apathy that one could write a book about them and not scratch the surface but I'll kinda outline some of them:

1. The media does not present news anymore, but entertainment.

2. The schools do not encorage "thought" anymore but just "rote" memory. (The recent "education reform" ..hahahaha.. amounts to no more than testing. "Leave no child" behind is 110% PR!)

3. Elections are won or lost in the "money grab game". (90% of the midterm elections were won by the candidate with the most money...)

4. The sytem has the working class working their brains out (literlally) trying to keep up, all the while while loosing ground. (no time to think...)

5. Since Boss Hog owns everything he has the home court advantage where ever he is. (Supreme Court, Congress, White House...)

That's just fir starters. Get me warmed up and I probably have a books worth in me...

Bobert