Here's a good article, Bobert, about how the good ol' boys (and all TV watchers) are being controlled:

Television and the Hive Mind

My concern isn't my neighbors (gun-owners, bless 'em)...it's the thousands of Iraqi Republican Guards Bush # 1 and Clinton brought into the US after Desert Storm. They were set up in cells around the US, and most of them work as 'movers' driving panel trucks. So when Bush attacks Iraq, Iraqis really WILL attack us here...within our borders. Undeniably Iraqi. Only problem is, people won't know our Presidents planted them here.

I saw a bit of muted TV tonight and watched the war being presented like a football game. Same graphics...the team for the offense, the team for the defense. Amazing. And the world had to wait a day for Bush's speech tonight. Wouldn't speak on Sunday. Because of religion...day of worship? No...he didn't want to interrupt football. Seriously. It would have eroded his support. So folks are pretty dumbed-down, but I think instinctively people know when they're in danger. First-responders aren't going in for the smallpox shots. 20,000 in Connecticut given a week to come in for the shot, and only 4 people showed up. People know who the true terrorists are.