All interesting. I respect every opinion and I am excited to see people questioning the acts of their government. I am 71, my generation benefited from the crass politicians. My parents experienced the Great Depression. I have been asking myself the same question since I was about 35, because I could sense that the more it changes, the more it remains the same. the question:"Who rules the world" In learning that the Federal Reserve is a conglomerate of international bankers recently, and not a bank belonging to the US, then I had the conviction that this had to be true, and the dialogues between the government and the Fed. Res. have now become fascinating. Now, I am listening and reading the news. I had stopped reading newspapers 4 to 5 years ago because of the misinformation. So, follow the money... who benefits from it, is our new mantra for my husband and I , mantra which we have been saying for a few years. Segolene Royal in France, opposing the new leader N. Sarkozy in France's last elections, said recently that this financial crisis is a "complot", i.e. a conspiracy. But the Premier Fillion just declared that the financial problem is an "exterior crisis". I am of the silent majority, but the time has come to get off my tush and I am looking to be inspired as to what we must do about this, because the world is very happy to blame the US for the world wide crisis. You know the familiar:"It's not me... and I was forced"......