Why the torpor in the American people...? Ask Jon Stewart...

i posted yesterday in response to robert parry's question, "Can American voters impose any meaningful accountability on George W. Bush, including possibly removing him and his team from office?" part of what i said was this:

people have to feel PERSONALLY UNCOMFORTABLE and not just with high gas and home heating prices... we're COMFORTABLE and as long as the bush disaster isn't intruding into our personal lives, there isn't going to be a mass response to anything...

today, i ran across this from jon stewart's interview in the guardian, a very good read btw, where he responds to roughly the same question...

If the parties and the media serve the country so badly, why do Americans put up with it? "Because for the majority of Americans life is pretty tolerable," says Stewart. "It's very hard to organise reasonable people with moderate views. Reasonable people with moderate views don't usually light their torches and head out to town with pitchforks shouting, Be reasonable. Shit has to get really bad before people stand up and take notice."

yep... and that's where we stand...

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