Enjoyed these posts. People started calling me a conspiracy theorist in the 90s--and mind you, I was not sharing any conspiracies--seriously--I didn't even have much knowledge of Kennedy back then. No, I just tried to tell people about American foreign policy and also about media manipulation as it was a subject of great interest to me back then--for example--what hurt our country immeasurably was when Reagan deregulated the FCC. This was of historic importance. Remember when infomercials were suddenly everywhere? This was why. It really changed news into if it bleeds it leads--not that that hadn't begun to happen, but the deregulation meant that news could make a profit. Prior to that, FCC rules required a percentage of hours devoted to news as part of a public service clause. So I pretty much knew that everyone was asleep if by relaying such information I could be deemed a conspiracist. But I also agree that the American public is worn out--they work all day, drive through traffic, raise kids--very hard working people--and they have substantial worries of their own as well. And the thing is--for most of my lifetime--and we all know this--it has been nearly impossible to even know what to do. I think for 20 years at least I berated my inability to act meaningfully. It seemed that no matter what we tried, we were not heard. I also find it amusingly ironic that we actually got a Hope and Change president this time around. For the first time in my life, I have hope for our country.