Here is a post of mine today at Billmon:

"As long as the American masses are indifferent enough to not care about searching for the truth, we (those who do care) are doomed. As Michael Rivero said: "Most people prefer to believe their leaders are just and fair even in the face of evidence to the contrary, because once a citizen acknowledges that the government under which they live is lying and corrupt, the citizen has to choose what he or she will do about it. To take action in the face of a corrupt government entails risks of harm to life and loved ones. To choose to do nothing is to surrender one's self-image of standing for principles. Most people do not have the courage to face that choice. Hence, most propaganda is not designed to fool the critical thinker but only to give moral cowards an excuse not to think at all."

We (who care) have all been in the same boat for many months now, and tell me, have any of us actually convinced any one else to change their pro-Bush view? Probably not. That's because we propogate a we're-right-you're-wrong attitude rather than lowering ourselves to their level of attention and pointing out how their lives are slowly spinning into the sewer as a result of almost everything the Bush Administration does. Joe-next-door doesn't care about the relative distribution of tax cuts between the extremely poor and the top 1% of the income spectrum. But if you show him how his state must now raise his taxes, reduce police and fire teachers due to lower federal taxes, then you'll get his attention."