Reply #44: we've been told (and some have accepted) that *thinking* if for the *experts* to do

[nashville_brook]

"little old me couldn't possibly make sense of all those big numbers."

but that's exactly what the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution/Bill of Rights sought to change -- we're supposed to overturn the Divine Right of Kings.

now we have the Divine Right of Professionals and (i guess) we're all too busy with our own professional lives (paying the bills) to participate meaningfully in the public life. these bastards figured out a long time ago that "participatory democracy" gets sick without the participation of the people. That's why Nixon went apeshit on the protesters of the late 60s and early 70s. too damn much participation. "uppity negroes." uppity women. uppity students. and the one no one speaks of uppity vets.

we need wireless wiretapping so that people will internalize the fear the will keep them in their place.