As time goes by, I still maintain I have been right all along.
I seriously don't care if you disagree with me. If you have compelling information that tells me that I'm wrong, I simply amend my position. This is why it is very difficult to argue with me. I won't adopt or retain an incorrect opinion.
Since my last post, much to my delight, the American public soundly rejected the idiot teabagger, simplistic and unrealistic approach of money is everything; people are nothing.
Romney/Ryan/McCain/Palin (YES, I am aware McCain/Palin were not voted directly upon in this election - email me if you can't put 2+2 together and I will spell it out for you) got sent home again. Americans are good people. Most will help you out for no reason, with no expectation of reciprocity. The overwhelming victory at the polls would have been an absolute landslide if the boob tube was not in control of about half the population (those that actually think Dancing With The Stars is real entertainment, or those that have ever watched 60 minutes of American Idol or Survivor/Big Brother or the other crap that masquerades as creative or interesting).
You see, your television does not need to watch you or speak to you to control you. Many people breathed a sign of relief when 1984 came and went, and the Orwellian world didn't display its face as it did in the novel. In fact, since it is an extremely widely read novel, it would have been foolish and naive for the ruling powers to be so obvious about it. Did you really expect for either Presidential candidate in 2008 or 2012 to come out and say "Ignorance is knowledge"?
Yet, elements of the book, which are present in our modern day society/government have come about, and, for those paying attention, have been here for decades. Do you remember when Iraq was our 'ally'? We furnished Saddam Hussein with weapons (and the teabagger's idol, Ronald Reagan, broke Federal and International law by selling weapons under the table to the other side), and then ten years after (RIP Alvin, I still remember you) they have become our 'enemy'. Finally, when the Evil Bush determined the time was ripe, we drop all pretense and attacked them directly. Of course we had suspicions Iraq possessed WMDs. We shipped tons of them over there. WTF???? How could we become so gullible?
The answer is not very simple, but two things that help the totalitarian aspiring corporations:

1. Create a dumb population, and 
2. Keep them too busy to effect change.

The first step is relatively easy. Get all the mass media into the hands of a few people that will trade morals for money. They get insanely rich for selling out. Almost all major news organizations parrot the same information. If you look at the sources for the articles across CBSnews.com, NBCnews.com, and the rest, you might notice that they often are simply reprinting the same information over and over. The nightly news is just a rehash. Of course, when some newsworthy event happens, multiple sources are going to report the same thing. An earthquake in Los Angeles, for example, is going to be reported as an earthquake by everyone. This is not really the problem. The problem is partly laziness by the publisher, and partly because the reader doesn't care or notice that each account is a reprint of another. I understand that reporters can't be everywhere at once, nor would it be of any benefit that a single report can't be shared, but when a single viewpoint (READ: interpretation) is copied over and over, you pretty much are going to get one person's story at the expense of more detailed coverage.
Secondly, keep them busy working and multiplying. Spend 8 hours a day, plus an hour for lunch, two hours commuting back and forth, and sandwich in standing in line at the DMV, filling out forms like taxes, voter registration, paying bills, and that pretty much kills the free time for the weekdays. I'm probably not too atypical. I leave for work about 6:00 AM, and get home about 11 hours later, exhausted and thankful I survived the many people learning to drive on our roads, and have about enough time and energy to cook, eat and crash to do it again the next day. That leaves Saturday and Sunday. Get a substantial portion of the population to spend half a day on Sunday worshipping a deity, and now you have maybe 18 hours left for your actual life. Unless you forego any hobbies, recreation or other diversions, that is about how much time you can resist the system.
Ok, so how do we break out of this endless cycle? I'll have more on this later. Thanks.