I can see the Bush Administration imploding from within ever since the world learned officially that the Iraq invasion was entirely hollow and without foundation. That alone should have toppled this corrupt oligarchy but Americans somehow maintain composure with some rankling and outrage in the talking head circuits. But that 80% of the mass public that Chomsky refers to who are entirely distracted by sports and entertainment, remains cool and apathetic about it all.

It says a lot about the Bush leadership when members of it's own party and power circles speak out in public in criticism about the Bush Administration. Let's recount a few of the Bush defectors:

1. Christine Todd Whitman: former head of EPA resigns; the official line even from her is that it had nothing to do w/ Bush but considering he's possibly the worst environmental President we've ever had in the age of Global Warming, her resignation is foretelling.

2. Paul O'Neill: former Secretary of Treasury for Bush, Jr. writes book " The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill" looking very critically at the first two years of the Bush Administration and exposes the odd behavior and the behind-the-scenes decision-making process that went on. "George W. Bush emerges as an inscrutable enigma, bereft of curiosity, intolerant of dissent, and curiously content to be scripted, rehearsed, and handled. "

3. Richard Clark who headed the NSC's counter-terrorism chief wrote a book lambasting Bush Administration and how they ignored the Al Queda threat and was obsessed with Iraq. This is a man who worked under Reagan, Bush, Sr., and Clinton.

There's enough evidence that a blueprint for a military intervention in Iraq goes back decades but 911 was the blank check given to this Administration to follow through on the plan.

But Americans are essentially consumers-- consumers of goods and services and entertainment. We're unflappable so long as we have our jobs. It's truly amazing