I used to wonder how america wasn't being ripped to pieces by it's citizens until I moved here.

the reason is that they don't know, don't care, and think that anyone who knows or cares is a "Weird tree hugging hippie".

they think they live in a free country, they think that the war in Iraq has something to do with terrorism and they think that Paris Hilton vacationing is Greece is an "International News Item".

oh well.. they slowly seem to be waking up.. not quite fast enough, but hey.. rome wasn't burned to the ground in a day.