The American citizen has become a mere spectator in an overwhelming battle of words between political parties with national polls indicating trust in government has fallen to an all-time low. This nation is embroiled in a nasty mess in the Middle East with implications of unsavory torture procedures, a notorious use of rendition to whisk prisoners off to a foreign land to be tortured in violation of the Geneva Convention and possibly the First, Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. When considering the U.S. has incurred a national debt in excess of $17 trillion, it is little wonder many refuse to follow the daily news.
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