It's hate. Period.

[chervilant]

381. No, it isn't.

Do you suppose it's cognitive dissonance that keeps us sheeple from looking too closely at the man behind the curtain?

Speaking of sheeple, I just finished reading an article from a 1983 issue of Omni magazine about the radiation contamination of broad swaths of the Midwest. The AEC (precursor of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission) suppressed or altered incontrovertible evidence that the fallout from nuclear testing had killed thousands of sheep in Utah, and caused hundreds of terminal cancers in the citizens who were encouraged to watch the "harmless" mushroom clouds, and often did so with their children, eating cinnamon rolls and drinking hot chocolate.

Politicians (and scientists--their partners in crime) have a long history of deceit, and a tendency towards patronizing the Hoi Polloi. Not for much longer, I'd wager.