They staged it as well as possible this time it seems! Wow, there they were into the wee hours, facing each other, hands on their still holstered pistols, waiting to see who would back down first. The camera turned away for an instant and when it went back it was over! We will never know who flinched and that's the way it was meant to be. Modern American politics at its best. What a show! Doesn't it make you proud to be an American? This one should win an award. Certainly the other one, the one that shows how very many people were hurt, will never be shown. The TV narcotized public will await the next installment when they face off again for the 2012 shoot out. Meanwhile the groans and the cries of those sacrificed will go unreported. The important thing is to schedule these things so they do not conflict with sports or other forms of entertainment. For more about this new popular form of theater read on below.
It is being done better all the time. The innocent victims were made visible during the Viet Nam series and that was not good! Now we keep that hidden. It has to be tasteful. This form of theater has to feed the apatite for "drama" without making anyone feel disgust or horror.
The illusion that a functioning government could possibly be entertaining is a feat! Just don't look behind the curtain and Oz is fascinating. Come on people! Wake up. It is a farce. Little by little we lose everything and the crowd watches in awe at how the "struggle" is being carried out.
Notice that this week had coming attractions as well. Our President announced his next installment. That will sap time and money and energy so that there will be little left to cry "rape" when they do their dirty deeds again.
I guess as long as this kind of thing satisfies the people, those of us who care should not interfere. I find I have no stomach for watching a shell game strip people of the little they have left. Other than write about what I am seeing, I can think of nothing else to do. Did you ever try having a serious discussion while everyone else was wrapped up in the TV show that was on? Welcome to America.