I like Ron Paul a lot but most Americans are too stupid/uneducated/ignorant/apathetic/small minded to pay attention to his ideas. Most Americans just want to sit back on their couches and absorb mindnumbing daytime television, hypnotised by American idol, Reality TV and all the other rubbish that pollutes the airways. As long as they have their SUVs, their big suburban houses and their greasy fast food, Americans are content to let things run their course. Most Americans can't even locate Iraq on a map, don't understand anything about inflation, have no interest in these things and never will. Most Americans are just dumb as rocks and that is why the Washington Machine will continue until it runs out of power/petrol. You want Americans to pay attention? Reenact the draft; when people are being forced to fight in senseless wars and to throw away their lives for irrelevant causes, then you will see protest and interest; until that day, this is just interesting stuff to post on an internet board but has no place in public discourse as we know and recognise it.