I won't steal another post, but...

The post previous to the one I just stole from Xymphora's blog, which quotes from Seeing the Forest extensively, is important and depressing. I'll only steal the conclusion this time:

Americans find themselves in the odd position that their only hope is that their economy tanks sufficiently quickly to save them from the warmongering stupidities of their own government. Unfortunately, they'll probably get both the wars and the ruined economy.