Rick Santelli did a segment this morning, on CNBC, that he called 'Under the "Borg" walk' and the crux of the matter was the ability and the reasonableness to question authority, and the power that authority possesses, to interpret 'facts' as they are presented to the mass's. I found his ending quote to be of special interest.

Frederich Nietzsche, "All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth."
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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."
Winston Churchill

"So it goes." Kurt Vonnegut jr.