Freedom Rider: Economic Crisis Worsens

by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley With state and federal governments effectively broke and the new president "about to turn over the next round of bailout money to the financial services industry... Americans are stuck in a morass of apathy and ignorance brought about by corporate media disinformation." Americans are "singularly unprepared to do anything they should do in order to save themselves" - like make demands on the system. Citizens of other nations are taking to the streets, demanding relief and redress. But not here, where citizens "are enthralled by a man who explicitly instructs them not to confront the people…