Is Sherron Watkins still without a job? Or, Why is it so difficult to question ...

Why is it so difficult to question the ability of those who got us into this mess to get us out of it?

The mess? Do I have to document it for you? A quagmire of an insurgent war in Iraq with no viable exit strategy that restores stability to the Middle East, paying for this war by expanding the deficit, failing to adequately respond to Katrina and its aftermath, ... and those are three of the most obvious examples, any one of which leads to the rational assumption of failed leadership ... and would have done exactly that WITH Congressional investigations, I suggest, at almost any other time in our national history.

How can it be possible that the President (G.W. Bush)--who directly and openly led us into this mess--can even think he can say (without drawing gales of laughter), "Stay the course (with me as President and the same policies in place)."

Are "we the people" so blinded by loyalty to those in authority that we have turned off independent critical thought?

Where is our loyalty to our Constitution? To the truth, as we know it? I mean, President Bush has directly and openly lied about key issues for obvioulsy personal political motives. For instance, in response to a question in 2004 campaign when he was asked directly whether he would fire anyone in his adminsitration who leaked in the Valerie Plame case. His response was a straightforward, emphatic, and RECORDED, "Yes."

Do we no longer question those in authority because it would affect our chances of advancing up the ladder of economic success? How is that different than what we decried in communism or fascism? Like in the question, "Is Sherron Watkins still without a job?"

What is the key factor in climbing the ladder of success in the United States these days?

Is it critical thinking? Or is it loyality?