Edouard:

Until something occurs that disrupts the surface calm of American society - a serious spike in gas prices, for instance, or the revelation of an American concentration camp somewhere with lots of gruesome photos, or someone in the administration leaking some devastating information, I cannot see that there will be much of a public response to what Bush has done.

Excuse me, but haven't we heard reports of atrocities in Afghanistan (specifically Mazar-e-Sharif), pictures of torture from Abu Ghraib, brutal pictures of routine prisoner treatment at Guantanamo, the Tabuga report, discussions of Waterboarding in the US Congress, and now the revelation that Cheney authorised torture by the CIA and Bush wuoted in this diary casually admitting that he knew and approved?

What more does the American public, no, what more does the House of Representatives (who can initiate impeachment proceedings for high crimes and misdemeanors) need? What would be sufficiently gruesome?

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes