Why is it that American people dont see that their gov. is controlled by lobbies and is totally lying to them?
154364
Al Qaida is a very real thing, an organized successful force that has met many of it's objectives in the Western World.  Anyone that feels that this is not a very organized group must have been asleep on 9/11/2001 when they carried out the most successful terrorist attacks the world has ever seen.  Their presence is felt in Iraq on a daily basis, plus they have carried out very successful attacks throughout Europe as well.  Yes, the media in the world gives a very slanted view of things, but that holds true for the Arab News Industry as well.  Yes we have a system of lobbyists working within our political system, but that is the way our political system is set up to work, I personally believe that area has been allowed to much leaway, yet it is the way the system was set up and lobbying is not an illegal activity even if some of the activity is found to be illegal.  That is the exception and not the norm.  All politicians just as the media tell things as they see it, sometimes this can be very close to being an outright lie to some and seem to be the truth to others.  You are not going to please everybody all the time someone is always calling someone a liar, yet sometimes that is only perspective and not the real view.  Al Qaida is a very real threat to the Western World and to the U.S. in particular and for us to decide that the threat is all a lie would be to fall into the trap that started World War II, apeasement, and that is not going to happen in our time.  In your view we are being lied to, because you want it to be lies, it is all in the perspective.
328987
Because the US government is ran by a bunch of hypocrites.
269131
Eventually?  I believe this has already occurred.  Those who think Americans live in a democracy are sorely mistaken.  There are two main forces that currently control America: The conservative corporations and the liberal media.  (Neither of those statements are intended to be a negative judgment on either group).  Those two groups are the ones with the money, and the power.\n\nI'm not sour about that.  But I do think that anyone who thinks that every person has a say is fooling themselves.  Both of these groups, over time, have gotten very good at positioning their message so that the majority of people will vote for their candidate.
574457
Of course government is politics!  They sort of go hand in hand.  And the answer to the original question is hypocrisy, and it has to do with money and power.  Unfortunately for the US citizens, the current administration is more focused on a personal agenda than what's good for the country or the world for that matter.  My hope is that all this will inspire people to get off their lazy butts and do something, like VOTE!  All the complaining in the world won't do a good if everybody is too lazy to take an active role in their civic duties.
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I would say that the current government is definitely not what the majority of American people want.  The American system is not looking much like a democracy these days.  I would say the people that do support the actions of the current administration are mostly those that are still eating up the propaganda that they are being fed by the monstrous corporate machine to which the administration caters.  The USA is almost certainly headed for deeper sh*t than it is already in because of Bush's policies.  The idea that destroying a country, and inflicting such massive suffering on its people is making the world and the US more secure is rediculous.  All you have to do to see this is ask yourself what you would want done in retaliation for your family being killed in a bomb dropped on your home by another country's military.  This administration's foreign policy is making more people angry at the US on a daily basis.
905603
They do that crap because people don't fight back. The U.S government is a big fat lie.
495123
The problem, as I've noticed, is that most Americans (I'm American; this does not apply to me) are VASTLY uneducated in how to determine things for themselves. Someone tells them how things are and they believe it word-for-word. The thing is that wars themselves have never touched America (unless in events like Pearl Harbor and 9/11, which both got us INTO wars), therefore Americans nowadays have no real perception of what war is. To them, the "enemy" is whomever President Bush says it is, and that "enemy" is not a human just like them. Of course, in reality, all humans are alike, but Americans refuse to see that because of single examples of foreign people with which they come into contact, like Saddam Hussein. I bet most of them don't even know that Bush's father is the one who gave them the "weapons of mass destruction" for which we allegedly went looking in the first place, because those people are uneducated and intent on waging a holy war when half the country (those who voted for Al Gore in '00 and Kerry in '04--MY family) didn't even want our President to be OUR President.\n\nThe people who have half a brain, are educated in what's happening, have studied history and are looking toward the future are the people who AREN'T in power right now. I honestly didn't think much of Kerry in '04, but I have always hated President Bush and I always will. There is no one around willing to possibly sacrifice their political career by using the pull they have in politics and government to stand up, show this nation of idiots the truth, MAKE them wake up and mature, and go against what the government is currently doing. Actually, many Democrats in the Senate have been talking of impeaching Bush. I'm not sure if he would be convicted if such action was taken against him but I truly, honestly hope so.\n\nAnd if anyone wants to call me a Democrat, I am not; I'm liberal. And my views are not as they are because of this. I have conservative friends who study American History with me and they are also against the war. My kind of people simply aren't in power.
570719
I know of a story that is not so unlike yours.\n\nYou are so totally right. The United States government is not all that it says it is.
374310
The US are regularly doing this. The elect a President who is a right numbskull and exepct the rest of the world to believe that he is the person they really think can rule the US and the rest of the world. Now that is really taking the urine (they even had a Senator called Goldwater!!!!)
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Because Americans have been complacent, and too trusting of elected officials for so long that they have concstructed the laws is such a way that it benefits them more than us (the non-elected citizens).\nIt is too late to do anything about certain laws they have already passed, but we need to become more watchful of our elected officials.
823005
The thing that disturbs me the most, is that the government can say things like "Liberty, Freedom, Democracy"...and the american public actually believes it.\n\nAs people living in North America, sure comparatively we have a huge amount of freedom - but a lot of that material freedom depends on the resources of so many countries.\n\nThe standard of living that we enjoy doesn't come from nowhere, so in that sense, from that perspective we are not totally free. So when the U.S. goes to war to protect its interest, and uses the words like freedom, liberty, democracy - they aren't totally lying, nor are they totally telling the truth.\n\nGetting a bit philosophical here, but i think the as people living in industrial nations, we have to reduce our dependency at home, so that words like freedom and liberty actually have some relevance.
634051
True.  Our government lied to us about why we were going in, and like sheeps to slaughter we believed it.  Now that we are there we can't just pull out and let whoever can grab the most power the quickest take over.  I for one apologize to those who lost loved ones because our president is a warmongering moron but can't support a full pullout of troops until the Iraqi people have a firm hold on their country (i.e. government is stable and not under dictatorship).  And no there is no honesty in the U.S. government.  We gave them power and they took it and have used it without us REALLY keeping up with what they are doing.  Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
342760
I don't know what your talking about! The problem here in America, is that America is under a one sided party rule, and a Dictatorship with George Bush. There isn't anyone to oppose them right now; because the Democrats can't pass any legislation without it being pushed down. It's all a waist of time until America wakes up and brings back a Democracy to the American people. These people that are in charge of our Government are warmongers and terrorists like Adolf Hitler was. They are even following quite a few of Hitlers ideologies with rule of the Country.
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80% of Americans do not want people coming here illegally.  If government is supposed to be run by the people, why hasn't the will of the people prevailed.  Think deeply about this, because it really ought to be raising red flags as to something is VERY,VERY wrong.\nNo I am a centrist.  I agree with some of the right and some of the left, although I would categorize myself as having "right" leanings.   And yes the "rumors" are true.
811808
they dont trust their government
726329
Quick Fact: The USA is a Constitution-based Federal Republic.\n\nI believe that a government should (almost) never manipulate the truth, unless the lives of millions are at stake.  Then I don't want to know till it's over.  If you manipulate the truth, which IS lying, no matter what the government tells themselves, you have the possibility of losing the trust of those who gave you the job, if they find out.\n\nIf you lead a country well, and have the trust of the nation, if you make a mistake, you need to own up to it.  If it was a well-intended mistake, the people might forgive you (either immediately or over time), or they may choose to remove you.  On the other hand, if you lie to the people, and you get caught, chances are you'll get punished.\n\nNot only would you get punished, and loose any trust you've gained from the people, but you may cause a ripple effect in which the people generally become distrustful of their current elected government.  This can span from a party loosing an election, to a drop of active voters, all the way to a government overthrow.  When you're in such a powerful condition, anything you do can cause a ripple effect.\n\nAnd of course, in my use of the directional word "you", I would be referring to any President or Congressman, or any other elected official who finds themselves in this predicament.
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Because not everyone in the country beleives what is spoon fed to them by the media...we aren't all conspiracy theorists and don't publicly hang people without a trial.  If there was 1 shred of evidence to any of the conspiracy theories or "Bush lied" montra, the man would not be in office, he would be in jail.  Truth matters to many Americans, but that number is dwindling.