Reply #36: You're essentially saying that for some reason in 2002, folks

[w4rma]

didn't feel that the U.S. was on the verge of "capsizing". However, now in 2003, folks in the U.S. do feel that the U.S. is on the verge of "capsizing" unless people move from the right-sight of the spectrum to the left side of the spectrum.

Note that your analogy doesn't apply to the untrained. You were in the navy and were trained to do what was neccessary to keep your ship afloat. Not all U.S. citizens are trained to do what is neccessary to keep the U.S. afloat, they have yet to be trained.