The most obvious and condescending tell-tale sign that manipulation is taking place is that no one takes responsibility for the actions of the administration, it�s always some other department who is to blame and never the people who have authority, it�s always some nameless foot-soldiers, a �few bad apples,� when we all know that such excuses don�t hold water, we know who gave the order for soldiers to engage in the abhorrent techniques of torture, we know who told subordinates in the corporation(s) to �fudge the numbers� and �be creative,� we know full well who makes these decisions. President Truman said, �The buck stops here,� now the buck effectively floats over many people never stopping anywhere, so there�s no one to blame.

Teresa Stover