Also, some people think the US has gone down hill since the JFK assassination along with the conspiracy theories of what likely happened.

I see it over and over again. People saying that it's only been the last 8 years since America lost it's goodness. Wake up. The country has been going downhill for over a century. The American dream has been a myth for decades. The government of the country has raped and murdered millions of people the world over all in the name of American progress. If it's good for America, who the fuck cars what harm it does to the rest of the world. Americans have had their heads in the sand for years. Revelations come out time and again about some horror that was done in the American name in years past and everyone says: "that's horrible, but it wont happen again, we'll hold a commission and get to the bottom of it". Well, it's happened dozens and dozens of times in all parts of the globe. Face it, the United States of America has been and continues to be the worst empire of all time. More people have been harmed in this empires reign than in any other empire the world has seen.
For the poor simple schmucks that say that Gore would have changed everything or that now Obama is going to change everything, I say "wake up". Nothing at all will change until we as human beings change it ourselves. Al Gore could have challenged Bush in the Senate, he chose not too. He acquiesced without a fight. John Kerry could have challenged his loss as well. He too gave in without even the facade of a struggle. Politics is all a game. It's all an act that we the people keep falling for over and over again. If any person is elected who shows any signs of having a backbone and being willing to stand up and shout foul, he is either bought off or suffers a mysterious accidental death. Look at some of the so called progressives in politics now. They talk a really good talk about changing the system and helping the people but when it comes time to really stand up and fight. They sit down and hide.
We are ruled by the super rich who don't care about us at all. AT ALL. We are their slaves. We toil in our shitty jobs day after day, struggling to make enough to pay the rent and have food for the kids, so they can enjoy their lives of luxury and splendor. We must rise up and shake off the bonds that hold us as slaves. We must stop spending in their mega-stores. We must stop using credit that is killing any hope of progress we ever have. We must tear down the corporations that seek to enslave us further and further, killing unions, pitting workers one against the other, paying wages that do not even come up to the poverty line. We must rise against governments that pay lip service to the people ever 4 years and then continue sucking off their corporation masters.
The world belongs to US. We the people are supremely powerful, but only if we can unite as one and say: ENOUGH. We will no longer be the passive sheep that our schooling and media has made us. We will not be slaves any more. We will not continue to quietly bow down before our masters and submit.
We will be ONE. We will take control of our destinies and see a better world.

We have very effective contingency plans for people like you ...