Every day I cannot help but be amazed at the overall level of ignorance that is displayed by what seems like a majority of the population. In some ways, I can't help but think of the way the economy is being dealt with as similar to the novel "A Brave New World". In it, consumerism is a great virtue as is sex with whoever you want with no consequences. As for Mr. Kissinger's comments, it could have been a slip of the tongue, or it could have been something more than that- I don't know. The world is changing now, and the world we are used to is going away, there is no avoiding that. If more people paid attention, maybe we could, but they are too obsessed with their own lusts to care about the future. Global Warming will be fixed weather it is real or not. Government will not let an opportunity to grab power pass it by no matter how sketchy the actual facts may be. Most people do not look beyond the evening news (if they watch the news at all) on these things, so they believe the propaganda. The far left media is in control of what people think and hear. After all, the Proles are fairly easy to control through emotion, circus, wine and song. History proves that. (Look at Rome, Nazi Germany, etc.) So, those of us who think and pay attention are left scratching our heads as to why our world is being taken over by idiots and smooth talkers.