In-fighting makes it difficult to mount long-term, wide-ranging conspiracies
"In recent days, when people have asked me if Jesse Jackson was done in by a devious rightwing plot (wasnÕt it suspicious that news of his love child hit the streets just when Jackson was prepping for an anti-inauguration demonstration?) or if the Democrats in the Senate cut a hush-hush arrangement with the Republicans (give us 50-50 representation on committees, and we wonÕt challenge FloridaÕs electoral college returns), IÕve replied, in both instances, probably not. And then IÕve been accused of being oh so naive."
—TomPaine.com. On one hand we believe politicians, corporations and "Washington" are all tangled together in outrageous conspiracies. On the other hand, we accuse them of incompetence and uncaring. Which is it? The level of competence, not to mention just giving a damn, required to pull off any decent-sized conspiracy is just simply non-existent.'
