While I don't completely discount what you say, I have to say that my interactions with people these days leads me to believe that so many are just plain ignorant - increasingly so - that it is not a suprise thse things are happening. If they can't get ONE order right at a fast-food chain, how is anyone supposed to get things right at a nuclear or chemical plant. There isn't much differene in awareness and intelligence between your average McDonalds' worker or nuclear plant worker anymore. In addition, there is growing apathy.

We also have been in need of funding for infrastructure repairs etc., and Obama has succeeded in bankrupting or crippling most communities. Combine that with the fact that our college grads are graduating with no skills that are helpful to maintain the nation's infrasture, and you've got the perfect storm.

John Ratzenberger warned years ago that without plumbers, electricians and other skilled laborers, (plus engineers) we would collapse.