So he also took steps like saving the automobile industry that was not popular at the time, but has gained more and more adherence in retrospect as every week passes, because it's been the right thing to do so obviously when we see the numbers coming out of Detroit.
We all have the same 168 hours per week -- a number few people contemplate even as they talk about "24-7" with abandon -- but since timepasses whether we acknowledge it or not, we seldom think through exactly how we're spending our hours.
But the more timepasses, and the worse the violence gets, the more it looks as if America's disengagement reflects not a cunning plan, but a lack of any sort of plan at all.