24: Fact or Fiction

I love 24, but sometimes it scares me.

Last night, the vice president was talking to Tom Lennox about how they should cover up who really attempted to assassinate the president because it would be better for American morale if it looked like the "terrorist" did it.

So, does the government lie to us because we can't handle the truth? Probably. And that's scary. That means that we have no choice but to completely trust these people who we don't really know and who might be dumber than rocks. We certainly don't know that we would agree with decisions they are making that affect us. Voting is crap. The system is outdated, and apparently someone who the majority of the country chooses as to lead can still...lose the election. Any takers on why it isn't being changed?

I don't know - I couldn't possibly pretend to know the extent to which the government "protects" us by lying about important things, and I'm not necessarily advocating honesty as the best policy - there are a lot of people in America who are not informed enough, nor are they smart enough to become informed enough to know about everything to be trusted with information or decisions. What's the solution here?