Originally Posted by robfantasy

once again man, i know its hard for you to understand, but the govt does things in the interest of the country, that might not be so popular with the american people, so they "spin" it in a way that the "people" can understand and comprehend.

have you ever called customer service about a problem with something? what do they tell you, they tell you a blanket statement handed down to them from top management, because they cannot explain the inner workings of the problem because the customer could not only not comprehend but couldnt understand it and rather than try to assume a higher level of intelligence, they dumb it down or put it in "laymans" terms so the masses will have an idea of whats going on.