For UK readers, here's two related petitions calling on Parliament to launch inquiries.
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/51959
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/51392
Please sign. And as always, email your MP.
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/51959
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/51392
Please sign. And as always, email your MP.
Egypt's mass protests are something completely different. They had reasons which are some orders of a magnitude more grave.
With that kind of turnout, voters in the US could change this policy using only normal "democratic" channels...
You can't say they don't listen if you don't try to talk to them.
That's not to say everything is hunky dory. But it's far from too late for people to pull their socks up and take on the responsibility of forcing their elected representatives to act on their behalf.