Meanwhile we, the ugly arrogant exceptional Americans, have the biggest military and national security state and they knew of Saudis training to fly big planes and not caring about learning to land and still 911 happened.

I am disappointed with Bezos and Amazon if they go in that direction. That's strike two as far as I am concerned. Strike one was when you shut off WikiLeaks cloud. Once again if the free market can't be trusted to do the right thing, we'll need laws that make this practice illegal. Read David Cay Johnston's Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill). It's an eye opener on how the big box stores have refined these tactics of pitting one community against another all the while extorting tax money and in the process they destroy small community businesses and replace business owners and knowledgeable workers with low paid jobs. We the consumers have the power. We have the choice. I gave up my Exxon Mobile card and stopped buying their gas long ago. I pulled my money out of Bank of America back in 2006. Unfortunately we have gotten lazy and we are just as guilty if we continue shopping with them.