I too switched from Bloglines to Google Reader earlier this year when the system threw a CAPTCHA at me that I just coudn't get thru! No matter what I tried, it was too complex and I just couldn't get thru it. Why is the security for a RSS reader more complex than my BANK'S security?! Insane.

OK, you are missing something here. The "government" you mention also includes the Left, who were against the patents because it was the right thing to do. Hence, the government rejected patents because it was the right thing to do. It does not matter whether the "whole" government agreed or not... the point is, they did the right thing.