Many posts on this board are wayward, irrelevant to the topic and overtly supportive of the high drama of corruption played out in scene by scene by our secular politicians. I think corruption in Indian politics thrives and therefore it permeates through the entire spectrum of our society because citizens committed to one political party or the other tend to endorse them. Even responsible people on TV channels take sides by their laboured arguments although they have a lost case. this is why we see likes of Amar Singh, Ahmed Patel as glowing stars in India's political farmament. The US Govt under Bush has surpassed all cannons of morality and double standards. The US Administration also got involved in this murky affairs of the confidence vote. It declared before the voting that it would have no problem even with a minority Govt. What a standard it sets for democracy on foreign lands.