He was living the materialistic, suburban "American dream," although his life was quietly-desperate and miserable.He refused to call what he was doing looting: "It""s called doing what you gotta do."As they watched the footage from the original crime in Homestead, Debra realized, in voice-over, that the footage had been altered: "The media were lying to us, or the government was lying to them.In the procession came trumpeters and musicians and strange animals from the conquered territories, ogether with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments.Cedar warns him of continual public scrutiny and unwanted notoriety by the press, and is present to again officially seek Deeds"" power of attorney: "It""ll save you a lot of petty annoyances.