From your last post, Amos - "...there is an even greater need than there was under Nixon for millions of Americans to rise up in protest, and millions of Americans have failed to do so."

I have a theory for that.

We used to all be bleeding heart liberals. It was fashionable for the middle classes who had been well educated. We ached for the Jews, we ached for the Blacks, we ached for Native Americans, we ached for the Japanese Americans who were sent to internment camps, we ached for the Vietnamese. We all put down our differences and joined forces to say STOP with one loud voice.

Now Blacks (African-Americans) are integrated and many have reached middle class, the Jews are aligned with the policies of the Bush administration, and the middle classes are fat and happy riding around in their SUV's, how many people are actually going to 'put themselves out' for someone else? Not many.

In fact, the 'dumbing down of America' by underfunding education and feeding them a steady diet of t.v. has created a generation of people who are totally self-centered. Add to this 911, control of the media, the climate of fear and any fascist would have a cake walk. That is exactly what George Bush is doing.

Don't get me wrong. Harper is doing it in Canada and Blair has done it in Britain.

Millions of people do not protest because millions of people don't give a damn.