It could be somewhat like the same kind of corner Marlene Dietrich found herself in in Germany under the Nazis, Amos.

She left Germany.

But where does one leave to now if the USA goes totally crazy, that's the question? Things aren't as bad yet in the USA as they were in Germany in the late 30's...but that could change fast in a real war emergency situation.

(the present mess in Iraq and Afghanistan is not what I call a REAL war emergency for people in the mainland USA...though it sure as hell is for Iraqis, Afghans, and the US and other foreign personnel who are stationed in those countries...it's kind of comparable to the Spanish Civil War in that way...a very real war for those on the ground or in the air in Spain itself...but no actual threat to Germany or Italy who were both busily fielding troops in Spain and fighting there, as were the Russians too.)

If you get a REAL war emergency situation in the USA that allows martial law to be declared by the President, Amos, things can change damn fast. Much of the groundwork for an outright totalitarian regime has already been prepared in the last 8 years as your Constitution has been systematically betrayed by those in office.

I'm worried that the next administration will continue to do likewise regardless of who wins the coming election, though I do consider McCain to be more dangerous than Obama due to McCain's bellicose attitude toward fighting foreign wars.