Does anyone think the fall of the US will happen as a result of a hard turn to the left, as we saw as a result of the stock market collapse, the Great Depression, and the subsequent government reforms under FDR? I mean, the whole Neo-Con takeover has been a New Deal counter-revolution, really. It just seems to have gotten tragically out of hand, especially by moderate Republican standards.

I mean, when the President starts going after and devouring his own, you know the situation can't be good. All the checks and balances seem to be gone, now that the Patriot Act can be used to jail Democrats who disagree with John Ashcroft.