This was inevitable. I hope people are starting to realise the whole neo-con project of the so-called war on terror is a con to take us back to totalitarianism. Except they've been learning from their mistakes and it'll probably be worse this time. I am once again reminded of King Richard II (I think) who, after breaking all his promises to the peasants angrily shouted "Villeins ye are and Villeins ye shall remain!!" when they dares challenge him. The other day I read a report on a conference given by one of Dubya's henchmen (sorry, no link to hand) where he responded anrgily to journalists that they were 'un-American' if they dared question the wisdom of the Great Leader. I thought "My goodness! Where have we heard those words before? They must have a very low opinion of people's memories and intellects that they are using off-the-shelf McCarthyisms in such an open and flippant manner!!"

So lads, peasants ye are and peasants ye shall remain - free to lose a few pints of sweat in a disco, dose yourselves on drugs, TV commercials or own a gun, but don't dare rock the system.....

But there's still time. Are there any decent candidates up for election the next time in the USA? Neither democrats nor republicans are worth their weight in cow dung. Ye need a new party. (sorry for being so 'intrusive' into US domestic affairs, but the ripple spreads out all over the world).