Little Hawk, a couple of people here, including myself, have tried to point out the similarities you point out—including the wording of the Patriot Act and stipulations of the Homeland Security Act, parts of which are disturbingly similar to what newly elected Chancellor Hitler got President Paul von Hindenberg to sign off on in 1933—and got shat upon for being negativistic and dismal, if not downright paranoid. After all, "this is AMERICA! It can't happen here!!"

Well . . . maybe not. But Bush, Ashcroft, Poindexter, et al, have opened the door.

I'm forced to agree with what you just said. The parallels should be obvious to anyone with two brain cells to rub together. But I suggest you put on your boots and open your umbrella, 'cause you're probably in for a deluge.

Don Firth