Tales of Angst, Alienation and Martial Law: Roasting Marshmallows on the American Reichstag Fire to Come, by Phil Rockstroh

In this summer of angst and grim foreboding about what further assaults against common sense and common decency the Bush Administration might inflict upon the people of the world, how many times during the day do those of us — still possessed of mind, heart and conscience — take pause, hoping we’ve seen the worst of it, then, fearing we haven’t yet, attempt to push down the dread rising within us, so that we might simply make it through the day and be able to rest at night? Accordingly, those who have been paying attention are aware that the outward mechanisms of martial law are in place. We shudder knowing that Bush has issued an executive decree that grants him dictatorial power in the event of some nebulously defined national emergency. In addition, the knowledge nettles us that a vast network of internment camps bristle across the length of the U.S., standing at wait for those who might raise objections to the fascistic fury unloosed by the American empire’s version of the Reichstag fire.

Unfortunately, we continue to allow these corrupt politicians to remain in office...not just the Busco clan, but the demofascists who claim to be the "opposition". The only quarrel these groups of criminals truly have with one another is which group will be in charge of the dictatorship....none are interested in preserving our freedom.