The Sound of One Hand Clapping

Recently, President Bush has convened a peace summit for the Israel-Palestine debacle. A long list of countries were represented. But, sadly, Hamas, which is the ruling party in Palestine, was not invited. How do you have a peace process between two countries when only one country's ruling party is present? After seven years of ignoring the problem, Bush comes up with a dog and pony show that is meaningless without all the participants involved.

Pat Robertson wants another 9/11 attack

Pat Robertson has decided to back Rudolph Giuliani for president. Mr. Robertson has said that we were attacked on 9/11 because God is angry at us for abortion laws. Rudy Giuliani is pro-abortion. Therefore isn't Robertson supporting a candidate whose position on abortion will make God angry and cause another 9/11 attack?

How to Close an Open Society

In Naomi Wolf's book The End of America, she outlines ten strategies that have been used historically to close down an open democracy and turn it into a closed fascist state. These strategies are:
1. Hype a threat to the country.
2. Create a secret prison system.
3. Create a paramilitary force.
4. Create a surveillance apparatus.
5. Arbitrarily hold and release citizens.
6. Infiltrate citizens groups.
7. Target key individuals.
8. Restrict the press.
9. Recast criticism as unpatriotic or treasonous.
10. Subvert the rule of law.
These strategies have been used by Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and others to close down societies and institute a fascist state. All of these tactics are being employed by the neocons of the Bush administration. If the people do not wake up to what is happening soon, this dimming of liberties we see in America now will become the eternal night of oppression.