THE U.S. LOOKS MORE LIKE THE U.S.S.R. EVERY DAY

So the boy who would be king is prepared to militarize the U.S. southern border.

How can Bush/Cheney and their fellow Rethuglicans turn the U.S. into a Soviet-like system? Let me count the ways.

(1) Build a wall along our border.
(2) Have it guarded by the military.
(3) Monitor the phone records of millions of ordinary Americans.
(4) Suppress dissent and control the media.
(5) Impose its will on other sovereign nations.
(6) Build a system of secret prisons to house and torture suspects without legal recourse.
(7) Use the power of government to harass those who oppose their policies.
(8) Sponsor staged photo ops to demonstrate the administration's "popularity" with "ordinary Americans."

And the list goes on ...

But the Washington Post persists in calling Bush/Cheney policies the middle ground. What, the middle ground between fascism and totalitarianism?

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