Bush and the F-word in 2006: Police State or Progressivism in 2007?

Think about it!

Heather Wokusch: Bush and the F-word in 2006: Police State or Progressivism in 2007? BuzzFlash:
by Heather Wokusch, author of The Progressives' Handbook

Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger
of state and corporate power.'

- attributed to Benito Mussolini,
Italian dictator

'Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the
leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter
to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a
parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can
always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have
to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for
lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger.'

Hermann
Goering,
Hitler's propaganda chief

It's not overstating the case to say that 2007 could be make or break for US democracy.
The Bush administration's cutbacks and rollbacks in 2006 were so frequent and so egregious that many Americans stopped paying attention, gave up hope or else failed to see the onslaught as part of a larger pattern.