RE: Questioning what happ
Do you guys remember what gave Hitler power? He had his party burn down the Reichstagg and claimed it was the commies trying to destabilize the country. In reality, it was him that was trying to destabilize the country, yet it gave him the reason to pass the enabling act, which gave him absolute power and stripped the German citizens of all their power to do anything. The Bush administration passed the patriot act. I've read the entire act, and all of the documents it ammended. Basically, if you are labelled a terrorist, you have no rights in the US. They can put you under surveilence of all kinds, arrest you without cause, and detain you indefinitely on nothing more than suspician. What do they need to label you a terrorist? Whatever they can muster really, as they left it rather vague. I think to understand truly what is happening in the US, you have to look at the whole picture, and you'll start to see how worrying our neighbors to the south are.
Recently in ohio they passed some interesting new laws making it illegal to criticize the electronic voting machines they use. The machines can be easily tampered with, and in the last election some of the machines would light up Bush after selecting kerry. Two referenda that they had that used these machines ended up with opposite results of what polls suggested, and the difference obviousely proved tampering. Similar legislation in other republican dominated states is also being pushed through at the moment.
Keep a real close eye on the next election, it's most likely going to end with a straight up tie. They'll do a recount and get the same result. This will result in another vote, with the republicans winning. The purpose of it will be to divide the country so on the second time around the entire country will solidify under the elected leader. After this, you'll see the most nationalistic country in history, and more wars are going to be waged in the middle east. Eventually, tension over scarce resources and rising aggression from many countries will create a misunderstanding that will bring us into WWIII.
Why? Many don't see it, but civilization has peaked, along with most resource production. We've entered a scenario where there isn't enough for everyone to live like we do, but the rest of the world still thinks they're going to. China played the US quite nicely by tieing their money together so the US can't break their promise without retaliation, while simultaneousely using money made from their trade relationship to build their army to invade anyone they see fit.
The thing to remember about the mentality of political relations between countries is that everyone is trying to get the upper edge, but what happens when a giant loses the upper edge to a country they could easily squash? Politicians need to tread lightly with foreign policy these days, as we're reaching the same levels of economic turmoil that led us into WWII.
We have to watch our backs because we have what everyone wants, arable land and vast resources.
I can't prove most of what i'm suggesting, it's more like a very educated guess based on what is being done, and the situation we'll be facing in the near future. However, the ideas that i'm suggesting weren't thought up by me, and have been around for centuries as political strategics. I just read them, and noticed which ones fit our current situation.