>So you don't see the disappearance of many liberties, the soft introduction of police state, the near-dictatorship of corporations over the gov't, the democratic process frozen in the two-party model etc etc.


PMJI, but yes, yes, yes!!!!! I'm still waiting for Bush to be brought to account for the first 3 and cannot believe it hasn't happened yet. As to the last one, that will not change until another political party gains acceptance by a larger percentage of the public which will be when a really good grass roots campaign takes off or someone who the general public wants to see become president runs under another party and gets sufficient $ from contributors to get mass airtime.