No single mainstream US media outlet printed the text of any of the new anti-terrorist legislation, while ridiculing and slandering those politicians who opposed it or asked for further debate on the topic. How can we discuss a text without actually seeing the text? 7 day long internment without charge and warrant free searches and wiretaps - you only need to examine cases such as the Birmingham Six in the UK to realize the effect of such "emergency measures" and how they are subject to abuse.

Creeping fascism is a real and present danger to US society, yet the topic receives little or no attention in the bulk of US media discussion.

The Pentagon has hired a PR firm to sell the war, and has bought all satellite photos of bomb sites, despite the US having around six of its own satellites and not requiring any additional footage. These things would worry anyone with analytical abilities beyond a three-year old, as would the recent FCC decision to lift the restrictions on major media mergers, just days after September 11th. What we are receiving in the US cannot be called "journalism." It is a disgrace to the concept of the free press, and the wealth and depth of sheer ignorance and refusal to listen to facts on the part of most Americans and Britons is a direct result of this watered down pro-governmental coverage.

This war is, as the last one was, about oil. If we really did want to end states that sponsor terrorism, we'd need to invade the US and about 50 other countries that have a proven record of involvement in terrorism. The World Court indicted the US for illegal force in Nicaragua, and Amnesty International accused the US of state terrorism against third-world nations. Exposition of facts along these lines could continue ad nauseum.

Anyone with a brain, and not just a spinal chord, has a duty to go beyond the garbage Sky News and CNN claim as truth. But then again, people simply don't care about these things, as long as they can continue to fill the SUV and watch the game.

Dog bless America!