Fascism in 10 Easy Steps

Those of you who still persist in believing that the BFEE is, at best, a bumbling bunch of morons would profit from a perusal of Naomi Wolf's new book The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot.

In it she describes the path to American fascism in 10 easy steps. You can read her summary over at the Huffington Post, with a brief explanation of each of the ten steps:

1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy
2. Create a gulag
3. Develop a thug caste
4. Set up an internal surveillance system
5. Harass citizens' groups
6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release
7. Target key individuals
8. Control the press
9. Dissent equals treason
10. Suspend the rule of law

This is the blueprint universally used by fascist states to solidify their power, and when you look at each of these steps, you will see that the Mayberry Machiavellians who are working behind the scenes in the BFEE are systematically working to bring about each and every one of them.

This maladminstration must be stopped. But, since the Dems seem to have lost that slender spine that they tried growing six months ago, I don't have a whole lot of hope that they will do anything of the sort. Not when Nancy Pelosi's spine seems to be limited to criticizing one of her own, Pete Stark, whose only crime was speaking truth to power.