And it can't happen here...

You know that there is a slow slide into political hell with the Bush "election win" last November. And you keep telling yourself that it can't happen here, it can't happen here. And maybe you believe that the press would report on the problems of a creeping, slipping, slow moving slide into fascism.

But with all of our focus on Bush and his cronies we have failed to keep an eye on the not-so-slick individuals on the far right. And do we really trust the feds to keep an eye on them when Reagan co-opted the language of David Duke. And the influence of the National Alliance and Fred Phelps being felt on local and state level GOPs all around the country.

Yeah, it can happen here. While we are focusing our concern on the brown shirts who wear ties and suits, we are overlooking those who actually are wearing the brown shirts now.