re: #353 Varek Raith

Yeah, after hearing it for so long under Bush, I just laugh when wingnut/moonbats say we live under a ‘dictatorship’.

And it’s never in reference to government policies under this and the previous administration that actually do have a longer-term potential for increased totalitarian behavior by the government, such as the unitary executive theory, the expanded use of the state secrets privilege, and expanded unsupervised police powers under the Patriot Act and the FISA amendment.