Heading for a 'Papers, Please' Society?

Here is a story from Radar Magazine about actions to the Government has taken since, and even prior to, September 11. Granted, a portion of the article is pure speculation about what could potentially happen in the event of an attack, or any other event deemed a "national emergency" (which apparently now only the Federal Government has the power to label). But what is chilling about the article is that the infrastructure seems to be in place to enforce a police state in the name of national security; the questions are if and when.

In light of this, who we choose as our next president becomes even more important. Would any of the current candidates willingly give up the power that Bush as amassed in the Executive Branch? Here is a start from Obama, but the tentativeness in his answer does not fill me with a lot of hope. If there are no criminal convictions, the nation at least needs to examine the direction we have taken over the last 8 years, and the policies of the Bush Administration--and any American Administration that has condoned torture, the abuse of civil rights, and vigilantism--must be condemned. Most importantly, the various Executive Directives Bush has passed need to be reviewed, publicized, and rejected.

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