by Zach Bigalke

Created on: August 15, 2007

George W. Bush is parading around in full military dress on aircraft carriers. He is using appearances in front of military audiences to drum up attacks on other political parties. This man, who has never commanded anything other than low approval ratings, a highly-partisan staff and a steroid-addled baseball team, has consistently and decisively blurred the lines between military and civilian operations.

The Patriot Act, wiretapping without warrants, and the suspension of habeas corpus to both foreign combatants and American citizens creates a dangerous precedent. More money is spent lining the pockets of military contractors than improving the lives of Americans. Forty-seven million go without health insurance, one-eighth of the citizenry lives below the poverty line, and natural disasters are met with sheer incompetence. Those in power are more concerned with their wartime legacy than effecting improvements within our borders. The government actively seeks to impose a wall on our southern border which would harm the ecosystem and the liberties of millions of Americans.

The international landscape has changed drastically since the hijacking of airplanes as missiles. In an era where global cooperation is more necessary than at any other point in history, the American government seeks to impose an isolationist policy within its domestic realm while simultaneously attempting to have a hand in every other region around the world. The jackboot is coming down on the necks of the very people who wrought such terror on itself. The economy stands on the shaky pillars of quick fixes in a hurricane of tumult and indiscretion. Senators are accepting kickbacks and attempting to engage in sexual congress with the pages who are trying to learn from them.

Fascism - an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization - poignantly and frighteningly describes the course on which the United States is headed. Corporations merit greater rights and privileges than individuals. Our infrastructure crumbles as cronies are entrusted with our roadways and bridges and public-works projects. Money is squandered and lost in the fine-fabric pockets of those we trust to do right by the American people. The rich get richer as the poor become more destitute. And the government laughs it all off - either you are with us or you are against us.

Fascism takes many forms. The Young Republicans are soaking in hubris in amounts not seen since the Hitler Youth Groups

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