Does this sound enough like present day America to get you worried? It should...

"Why, of course the people don't want war ... But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger."
-Hermann Goering ( Founder of the Gestapo, 2nd in charge under Hitler)

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Through the big man Ty Blue's blog I discovered Nicole's (A/K/A Roxy) art work. She is damn good at what she does. Her work makes me feel, it gets under my skin and burrows there. There aren't many artists that do that to me. I would definitely suggest checking her out...