AFTER 6 YEARS, HOW DEMOCRATIC IS AMERICA?

The main reasons why Bush and his cohorts have not succeeded yet in closing down a relatively open society is because of

• THE ‘CONSTITUTION’. Bush famously (or notoriously) said, ‘they keep on throwing this thing called the constitution at me’, particularly with regard to Guantanamo and phone and email surveillance. The constitution is worshipped by most Americans as much as is their flag and any tampering is frowned upon.
• WORKING FROM WITHIN A DEMOCRACY. Americans take their democracy very seriously. As well’s they ought, as Bush is constantly trying to thwart the constraints of democracy. But, even after 6 years of Bush, America is still more democratic than the old Weimar Republic.
• THE MEDIA. Bush would like Rupert (Goebbels) Murdoch’s Fox News to be the only news outlet in America. (It nearly is). But, at present there are plenty of other more liberal news outlets for the more discerning American.
• THE INTERNET.  One would think that internet porn would be anathema to all god-fearing upright Americans, and that Bush would have attempted to deal with it with more rigorously than he has done. But as part of the ‘tittytainment’ to keep the masses happy, internet porn serves a useful purpose. As for internet news, Bush is not worried at this point. But AMERICANS BEWARE, when the US is further up the ladder of fascism, will the ordinary Joe, with his porn, Everybody Loves Raymond and other assorted drivel notice the tampering and censorship that inevitably will come?.