Well, as I have commented on in the wonderful wonderful world of Serious Discussion there is the very interesting law called the Patriot Act.
Currently it doesn't completely remove all known rights from a person, although it does limit/remove a few.

Yet when compared to Pt. 2(which Bush still wants to pass) it is nothing.
Also Pt. 1 passed after the people were coerced into passing it.

So roughly Ashcroft and Bush are maintaining a certain degree of control over Congress. In fact, a few existing rules within the Patriot Act removes power from certain parts of the government and gives them over to other parts..like the Justice Department.

Now who's in control of the Justice Department? Attorney General Ashcroft.
Yes, the same guy who helped coerce Congress into passing the Patriot Act. He's getting MORE power.

And they still want Pt. 2 to be passed(which would remove any and all potential rights and give more power to Ashcroft).


Then we have another problem.
Currently certain areas of the United States are conducting the election votes in a different way..they're using computerized ballots in a sense.
However as is the case in all of the cases these balloting systems are highly flawed and easily hacked into, yet in almost all of the cases these warnings and facts are being ignored.

Ever hear of stuffing the ballot?


So pretty much all of the liberties, all of the basic rights and the very Democracy itself is under seige by those in charge. Instead of letting the people choose, we're going to allow "hackers"(read government officials) to change the votes to what they want. This will mean that they can keep Bush in power.

What's up next? Perhaps more coercion and blackmailing to get the Patriot Act's second part passed..?