You know...

... if the US really wants to convey the impression to the rest of the world that it's being overrun by jack-booted thugs, it's going about it the right way, what with the bill put forward by Lieberman, McCain et al. allowing indefinite detention without trial of its own citizens, and the conviction of Peter Watts on statutory grounds which amount to a Catch-22 set of terms designed to give border guards a free pass to mistreat people and then claim that they are being resisted when the relevant parties are too dazed and confused to respond.

I'm certainly not inclined to go to the States any time soon.