Tim Daneliuk wrote:
[snipped for brevity]

The cultural battle before us is not first with Islam, terrorists, or
any of the rest of what makes the front page of the New York Times ("All
the news that fit to make up on the spot.").

Agreed.

The cultural battle is to
prevent the US - a nation that in only 300 short years made more good
things happen for more people *all over the world* - from descending
into the intellectual and moral middenheap that characterizes much of
the rest of the so-called West.

In no way am I naive enough to think that the North American West has
an exclusive in this moral melt-down. I am bundling my country Canada
in this as I am well aware of what we're doing... but in a different
wrapper.

I try to tell my 85-year old father that there is a difference between
what drove the Americanadian solders into his hometown in Holland and
gave them much needed food and liberation, and what they are doing in
Baghdad---an attempt at hegemony by building permanent bases with no
intent of EVER leaving.

Death and destruction for business is wrong.

A Democratic White House won't make any difference because that
TransAfghan Pipeline is going to get built no matter what. It is a very
expensive proposition, one that is going to need a lot of bodies and
tax dollars. So much, in fact, that the current administration is
already anticipating a revolt amongst the people who need to be
harvested for their earnings. Hence the continuous implementation of
so-called anti-terror legislation, which in fact cuts both ways as
those laws do not distinguish between terrorists and nationals. They
are going to need the tax dollars. The Big Squeeze is on.

What does need to stop is the continous assault on the liberties and
freedoms of the North American population.

The belief that the restrictions are only aimed at terrorists is naive.
To have faith that The Adminstration will always be fair in the
application of these crack-downs is nothing short of laughable if it
wasn't so sad.