Highly respected Princton economist Paul Krugman has concluded that the Bush administration represents what Henry Kissinger's doctoral thesis describes as a "revolutionary power." This power uses public and private institutions to do what it wants, and sets rules or breaks rules as a matter of course. Paraphrasing Kissinger, people who have lived in a long period of relative stability become conditioned to deny the rise of a revolutionary power. The power can become deeply entrenched before the public realizes what is happening. (Introduction to "The Great Unraveling by Paul Krugman").

Excuse me if my writing seems to convey anger or hate. That's not intended, and I should reflect on my writing style.

Note the word "hope" in the title. I'm advocating long-range planning, and the building of lasting institutions of power. In the long-run, we can reverse the takeover of the US House, Sentate, Presidency, US Supreme Court, a majority of the governorships, a majority of the state legislatutres, AM talk radio and other media, and laws like electoral procedures, and campaign finance among others.

In his book 1984, George Orwell described the state of perpetual war in his fictional society by saying that the war wasn’t meant to be won, it was only meant to be continuous.

That's what Bush is doing now. When your government pretends to be legitimate, but launches a war on false pretenses and uses the uncertainty of war to induce public fear and influence an election, it's a "come to the aid of your country" moment. That's part of the picture.

Former Clinton Treasury Secretary and Wall Street executive Robert Ruben, among others, has strongly suggested that the Bush administration's budget deficit is intentional. The purpose is to create a fiscal crisis that will leave no alternative but to roll back social security and Medicare. This isn't conspiracy theory. President Reagan official David Stockman refered to their use of this strategy as "starving the beast."

Officials in the Bush administration and the Republican controlled Congress say routinely that they they want smaller government, and they mean it. Grover Norquist, a no-tax advocate, who is very influential with the Bush administration, has said famously that he wants to shrink government until it can be "drown in a bathtub.

Perhaps "Battle cry" is a bit too shrill. Maybe others have an opinion.
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