Cataloguing(people...)

How long would it take for the idea of this to be shot down here in the U.S. where Democracy "exists"? The same sort of Democracy that we are purportedly bringing to Iraq?

U.S. troops are stopping Iraqis at checkpoints, workplaces and sites where attacks have recently occurred, and inputting their personal data using handheld scanners or specially equipped laptops. In several neighborhoods in and around Baghdad, troops have gone door to door collecting data.



Can this be far behind?



Over there and maybe over here?

I can't help but recall the fears of Paul Craig Roberts in this interview with Mark::

"the United States is is essentially finished. Liberty's dead, I don't see any way to bring it back. The country is balkanized, it's split, and ignorant. It hasn't the foggiest idea what's happening to it."

"...I don't see any signs of hope at all. I see none. None at all. I expect to die in a concentration camp."