You know, the funny thing about this is that Jeff Head, and I and others Like Ace with his brilliant and searing Provincial Proverbs series have been saying this sort of thing for years.
And for the most part, we were ignored and/or laughed at.
Nobody’s laughing now.
I well remember those days Noumenon. We've both been around here for a long time, more than 13 years. I well remember the "frog in the pot" analogy. I wasn't doing any of the laughing. Clearly, you were right then, just a little early.
But what wasn't clearly visible then is clearly visible now. Your "prophecy" has been fulfilled. Now that the matter is clearly visible, we can't pretend any longer that it isn't really there — nor deny that, as Americans, we have a right, even a duty, to take measures to restore the public order.