[Obadiah]

I stand corrected.

[chimera]

No biggie. It all points to an increasingly “police state” mode of operation. I understand the context of the things done post 9/11 and generally don't have a problem with most of them, but this tendency to shoot first and ask questions later, from the FBI and ATF cowboys down to local S.W.A.T., drug busts, and cops on the beat, is really disturbing. The siege of Ruby Ridge typified that. The assassination sequence seems to be, kill the dog(s), kill the wives and kids, then kill the adult males. Disgusting.