SIN, I agree Bush isn't a very good leader, but this is the second time you have called the US a police-state. This is quite hilarious. I am against the erosion of civil liberties that is happening, but c'mon. You use America's shortcomings as justification for Castro, Morales, and Chavez. Their ideas need to stand on their own -- so far they only exist because they have been able to call on the nationalism of the masses. Their policies suck, but that doesn't matter so long as they stick it to America -- brilliant!