What's wrong with the USA? It is really very simple...Updated

[i] Takeover, part 1 of 2 , Takeover, part 2 of 2 , The Silent Coup

[ii] Less Safe, Less Free, part 1 of 2 , Less Safe, Less Free, part 2 of 2, The War on Free Expression by Stephen Lendman

[iii] from an excerpted story in which Vice President Dick Cheney describes the Bush administration's doctrine on dealing with terrorism

[iv] The War on Free Expression by Stephen Lendman

[v] The Courts versus the President, Choosing Justices, 1 of 2, Choosing Justices, 2 of 2

[vi] Talking Point Memo Attorney Purge Timeline

[vii] Prosecution: Prosecutorial Discretion

[viii] Backstory: Eco-vigilantes: All in 'The Family?' ,

[ix] H. R. 3162

[x] 'Islamists' come late to a practice West has long justified for itself ,

[xi] From "Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War" by Robert Fisk page 439

[xii] A former American observing the demise of the land he once loved