and free speech that is at risk. Just a few weeks ago the U.S. government issued a rule making it a felony crime for any blogger, journalist, reporter or photographer to approach any oil cleanup operation, equipment or vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. Anyone caught is subject to arrest, a ,000 fine and prosecution for a federal felony crime.
But this was all predicted years ago.
Back during the Bush administration, there was a military coup in Thailand. The leaders of the coup took a specific steps, rather systematically, as if they had a shopping list. In a sense, they did.
Within a matter of days, democracy had been closed down: the coup leaders