[lbo-talk] FBI Grills Professor Critical of U.S. Venezuela Policy

[Chuck]

Steven L. Robinson wrote:
> The "f" word is largely meaningless  anyway.  But this is just one more 
> sign of authoritarianism creeping into US political life. Such FBI 
> harassment is neither new or unusual but when considered along with the 
> Patriot Act, warrantless searches, the Lynne Stewart prosecution etc etc 
> of recent years, we see a federal government determined to narrow the 
> range of dissent that is permissible. SR 

I'm more pissed at activists and dissenters who engage in 
self-censorship and who won't protest, than I am at the government. I've 
come to expect the same old shit from the U.S. government. Another thing 
that pisses me off are all the liberals and leftists who moan and 
complain about George Bush when Democratic regimes have been just as bad.

Whatever, just preaching to the choir on a Friday afternoon.

Chuck