Has anyone else noticed that we're going to hell?

From the AP Newswire:

"Police said more than 1,760 people have been arrested in a week of convention-related protests, a record for a U.S. political convention."

I heard this gem on Democracy Now from a delegate from Wausau, Wisconsin: "There was a time when he [Michael Moore] would have been tried for treason."

I cannot even listen to the news on my way to work anymore because it makes me want to drive into oncoming traffic.

My friends in NYC tell me Manhattan is exploding with protest. More than a quarter million people, including my dear A who is carrying a sign: "My bush would make a better president."