... and yet there they are, with permission. It can't be for the ratings. Beck's numbers are pitiful. Kristol is so far from the mainstream one could rightfully call him 'fringe'.

Yet there they are, and not by default. (sigh)

the highly civilized, cultured and technologically advanced birthplace of Schiller, Goethe and Brahms, either.

You bet it could. It is happening, right before your eyes.

... that I can come off a bit alarmist, and probably do more than is my general state of mind. (I'm a eNFp, after all :)

Keeping tabs, if you will, isn't something I really sought after. I don't go looking for evidence. I just happen to notice and it trips a trigger.

I'm also aware that some will be reticent to even entertain the thought that we could witness something akin to civilian vigilante corps, or community security squads, etc, that act more in concert with the state than current Minuteman outfits do, the likes of which we haven't seen since the good-ol'-boys networks operated in the South with approval.

The seeds have always been planted. This administration and its sycophants have fertilized them, given them careers and a ready made alternative reality that many seem to validate. (~20% is all it takes)

Ya, I think it can happen here. There is no natural goodness inherent in Americans that would exclude us from such a fate were the right circumstances to align at the wrong time. I suspect it would be a uniquely American form. Perhaps with improved packaging.

I followed your link to the Keirsey Personality Test. That was a tough questionaire for me to answer. I'm too cheap to pay for the full analysis, but my general category is a "Rational". Reading that summary, I'm not comfortable that all of it's me. Interesting.....

_{Turn back to the Constitution - and READ it.}

I'm skeptical. I don't see myself as a Guardian. That's not INTJish.

Another "Rational". I smell a scam to sell some otherwise worthless drivel. I could see the trends in the questions and I suspect that on another day I might score completely differently.

... as it relates to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, but I like his stance on ADHD.

Perhaps a reader with some psychologist type learnin' could chime.

learnin', but my fiancee does and she says this line of tests is generally pretty decent. It by no means pins down every single person who takes it, but its accurate much more often than most other such tests.

I've taken it a few times over the years and usually waffle between INTJ and ENTJ--can't quite decide if I'm extroverted or introverted.

... while taking the test that there were perhaps a few questions I might answer differently depending on the moment or the day. Also, that we are three people; how we see ourselves, how others see us, and who we are. I would expect some people not to give the test much credence.

I was actually a bit surprised at my results because in the main I judged them to be fairly accurate. But then, judging ones own results on a test like this doesn't really confirm much, other than perhaps that I liked what it told me.

Thanks, and congrats. :P

..."you have no audience".

He's probably the price they had to pay for allowing Cafferty his 5 minutes / hour. And Cafferty ain't even a librul - just a (relatively) honest conservative.

"You know something is wrong when the New England Patriots face stiffer penalties for spying on innocent Americans than Dick Cheney and George Bush." - Bill Richardson