Tim wrote:

America is emulating the Soviet "psychiatric prison" system. Look at Roby Ridge, where some possibly eccentric old lady is being beseiged by Waco-type raiders. Look for her to "set her house on fire."

(Not to sound like the little dog in Oz, but: "Pay no attention to the SWAT team pushing the nozzle of a flame thrower under her door.")

I can't help wondering if some former SPECWAR guy somewhere out there who took his oath seriously, just one, may not get a little sick of watching this stuff on the news and give the old lady a present and the Nazis a message one morning... a SWAT team sleeping the eternal sleep at their posts, their necks having been mildly adjusted during the quiet night. "Whatcha gonna do when they come for you, come for you...?" Nighty-night!