John Ashcroft and Tom Ridge are the duelling Himmlers, intentional or otherwise, of the new regime--they whip up fear every two to three weeks with new obscure warnings to the American people, telling then to be on guard against invisible threats, yet urging them to "continue life as normal."
War is Peace, remember? More in the short piece The Accidental Fascist? from Sean Gallagher's Falling Anvil.
