you might be right - there's certainly a cultural thread that the 666-worriers are just being triggered by. it's really a belief that the state is malign - and

you might be right - there's certainly a cultural thread that the 666-worriers are just being triggered by. it's really a belief that the state is malign - and the further away (ie, federal), the worse. which is ironic because feds get vastly more scrutiny than some podunk local government.