> the darkest of the dark ages I agree this is a dark age for freedom, but to put things in perspective: Mao, Lenin, The Inquisition, Genghis Khan, Victorian I

> the darkest of the dark ages I agree this is a dark age for freedom, but to put things in perspective: Mao, Lenin, The Inquisition, Genghis Khan, Victorian Imperialism, Feudalism. The current US Congress, the CIA, Hoover's FBI, et al may be tyrannical, but Obama is no Mao.