90% of MoveOn.org readers agree with this:

This truly frightening bit is that this was the #2 Action Item on MoveOn.org as of 1:55pm CST Thursday Sept 8th...

ActionForum: "Is this country headed toward a revolution?

When the guardsmen were sent back from Iraq to restore order in New Orleans, they described the looters as 'insurgents'.

Bush sent troops but held back the Red Cross and refused many offers for help. That does not look good.

In case of confrontation between the police and demonstrators, in Washington DC or elsewhere, I have little doubt that Bush will not hesitate to use force. It is clear that if asked to shoot to kill 'insurgents', most soldiers and guardsmen would not dare disobey orders.

Against that backdrop, will civil disobedience and passive resistance work?

Would Blacks in this country have obtained civil rights without bloody confrontations with the police?

I really think that a labor action is the best way to deal with the current situation but if one chooses to demonstrate and confront the police, he better be ready. One should ask oneself: 'what would I do if confronted with a tank?'.

It becomes clearer every day that we are in a dictatorship. I say: if we opt for a confrontation, we cannot be choosy. We have to bring in all the forces that are hostile to the present order. I can understand that some would be reluctant to associate Farrakhan with this movement but, let's face it, Bush is not scared of us 'liberals'.

When we choose to take our message to the streets, we have to be ready for a bloody confrontation with the police or the army. In that case, why not put all the chances on our side. We have to force Bush to resign. That's the only way out and that's what is at stake today.

].[Scarier still is that (presumably the same) 90% of MoveOn.org readers who voted seet this as an item deserving Five out of Five stars in importance.]