Wish I had said that

As the Bush/neo-con kleptocracy disintegrates in a toxic cloud of military defeat, economic bankruptcy, environmental disaster and escalating mega-scandal, its attack on basic American freedoms---its "New Totalitarianism"---has escalated to a desperate new level, including brutal Soviet-style prosecutions against non-violent dissidents and an all-out offensive for state secrecy, including an attack on the internet.

Now I do wish I had written that, but I was beaten by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman in an article, one version of which can be found here: The "New Totalitarianism" now defines a desperate neo-con end game