CONTENTS

Introduction to the 2005 Edition

I

One  STATE OF THE UNION: 2004

Two   THE PRIVATIZING OF THE AMERICAN ELECTION

II

Three  THE DAY THE AMERICAN EMPIRE RAN OUT OF GAS

Four  A CHEERFUL RESPONSE

Five  ARMAGEDDON?

Six  NOTES ON OUR PATRIARCHAL STATE

Seven  THE NATIONAL SECURITY STATE

Eight  THE STATE OF THE UNION: 1980

Nine  THE SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION

III

Ten  WE ARE THE PATRIOTS

Eleven  INTERIM REPORT: ELECTION 2004

Index