ThisisLondon: "American officials want a virtual three-day shutdown of central London in a bid to foil disruption of the visit by anti-war protestors. They are demanding that police ban all marches and seal off the city centre. "

This, brought to my attention from the Counterspin Central blog. Is this what democracy is about? Security concerns are one thing (and legitimate) but this administration seems to not even want people to be able to express their political beliefs. Here at home, they move the anti-Bush protestors to a sequestered plot. Overseas, they want to block anti-Bush protests at all. I really wonder if this admin really believes in Democracy. Paul Krugman, of the NY Times (yes, I know it is considered liberal) really thinks that this admin doesn't actually believe in our system. I don't want to believe that, but so many times we have seen them do whatever it takes to win, regardless of the implications for democratic speech or the electoral system.