Consider how bad the U.S. schools are, and what kind of people these produce. We're a nation of around 30% drop-out-rate. For those who do graduate, they have not been taught how to think for themselves, how to analyze things, or how to tell truth from lies. They are being taught what they need to know to pass the various proficiency tests, and that's pretty much it.

By the way, here's my own prediction of what could very well happen (although I REALLY hope it doesn't):

Here is a scenario of what might happen in October.

Around the second or third week of coming October there will be a day in which there are three or four "terrorist" attacks in the U.S. on widely spaced areas. The number of deaths will not be high, as the attacks will be accompanied by a warning that they were just a demonstration of what the terrorists will do soon. Some of the terrorists will supposedly be U.S. citizens who happen to be gay and/or lesbian.

(These attacks will not be by terrorists, but will be by a select group of people, some from the government, some from big business, and some from the Christian far right), but they will  be made to look like terrorist attacks.)

The Bush administration will declare a state of martial law. The presidential election will be "officially" postponed until "peace and tranquility" are restored in the nation.  There will be a number of executive orders (like Executive Order 9066 from FDR) that will basically "temporarily" suspend most rights. The Christian extremists will begin to declare that the attacks are a "sign from God" that the U.S. must fully embrace Christianity, and purge itself of "disruptive" elements (like gays, lesbians, liberals, etc.) and drive Islam out of the country.

The result will be that the U.S. will become a theocracy. The Bill of Rights will, effectively, be done away with. Those who wish to protest this in court will find their way blocked by new executive orders banning any such legal maneuvers. No matter how anyone wishes to challenge the new laws or the martial law declaration, they will be unable to do so because they will not be allowed to do any such thing in court.

Muslims will be gathered up and deported to other countries. All evidences of Islamic worship will be purged from the U.S. This will be done first; afterwards, the Christian right will produce "evidence" tying in gays, etc. to the attacks, and the U.S. will begin to establish internment camps for them. Many gays, etc, will go into hiding; some will try to appear as heterosexuals.

The TV will also be heavily censored. Schools will be required to teach the "evils" of Islam, and to disband all gay,etc. groups, and to make health ed. programs strictly based on abstinence. (Some of this will be much like that which happened in Jericho in the “Allied States of America.”)

Executive orders will nullify everything like legal marriage from same-sex couples. They will also nullify some of the State's rights. Again, anyone who protests will be unable to get their cases heard.

There will be some violent protests which will be exactly what the "new" government wants. They will use such protests to "justify their position" and to crack down on dissidents. The U.S. will, in effect, become a Nazi-like Christian-extremist state, with suspension of almost all personal rights "for the time being."

Bush will remain President, although McCaIn or someone else will be given a sort of co-President position.

There will probably be one or two more "staged" attacks, just to keep up the pressure and the media coverage.

The Internet, at least relating to things originating in the U.S., will become very heavily censored. People will be encouraged to turn in any sites that seem "un-American." Big Business will get even bigger and more powerful, and much of the Internet, in the U.S., will be reserved for them alone. Fewer and fewer "average" people will be able to use the Internet except for shopping, as costs for personal web sites will be increased so much most "average" people will no longer be able to afford to have their own pages.

More and more of the media will be brought under control by government groups and pro-government "interest groups." (Such as what ws done in Japan during World War II to their own media.)

The Democratic party, by various methods, will be isolated and severely reduced in power. Presidential elections will be postponed indefinitely by the government. There will still be a Democratic party present in state and local elections, though, at least for a while.

That is one of the most chilling pictures I've ever seen painted. I sure hope you're wrong about it.