Things are desperate here in the bunker. Iggy Pop is spinning on the music box, the cigarettes are on fire, and the coffee is bubbling. I'm not sure what's causing the agitation in your correspondent this morning, but it's sure to end in an ugly fashion.

I have come to a conclusion though. The floors in the bunker need to be refinished. Therefore, the sander is coming out of retirement this week, and the wood finish will be dispersed on my days off. Why am I doing this, because I can Buckaroos, because I can.

Watching the news yesterday, it's become apparent that according to the US establishment, anyone opposed to globalization has become an anarchist. I thought the term anarchist had passed out of fashion with the Paris Communes in the sixties. Apparently not though, watching the footage of the ugliness in South America yesterday, and watching the commentary gymnastics of Lou Dobbs and his ilk in trying to explain what was going on, the word anarchist kept seeping into the conversation. Anarchism is one of those political philosophies that cannot be easily explained away. Most people were not even aware that Anarchism is a political philosophy, one that's a lot closer to the right wing than they would want to admit. Following the views of the republicans to their extreme, Anarchism is the complete decentralization of government.

I often find it amusing how people put forward political ideas, and then when they find out the logical extension of that idea become terrified of it. It's an era of instant gratification, we need instant solutions. Some people watch the 6:00 news and see it as a game show "the answer is Jim...." to various social ills, we have a problem with homeless people "put 'em to work in camps", children of immigrants causing trouble "deport 'em Jim!". if however, you tell people, that the logical extension of both these ideas would be very very similiar to what the Nazis did, people clam up, mumble and say "that's not what I meant".

Do I know the solution to our social problems, Gods no. I do know one thing, we're not trying to find a solution as a society either, we keep slapping bandages on the problem hoping that the bleeding will stop. Years ago, watching Mike Harris put forward his "Common Sense" revolution a colleague of mine said, "what we actually need is uncommon sense".