[Jim Scott]

I believe the 'Wall Street' protests/riots are being orchestrated to deflect attention and rightful blame on the nation's staggering economy from where it belongs - the socialist policies of Barack Hussein Obama - to 'the rich' or better yet, 'Wall Street'. People are hurting and they are growing angry. That usually means bad news for the president in an election year. So, Obama and his minions have decided that instead of borrowing Harry Truman's 'do-nothing congress' shtick he'll blame the nations economic woes on 'the rich bankers' who are relatively nebulous and easy to attack, considering the protestors are mostly unsophisticated college kids. The whole thing is a sham and utterly absurd but even so, Obama is using it to his advantage as he tries to play the class warfare card. It could morph into the police-state scenario you've outlined but, more likely, the protestors will get bored and go home causing this Kabuki street theater to fail. Obama is in deep doo-doo and he will not be re-elected.

[arthurus]

Obama is in deep doo-doo and he will not be re-elected

Which is why hordes of Democrats will re-register as Republicans to vote in the primaries. They will give us Romney who has the least chance of beating the kenyan and it is not a loss to the Left if he does. He will hold their place while he pushes their agenda through a Republican Congress for 2 years then he will have a more compatible Democrat congress for his last 2 years after which he will go down to a more capable Hard Left Democrat i.e. an actual, perhaps even open, Communist.