While John W. Howard ardently paints his face with George W. Bush's excrement in Washington, his Minister for Terrorgasm, Philip Ruddock, has overseen the arrest of an American peace activist, revoked his visitor's visa and is threatening to deport him for being a threat to national security. What the threat may be is any totalitarian watcher's guess.

Teacher Scott Parkin's crime is that of waging a campaign against the American Vice President's carpetbagger operations in Iraq, namely Halliburton, being one of millions against the Iraq war, and not keeping his mouth shut in Australia.

Greens Senator Bob Brown thinks Parkin's arrest in Melbourne last Saturday came on orders from the Pentagon. This makes sense, since to arrest Parkin in his home country would be far more problematic. But if Australia under Gauleiter Howard steps in to do the dirty work, the Pentagon can always say its hands were clean.

It appears Parkin may be happy enough to be deported. Australia is becoming more like the horrifying caricature of America in L Q Jones' film A Boy and His Dog than America.

Well, there you go, mah fellow Australians. This is the first direct example of the police state we shall not be overcoming. Australia is a wide open rectum for the American Empire's massively engorged shaft.

Links:
• Outcry over plan to deport activist as a security threat
• Protesters decry US peace activist's arrest
• Activist's arrest prompts questions about security powers
• Detaining peace activist may be abuse of power: QC
• Taking Direct Action Against Hallliburton