WoodenMike,
1) Don't worry - the current level of utter incompetence and stupidity in the federal and local goverment on all levels does ensure, we won't have a funcioning "Police State" in the next 200 or so years. Monica Lewinsky is a good example of what was done wrongly from begin until end on all levels of govermnet and the public life. The rest of the world laugh on this - and THEY (i.e. all branches of the goverment) didn't get it. As long as they don't get it - don't worry. :-(
2) Regarding the "Zionist Occupation" - for some people it is not a "Zionist Occupation" but the very much the fight for the freedom they crave for in the last 2000 or so years. BTW: To them the "freedom" is much easier to define than to lucky us. It simply means that they do not want to be gased in the gas chambers anymore. That's so simple. The freedom to be just alive: eat, sleep and love.
3) Unfortunately the foreign policy became pretty much a domestic issue after 9-11. It should be mentioned, America does aid the ones who oppose the "Zionist Occupants" - and significantly. I am not in the position to judge does one or the other make sense and I do not ahve any exact number. However, since you mention the "Zionist Occupation", it is just fair to mention this fact as well.
Therefore your enemy is not the "Zionist Occupation" or a "police state" (i.e. Department of Homeland Security and other organizations) - but the poor management, inflated bureaucracy and brainless execution of stupid decisions. The fact is, too many people want to do the work with the goverment - and there is simply no need for their inflated and useless service. (I.e. do we really need so many car attendants on that train?)
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As long as you don't get your automatically issued "Platzkarte" with the ticket and as long as if you see the on-time Coast Starnight only if it is 24 hours late - don't worry. The "Police State" is not functioning.
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Last but not least. Having war-like conditions in the country, the "Zionist Occupants" railway is surprisingly functional:
http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/pix/ne/Israel...JT42BW/Isr4.jpg