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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj AT intrex.net>]

Is the USA heading in this direction? (possibly yes if monsanto and others of 
their kind have their way):
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/26/kremlin-closes-the-e.html
Late last year, the European University at St. Petersburg in Russia launched a project to study how elections in Russia 
could be protected from rigging. That line of inquiry pissed off Russian President Vladimir Putin. Feeling the Kremlin's 
thumb, the university's academic council killed the project on January 31. Yet just two weeks later, the St. Petersburg 
court shut down the school as a "fire risk." Coincidence? Unlikely. And now today, it's come out that the university has 
lost its license to operate. The Rector of the school says that if it isn't granted a new license within a month, the 
institution will be closed for good.