With all the recently contrived hyperbole about communist socialist nazi extraterrestrial liberals, this article from today's Free Press caught my eye: Communists' ranks swell as Japanese economy tanks.
TOKYO -- Under a big red flag, the headquarters of the Communist Party of Japan are the center of the most vibrant grassroots movement in the country. The party's ranks are swelling, it has 24,000 branch offices and more than 1 million people read its newspaper. Only one party -- the one that runs the country -- beats it at fund-raising....
Maybe there's some conspiracy theory out there explaining why neocon new-world-order policies were intended to have this effect?