Heard on NPR today that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is saying the events of 9/11 prove the need for the U.S. to have a missile defense shield (aka Star Wars). Yeah, that makes sense.
It infuriates me that those tragic events play so well into the hands of conservatives. The list of things they’ve jumped on is long: legislated patriotism, increased military funding and presence, erosion of personal freedoms, confidence in shaky national leaders, xenophobia, censorship of contrary opinion, and probably a bunch of other stuff I’ve forgotten.
What a world. Come and get me, FBI.
It seems to me that the Republican politicians are much more damaging terrorists than the WTC/Pentagon terrorists. The 9/11 terrorists killed people and property, but the Administration is killing democracy.
yes, but see… you’re not a REAL threat, cause you’re a white guy. if you had hints of being middle eastern/arab and were criticizing the gov’t, they’d be all over you. *sigh* dontcha love society like that. it’s like the war on communism with an ethnic spin. *sigh* i’m pretty sure if this whole thing lasts longer and things become more intense, we could quite likely be labeled “terrorist sympathizers” and be blacklisted for it.
so who wants to move to canada, eh?