I really need to write a couple articles today… Anyone want to propose some subjects? (This is for the BME front-page article). Other than that, my only real plan that I'll mention here is snowmobiling.
Someone recently wrote me on a TOS issue, and like I always do, I checked out their page to see who they were. Anyway, in their first entry they had a link to one of these stileproject-esque porn sites. This one happened to be covered in racist garbage (anti-French jokes, “speak English or get the fuck out” shirts, and so on) while tooting a pro-America horn. Bad strategy.
The fact is that if America keeps going the way it is, sites like that may well not exist much longer. Do you really think Ashcroft, the guy who thought bare breasts on Roman statues should be censored, will stand for “teens that love dog dong”? If you really love freedom and love America, a military/corporate coup run by religious fanatics is the last thing you should be supporting!
Russ Feingold, quoted in this Patriot II editorial, said of the new laws being enacted in America,
There is no doubt that if we lived in a police state, it would be easier to catch terrorists. If we lived in a country where the police were allowed to search your home at any time for any reason; if we lived in a country where the government was entitled to open your mail, eavesdrop on your phone conversations, or intercept your e-mail communications ... the government would probably discover and arrest more terrorists, or would-be terrorists. But that is not a country in which we would want to live.
I don't know why “this war” is happening at this point. I understand that it's going to pour insane amounts of money into a small subset of the corporate community (oil and defence), but everything else becomes impoverished, most importantly the US citizens… Part of me thinks that is Bush's goal — first, to destabilise the international community in order to guarantee that any successors must continue on this path, and second, to so weaken the US economy to guarantee that the middle class join the poor, and to keep their chances of improving financially to a minimum.
After all, if your goal is simply power for yourself and your personal allies, this is the best way to do it, isn't it?
Six Democratic members of Congress pointed out the obvious recently: Bush is declaring war when he does not have the legal Constitutional right to do so (that is, because only Congress can authorise war)… The federal judge the pointed out the obvious in return: “tough shit, he can do what he wants”.
Saddam Hussein has said that war would be bad for both the US and Iraqi people, and that as leaders, he and Bush should have a public debate on the matter. The White House replied, “This is not about a debate. This is about complying with [our] instructions.”
Here's a suggestion: put the debate on pay-per-view.
I'd watch it for its dystopian comic appeal at a minimum.
The larger problem that America is creating for itself now is “universal hatred“. Every day that goes by, America increases its enemy list through its actions… Latest threats are coming not from larger groups like al Qaeda, but from lone terrorists, who are of course effectively untrackable and unstoppable. Sadly, it will again be the American citizens who pay the price with their blood, not the monsters that orchestrate all of it.
Bush is backing America into a corner where its only friends are paid.
Turkey in particular has shown incredible gall in demanding billions for its cooperation with our war efforts. Turkey shares a border with northern Iraq, and its air bases could serve as an important staging area for American forces. Yet Turkey is demanding a whopping $30 billion in exchange for its support of the war and use of its airfields. Unfortunately, the administration appears ready to accept this blackmail if a slightly lower dollar amount can be negotiated.
While America could have been the nation that defined the 21st century as it did the 20th, it is instead a crumbling warmongering nation with a failing economy that shows itself unable to interact peacefully with the world community… and when the money runs out, these countries will re-join the ranks of the enemy.
Step back, and look at these moves from a long-game point of view. Bush et al will stay sheltered and rich, but what will happen to the average American… I think it should be pretty clear to anyone, no matter what their political view, that these actions represent the end of America's prosperity and freedom.
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