Boogey-Man
Down
 Osama
bin Laden is dead, or so we're told. May I
see his death certificate?
(I hear they threw his body in the ocean.
I figured they'd cremate him and bury the
remains
next to Ken Lay.)
What this means is that the U.S. has spent
trillions of dollars to kill a man who bombed
the U.S.
embassy
in East Africa in August of 1998.
What? 9-11? Sorry, OBL was never formally charged
by the FBI with that crime. No matter how many
times he claimed responsibility for the attack
on the Twin Towers, in various audio and video
tapes of dubious authenticity, that's not the
same thing as real proof.
Bin Laden is simply a boogeyman whose death
is now convenient fodder for all sorts of U.S.
propaganda,
but it's not going to substantially change
our military presence in the Middle East. We're
staying, because that's where the oil is.
His
death is primarily an excuse to gain a few
brownie points for this administration, while
simultaneously
raising the level of paranoia and xenophobia
among
the
more gullible of our citizens who actually
believe that tiny bands of fundamentalist
Muslims
are determined to "take
their freedoms", something they happily handed
over
a decade ago to
the fascists that actually own and operate
this country.
I leave you with this:
“Joyfully celebrating the
killing of a killer who joyfully celebrated
killing carries an irony that I hope will not
be lost on us. Are we learning anything, or
simply spinning harder in the cycle of violence?” -
Brian McLaren
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Little bit of found comedy: Montana Rep. Denny
Rehberg (R) recently claimed that he's a small
businessman, a struggling
small businessman.
Mr. Rehberg is actually worth
$31 million dollars.
He's the 14th richest member of the House of Representatives. He's also a major
scumbag.
=Lefty=
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 February
10, 2011: "We're going to have a relentless focus on creating jobs." -
John Boehner.
So far the list of GOP accomplishments for 2011 is:
(1) Attempted curtailing of abortion rights.
(2) Attempted defunding of Planned Parenthood.
(3) Attempted defunding of NPR.
(4) Investigating Muslims.
(5) Declaring English as America's Official Language.
(6) Reaffirming "In God We Trust". Yawn.
(7) Challenging AARP's tax-exempt status.
(8) Approved defunct funding for failed
religious schools.
(9) Attempt to destroy Medicaid.
(10) Attempt to destroy Planned Parenthood
(11) Shutting down the government
(12) Attempt to destroy the EPA.
(13) Attempting to eliminate financial
counseling.
(14) Passed a House budget that gives $4 trillion in tax cuts to the
rich.
(15) Spend $500,000 to discriminate against gays.
(16) Continued
toadying for the rich.
(17) Pretending the deficit is to blame for slow
job growth.
(18) De-funded SETI.
(ARGH!!!!!!!)
(19) Tried to kill Chrysler two years ago... which is now going to
pay
back all its government loans.
(20) The Judicial
Branch of the GOP, the Supreme Court, votes
5-4 to deny
consumer class-action suits.
Nope. No job creation here. Move along. Move
along.
I'll keep adding to this list until the Republican
House does something to create jobs. I unhappily
predict this is gonna be one lonnnnng list.
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