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- humanerror, on 07/01/2008, -24/+364A US / Israel invasion of Iran at this point will almost certainly trigger World War 3.
Iran is a democratic country with a capable military. They have attacked not a single country in hundreds of years, and if they find themselves suddenly having to defend themselves against an unprovoked attack from the world's strongest superpower and most violent military aggressor, then they WILL have the sympathy--and quite possibly the support--of other nations in the region and elsewhere.
Meanwhile, the US has already cut ties with allies all over the world and greatly diminished its favored status in the eyes of even our closest partners, Japan and the UK. Not only that, but NO ONE supports US aggression towards Iran. On the contrary, regions that will be openly hostile to another US invasion--this time without even the pretext of consulting the UN or claiming self defense--will include probably all of South and Central America, most of Europe, China, Russia, and all of the Middle East excluding Israel.
Do we believe that Bush's generals can command the USA to another World War victory at this point?
Maybe they can. But what are the odds that, as before, the war will end with only the US using nuclear weapons? Will Pakistan not take the opportunity to use its weapons? What about Israel? Russia? China? Japan? (After all, does anyone really believe that Japan, threatened by North Korea and consistently hostile to Russia and China, doesn't have nuclear capabilities?)
What's clear is that if this happens, then we are all in serious trouble. More than a million people have already died in Bush's war. So far they've been mostly foreigners on foreign land, and CNN and MSNBC and the rest have been able to create the impression that it's not happening at all. But if Bush is allowed to extend his war to Iran, then there's every reason to believe that the next million deaths--and the million after that and the million after that--will be much closer to home. And it's also clear that, one way or another, a war against Iran will not last for a hundred years.
Americans. This is real. If you're not terrified, if you're not furious, if you're not *interested*, then my God, what will it take?
Are we going to sit around and just hope it doesn't happen? - StigNordas, on 07/01/2008, -18/+252What happened to the US? I want my country back!
- sherrife, on 07/01/2008, -32/+209We're witnessing the death throes of the American Empire...
Unfortunately corporate capitalism will continue unabated till we fight back. - SaraLiberty, on 08/16/2008, -6/+152You create an angry American by taking away their new car, ipod or 8 pound burger king meal. The sleepers will simply flick TV channels between Pampers ads and Dancing With the Stars, have another beer and belch 'till the feeling goes away. War, who cares as long as it doesn't directly affect their Internet access and bank account. After all, government has their best interests at heart and will take care of everything! George Bush says we were attacked on 9/11 by "evildoers who hate our freedoms and way of life." (sure..) And you can believe what he says since he never lies..Just ask "Dick Cheney." Meanwhile, sit back and do nothing, watch your freedoms and hard won civil liberties and Constitution become dismantled piece by piece, eviscerated and extinguished. Trust 'your' government, they are here to help you. Is Keeping Up with the Kardashians on yet?
It's going to take a full scale revolution in this country to change anything for the better. The USA has been hi-jacked. "Our" government has sold out to greater masters. They will do whatever they please with no accountability, with no respect for the Constitution-which is the law of the land. The Constitution=AMERICA, yet they spit on it, rape it profusely and laugh. They don't give a ***** what we cannon fodder for taxes serfs think. They shut us out, and instead bow to AIPAC overlords, grovel to their feet to pledge unconditional, "unshakable support" as they gleefully give away another 10 million dollars of our taxmoney to Pakistan's president in untraceable cash transfers.
America is being destroyed from within. We are under a domestic, fascist assault. America needs a full-on revolution. We the people need to rise up and take our country back. Get off the ***** blogs and take to the streets in the millions. It's time. - inactive, on 07/01/2008, -19/+148Sweet lets win two wars at once. We have an unlimited number of troops. Weeeeee!
- inactive, on 07/02/2008, -0/+90Three wars.*
- Silvbird, on 07/02/2008, -21/+107Antiwar.com Action Alert
Iran War Resolution May Be Passed This Week
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H. Con. Res. 362 S. Res. 580Newsletter Take ActionDonate
Introduced less than a month ago, Resolution 362, also known as the Iran War Resolution, could be passed by the House as early as next week.
The bill is the chief legislative priority of AIPAC. On its Web site, AIPAC endorses the resolutions as a way to ''Stop Iran's Nuclear Program" and tells readers to lobby Congress to pass the bill. In the Senate, a sister resolution, Resolution 580, has gained co-sponsors with similar speed. The Senate measure was introduced by Indiana Democrat Evan Bayh on June 2. It has since gained 19 co-sponsors.
The bill's key section "demands that the president initiate an international effort to immediately and dramatically increase the economic, political, and diplomatic pressure on Iran to verifiably suspend its nuclear enrichment activities by, inter alia, prohibiting the export to Iran of all refined petroleum products; imposing stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains, and cargo entering or departing Iran; and prohibiting the international movement of all Iranian officials not involved in negotiating the suspension of Iran's nuclear program."
"Imposing stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains, and cargo entering or departing Iran" can be read to mean that the president should initiate a naval blockade of Iran. A unilateral naval blockade without UN sanction is an act of war.
Resolution 362 has already gained 170 co-sponsors, or nearly 40 percent of the House. It has been referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee, which has 49 members, 24 of whom, including the ranking Republican, are co-sponsors. The Iran Nuclear Watch Web site writes, "According to the House leadership, this resolution is going to 'pass like a hot knife through butter' before the end of June on what is called suspension - meaning no amendments can be introduced during the 20-minute maximum debate. It also means it is assumed the bill will pass by a 2/3 majority and is non-controversial."
Our national legislators deem it non-controversial to recommend to a president known for his recklessness and bad judgment that he consider engaging in an act of war against Iran. Those of you who consider this issue controversial can go to the Just Foreign Policy Web site and tell your representative to oppose this resolution.
http://capwiz.com/justforeignpolicy/issues/alert/? ...
An Emergency Call to Action:
An Attack could be Imminent
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YET ANOTHER U.S. WAR?
The U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan is hated by the people there. These wars have no support at home and are ruining the domestic economy. Instead of pulling out, the Bush administration is preparing for still another war—this time against Iran . This must be stopped!
AGRESSION TOWARDS IRAN IS ESCALATING
On June 4, George Bush, with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at his side, called Iran a “threat to peace.” Two days before, acting as a proxy for the Pentagon, Israel used advanced U.S. fighter planes to conduct massive air maneuvers, which the media called a “dress rehearsal” for an attack on Iran ’s nuclear facility. Under pressure from the U.S. , the European Union announced sanctions against Iran on June 23; a bill is before Congress for further U.S. sanctions on Iran and even a blockade of Iran .
IRAN “THREATS” A HOAX
Iran as a “nuclear threat” is as much a hoax as Bush’s claim of “weapons of mass destruction” in Iraq used to justify the war there. The International Atomic Energy Agency, which inspects Iran ’s nuclear facilities, says it has no weapons program and is developing nuclear power for the days when its oil runs out. Even Washington ’s 16 top spy agencies issued a joint statement that said Iran does not have nuclear weapons technology!
U.S. and Israel are the real nuclear danger. The Pentagon has a huge, nuclear-capable naval armada in the Persian/Arabian Gulf, with guns aimed at Iran . Israel , the Pentagon’s proxy force in the Middle East , has up to 200 nuclear warheads and has never signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Iran did sign it.
WAR HURTS U.S. ECONOMY
While billions of dollars go to war, at home the unemployment rate had the biggest spike in 23 years. Home foreclosures and evictions are increasing; fuel and food prices are through the roof. While the situation is growing dire for many, Washington ’s cuts to domestic programs continue. A new U.S. war will bring only more suffering.
WHAT WE DO RIGHT NOW CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
While the summer is a difficult time to call protests, the August recess of Congress gives the White House an opportunity for unopposed aggression against Iran . We must not let this happen! From the anti-war movement and all movements for social change, to religious and grassroots organizations, unions and schools, let us join forces to demand “No war on Iran, U.S. out of Iraq, Money for human needs not war! “
This call to action is issued by StopWarOnIran.org, a network of thousands of concerned activists and organizations fighting to stop a new war against Iran since March 2006.
http://www.stopwaroniran.org/aug2.shtml - THETEH, on 07/02/2008, -6/+82It's a terrifying thing to watch your country head towards disaster. I've had a rough time with the last 8 years.
- inactive, on 07/02/2008, -15/+88Are you ***** stupid?
Iran isn't a threat. They DON'T HAVE nuclear weapons. WE DO. - inactive, on 07/02/2008, -12/+77repeat:
U.S. and Israel are the real nuclear danger. The Pentagon has a huge, nuclear-capable naval armada in the Persian/Arabian Gulf, with guns aimed at Iran . Israel , the Pentagon’s proxy force in the Middle East , has up to 200 nuclear warheads and has never signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Iran did sign it. - Waiting2awake, on 07/02/2008, -0/+64You'll have to fight for it.
- rzxc, on 07/02/2008, -14/+65President Bush wanted this story to be made public. If he wanted to keep this story secret, he would not have gone to Congress for the money. He knew they would leak the story. But he went to Congress anyways. Why? He did not need to. He could have simply diverted some of the money allocated to Iraq. If you read the GAO report on Iraq, you will notice that much of the money that the Iraqi government is authorized to spend, does not get spent. He could have used that money. And, as other news articles have pointed out, we have no idea what happened to much of the money that went to Iraq. Hmmm... I wonder where that money went. I think I have an idea. I seem to remember that President Bush made a signing statement proclaiming that he did not have to follow a law requiring him to notify Congress when he diverted money from a government program to the Colombian government. And its not like he needs to follow the law anyways. He can just ignore the law (FISA and the Geneva Conventions), and then get Congress to pardon him and his cronies. So why does President Bush want this story to become public knowledge?
I believe he wants to drive up oil prices. He covertly lets the public know that we will soon bomb Iran, while publicly, he maintains that oil prices are not due to speculation, they are due to demand. Of course, that's ridiculous. Oil prices have risen because of speculation -- the speculation that we will bomb Iran. So why is he doing this? Yesterday, there was a video on Digg made by the oil companies. This video tried to persuade us that we need to drill for oil in ANWAR because of the high oil prices. It seems clear to me that President Bush is trying to raise oil prices so he can convince the public to support off shore drilling, which would fatten the wallets of his oil company buddies. The oil companies say it would lower oil prices. I say *****. Stopping the useless rhetoric against Iran will lower oil prices.
Of course, the mainstream media is in on all this. Yesterday, CNN plastered the story on its homepage, and today NPR gives a 45 minute interview to Hersh. They obviously want this story to become public knowledge. If the media wanted to keep this story secret, they would not have given the story all this air time. They would have done the same thing they did to the story that our government was trying to blackmail the Iraqi government into signing over its sovereignty. That story died a quick death. It didn't even make the front page of Digg.
So what about Hersh? Why is he running this story? I believe Hersh is in on this conspiracy. This story was made to be plastered all over the blogosphere. He trashes both Cheney and Bush (which, with only 6 months left in their administration, doesn't really matter). But of course, trashing President Bush will likely get the story more attention on websites like Digg. He also trashes the Democrats in Congress for not standing up to Bush. That's great for the neocons. Not only does bashing the Congressional Democrats help the neocons, but it has the approval of much of the blogosphere, making it likely that his words will be splattered all over the Internet. In fact, he almost spends more time trashing Congress than President Bush. He also makes a bunch of ridiculous arguments. He claims that President Bush's use of covert forces is an unprecedented expansion of executive power. *****. We have conducted covert operations in foreign countries since...well, fovever. Afghanistan in the 80's. Vietnam. We overthrew a democratic government in Iran a half century ago. The list goes on. Either he's an idiot for making that claim, or he just wants to say something that would appeal to the blogosphere and make it publicize his story more. Hey, guys! Here's another huge, unprecedented abuse of power committed by the Bush Administration. Look here! At the end of the interview, he shows his true colors when he says he does not want to remove our troops from Iraq. That is the one, true sign of a neocon.
By the way, this isn't the first time Hirsh claimed our government was about to bomb Iran. He claimed we were going to bomb Iran in 2006. He was wrong then, and I believe he is wrong now.
Nevertheless, he says Iran's media has reported incidents of instability, and he offers that as evidence that his story is true. I have a few theories as to what's going on here. He could have just waited for a few incidents in Iran to publish this story. Or, since we don't know how violent Iran normally is, the recent violence may not be anything out of the ordinary. Or...the Bush Administration could be cooperating with the Iranian government to drive up oil prices. Of course, the Iranian government loves the idea of higher oil prices. I imagine most of its money comes from the sale of oil. All it needs to do is have its news agencies report a couple of instances of violence. Simple.
Obviously, I've done a lot of speculation here. There are many possibilities for what's going on. But I have a feeling that we will not bomb Iran. The military is completely opposed to the idea. I think President Bush is just trying to fatten the wallet of his buddies in the oil industry. But not just them. I have a feeling he's trying to bail out his buddies on Wall Street. They need money, and fast. But don't be fooled. Oil prices will crash. And soon. Wall Street will only be saved if some fool comes along and buys their oil futures contracts at ridiculous prices. Wall Street fooled the world during the stock market bubble. Wall Street tried to fool the world with the housing bubble. But in the end, Wall Street was unable to get the world to play along a second time. They are poised to absorb huge loses from the housing bubble because they were unable to find enough people to buy their garbage this time. Now they're trying the same crap, this time with commodities prices. Don't be fooled. Oil prices and commodities prices will crash. Don't be the one to bail out Wall Street. - kronzdigg, on 07/02/2008, -18/+65Ron Paul was the solution. :(
- Nightfall, on 07/02/2008, -5/+49Americans as a whole are not concerned. 95% of them believe that God is on their side.
- gummih, on 07/02/2008, -1/+41You stopped reading? How wise of you. You most do that a lot.
The Iran-Iraq war started when Iraq invaded Iran on 22 September 1980. Iraq hoped to take advantage of revolutionary chaos in Iran and attacked without formal warning, even so, they made only limited progress into Iran and within several months were repelled by the Iranians. - Navicerts, on 07/02/2008, -1/+40His idea is the solution. Following the constitution is the solution. Spreading that knowledge to family and friends is the solution.
- StingingNettle, on 07/02/2008, -4/+40Halliburton's stock is up. While everything else is going down, it looks like the business of war just keeps on making a lot of money. Sad thing is many people probably own this stock in their 401k's.
Short them. - kidathinnes, on 07/02/2008, -1/+35"As revolutionary instruments (when nothing but revolution will cure the evils of the State) [secret societies] are necessary and indispensable, and the right to use them is inalienable by the people." --Thomas Jefferson
- BushidoReverend, on 07/02/2008, -1/+32"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny."
--Thomas Jefferson
"We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest."
--Thomas Jefferson
"
Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government."
--Thomas Jefferson
Sorry.
/Jefferson moment - ThomasPaine23, on 07/02/2008, -1/+29IMO
China will get sucked in and at least fight a proxy war via Iran.
They have billions of dollars in oil/natural gas agreements with
Iran. They have built a deep water naval port in Pakistan (right outside the gulf) and are supplying arms to both Iran and Pakistan.
They have pipeline agreements with Iran and Pakistan (to ship oil to the above mentioned port) In addition they have the Taiwan issue.
They have been building a blue water fleet for awhile, and if nothing else
I think they will take the opportunity to grab Taiwan while the US is otherwise engaged. - baltar2008, on 07/02/2008, -0/+27I bet in the White House they have a map from Risk where if you control Iraq-Iran-Afghanistan you get extra armies every turn.
- rz8472, on 07/02/2008, -0/+24Halliburton's CEO is a member of this "Iran Liberation Society" that is actively lobbying the government to attack.
- thecoin, on 07/02/2008, -3/+27If you made it this far...no....there is no pot of gold at the end of this rant rainbow,
on a lighter note,
I suppose moving to New Zealand has never sounded better - thepeacemaker, on 07/02/2008, -8/+30Ron Paul Floor Speech on Iran & Foreign Policy (video & transcript)
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/53522 - borez, on 07/02/2008, -4/+26IMO sherrife that's the designed outcome of the Bankers who are causing all of this *****. Smash it down, then build it all back up, albeit with a whole load of new restrictions and then call it their " One World Order"
/just my own theory. - suckanucka, on 07/02/2008, -7/+29The US is becoming the new English Empire from the 1700's. If you want your country back, you better not be a brown person or practice Islam.
- vinod1978, on 07/02/2008, -2/+23@aadyss - You have to learn not to believe everything the President or Fox News tells you. It's imperative to get your news from multiple sources. I'm not saying Iran is not a problem - they are. They are funding Shiite "insurgents" in Iraq. But there is also evidence that Saudi Arabia is helping Sunni "insurgents" in Iraq in order to prevent the Iranian's from gaining too much control over Iraq, but the Bush Administration singles out Iran and tells us 1/2 truths just like they did before we invaded Iraq.
In regards to your "war on talking to our enemies", I hope you realize that President Bush announced that TALKING to North Korea is actually working. Why would you not use the same strategy with a country posing a similar threat? - tidu, on 07/02/2008, -0/+21Nobody forget this resolution. In 5 years when we're entangled even deeper in the Middle East, or worse, recall back to that July 4th weekend back in '08 when over 200 congressmen co-sponsored a bill allowing the entanglement. The bill passed "like a knife through butter." All our representatives will be saying "This is a mess! How did the President do this without authority?! He should have consulted us first! I've been against this all along!!!" And we'll regard those liars as heroes for "stepping up" against the administration.
- kosser, on 07/02/2008, -3/+24Look how ***** crooked our government is. We are literally controlling groups through our CIA to provoke Iran into attacking us back. They are shooting mosques *sp, schools, amongst other places just waiting for Iran to retaliate. But Iran wont because they know the minute they do, American Media will gasp in horror saying something to the lines of, "UNPROVOKED Iran attacks US troops." Our government is literally bullying them into a fight. how ***** sad is this administration. and even worse how ***** sad is the American public who will fall for it and believe this.
- pathouston22, on 07/02/2008, -6/+26Its been kinda obvious we are on a path to war with Iran. Its the same thing that happened with Iraq. The only difference is this time we're not trying to get international support...we will do it by ourselves or with Israel. Or they will do it themselves, but probably not as they need our help.
And BTW, all you folks are full of bullsh!t. You're not going to do anything about this. Sending a letter to your senator or rep or signing an on-line petition dosn't do jack crap. You thinking voting Democrat will fix the issues? Who the hell you think is passing war funding bills? The Democrat controlled Congress. Protest? Then get the hell off Digg and out into the streets. Because your constant bitching on here changes nothing. The only thing you're doing is telling yourself you care about the issues, but in reality you don't. - crazy0, on 07/02/2008, -8/+28"the murder of US troop" is being carried out by the ***** who make this xenophobic foreign policy...you're frustration is misplaced...i dont blame them for supporting whatever insurgency, i dont support either the troops or the war..... yea i said it
- ThomasPaine23, on 07/02/2008, -2/+21And the CIA overthrew the first elected democratic government in Iran in 1953. (Which they promptly replaced with a dictatorship under the Shah).
There is no surpise in why Iran is hostile to the US. The US is currently attempting to destabilize the government there again.
Congress just authorized 400 million to do so.
This has been going on since 1953. Support for democracy around the world is a sham.
Iran - 1953 cia coup replaced with dictactorship
Iraq - 1980s US supplied biological and chemical weapons and intelligence to saddam hussein for Iran-Iraq war
Pakistan - diplomatic and monetary support and for Musharrif's dictatorship.
Panama - longstanding support and payment from the CIA for manuel Noriega (until he crossed them)
Numerous other South American dictatorships from the 50's onward.
The list goes on..... - DreKor, on 07/02/2008, -1/+19/food for thought
/show me the money
/power overwhelming
Oh wait, that doesn't work out here, does it? - AbsurdParadox, on 07/02/2008, -3/+20Real capitalism, which does NOT involve government collusion. Corporate Capitalism is not a good term to use... I think sherrife means Corporatism.
- kidathinnes, on 07/02/2008, -3/+20"The people on this site are all talk and no action. You're screaming into an empty abyss people. You all agree and whine and complain, but no one thinks or does anything until their next visit to digg."
You have people who bitch and do nothing about it sure. Then you have people like you, who lump all the members of Digg into one group, I believe its called generalizing. What makes you so smart? Do you know every Digg member and if they actually do something or not. No, you don't, so shut the ***** up. Sure, the vast majority of people on here won't do *****. But to those who actually go out and physically demand change, I salute you.
"Every nation with any power, every Empire in the history of mankind has done evil to achieve and maintain dominance, this is not new. America is not special. Can we change things, yes. Will we? Not by bitchin on the interwebs, this I can promise."
What does this have to do with anything? Who cares if every Empire has done evil? I live in this country and want to make it better. Who said America is special? I think we all are talking about making OUR nation better and not really concerned about the history of empires being evil. So are we just to accept this corruption because it's happened before? Please tell me your point because I'm trying to understand where the ***** you are coming from. - overkil6, on 07/02/2008, -1/+18The US is going to start to need using cheat codes soon I think...
- Uaedaien, on 07/02/2008, -0/+17It was the British Empire anyway
- twodimman, on 07/02/2008, -2/+18listen condy, we got some spare tanks left, let's use 'em before that obama comes in..
- inactive, on 07/02/2008, -5/+20Funny i just heard on the radio a commercial for the Selective service application - http://www.sss.gov/ now I know that by law everyone has to sign up for this but since when did they have commercials for it??? Maybe a draft will be in our near future?
- evilgourmet, on 07/02/2008, -0/+15I want the country back that I was told about when I was little.
- RabidAngel, on 07/02/2008, -2/+17Yeah, tinfoil. Because we have NO reason up until this point to suspect anything is going on. None whatsoever. Nothing has gone wrong in 8 years. At all. Zero.
***** idiot. - chrissku, on 07/02/2008, -3/+16I put two and two together on this when I saw an article on Drudgereport that said the Israel govt. told hospitals to 'prepare for an earthquake.' That tells me that in reality this is a veiled attempt to have their hospitals prepare for war.
- darkstar949, on 07/02/2008, -0/+13Eh, I don't know if they need to make a military grab for Taiwan anyway. Currently the relations between the two countries - while cool - has been warming put a bit and China is enough of an economic power now that Taiwan want's to be on their good side if only for economic reasons.
- sodade, on 07/02/2008, -1/+14We've been doing this crap since WW2. The only difference is that the American people can actually learn about our imperialistic foreign policies while they are happening. Interestingly, us knowing about them doesn't seem to be changing the behavior of our insane leaders - if anything, our inaction has only emboldened them.
- Hrodrik, on 07/02/2008, -2/+15And your government is allowed to deceive you.
- Kenzan, on 07/02/2008, -2/+14New Zealand Just called and...
They said that since you ***** up your own country, you now have to live in it. - fyngyrz, on 07/02/2008, -1/+13We're just moving from King George to King Obama. There's a slight possibility we'll have King McCain, but I doubt it. We're obviously being groomed for King Obama.
Wait, "what king"?, you say?
This country was intended to be a constitutional republic. That's what the paperwork that the government derives its legitimate authority describes, anyway. But you know, out of the entire bill of rights, only amendment three hasn't been directly over-ridden, not to mention the inversion of the commerce clause, the bland creation and acceptance of ex post facto laws, and similar violations of other parts of the constitution outside the bill of rights.
Now, I put it to you: As the fact is that our country is being run in a "we'll do what we want" manner, as opposed to a manner that is authorized and delimited by the constitution, and our "supreme leader" gets to issue proclamations (excuse me, "signing statements") that state he is above this law or that, declares this or that to be illegal, can ignore the amendments (the 4th, the 5th) etc...
How, other than in name and vastly increased power, is this different than any medieval kingship? Of what use is a constitution if it is toothless? Of what use are impeachment/conviction powers if the congress will not act?
HOWEVER: I will bet you money that you will not see any kind of revolution in this country. The general population is too comfortable, too poorly educated, and neither understand the concept of liberty nor yearn to experience the reality of it.
The public and private discussions and pamphlet-distribution between citizens that took place in the 1700's have been replaced by drooling sessions absorbing what Cable Newz Nitwits and Faux Newz instruct people to be concerned with, which, if it isn't Britney's latest panty-free escapade or some kid stuck down a well, is a lecture on how great the economy is combined with some self-serving, ass-licking, pseudo-patriotic drivel about the "threat" of terrorism, followed by news that more rights are sundered, more surveillance is planned, and hey, isn't GREAT that more than 1% of our citizens are now in prison?
All hail King George. Or join the 1%. - inactive, on 07/02/2008, -9/+21Yay!
Rightard "we have enemies, REAL enemies, be afraid, be AFRAID" *****.
Hey loser, if you want to scare yourself with the boogeyman under the bed, be my guest.
Don't go trying to drag the rest of the world into your baseless idiocy. - RonBurgundy76, on 07/02/2008, -1/+13If you won't use the f-word, I will. Go ***** yourself.
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