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| While George and his pals are throwing around their weight in a diversionary show in the desert, sneaky John Ashcroft has been busy further eroding civil liberties at home. Of course, since the Iraq scheme didn't play out as long as the dangerous idiots had hyped, they'll have to kick up some more dust. And the target appears to be...Syria. Apparently I lost the bet on this one. I was sure Iran was next -- what with the oil and the Caspian Sea and all. The same hawkish screech is being heard: harboring criminals, chemical weapons, nuclear weapons, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism terrorism terrorism! We can expect more of the same crap, growing louder over the next few weeks, allegations flying with no substantiating evidence, culminating in an ultimatum to President Hassad to step down or face unilateral US military intervention, joined, naturally, by our faithful dog Blair dragging the British on his leash. We need the small bit of time to get the public foaming at the mouth again. Besides, it should take a couple of weeks to get those aircraft carriers around the Cape and up into the Mediterranean. (Gee, I sure hope our good peaceful friend Israel doesn't bomb our ships again.) Meanwhile, back in the states,...I wonder what Patriot Act III is going to look like. The second Act was rather astonishing, but the timing was a bit off. Why don't they just call a Constitutional Convention and throw the old one out since it obviously just gets in their way. At least it would be a more honest approach -- something these yahoos are not exactly known for. |
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