28 Feb 2013 10:18 pm
It's times like this when I miss Clem. It would have been so much fun to see him defend his savior Ronald Reagan. I try to buy guatemalen and nicaraguan and salvadoran when I have the choice. My way of saying, "oops." Wow! Who would ever have expected that from old 'Freedom Fries' Jones? Lyndon Johnson is also rotting in hell for his work to maintain jim crow/apartheid by camoflauging it as a government benefit program. It occurs to me that the Democratic Party may not have reached out and made use of the libertarian extremists across the aisle to further a pacifist agenda in the last 5 years the way it might have. I also failed to capitalize on an opportunity for additional home security when I refused to purchase a rabid dog from some gypsies. Missed opportunities... spilled milk. They had that excuse in the Bush years, though I wish they hadn't used it. The media, in any case, didn't--so they had no excuse not to be raising legitimate worries about war and civil-rights abuses than they were (and are). It would obviously be politically disastrous if we were attacked again on their watch in the process of their de-funding defense and counter-terrorism programs. Nevertheless, I worry that we ended the conversation about how safe the American public has to feel in the dangerous world we're living in. The fact is that directing so much of our nation's wealth increases suffering and death within the nation that wasn't caused by explosions created by terrorists. The media should be discussing such issues more seriously--instead of just ridiculing the Tea Party, Ron Paul, and etcetera. One side uses beardie-deardies, the other uses an ailing and angry Gaia at rag time. Both would have us throw only the most precious currency into the fray: our civil rights, our childrens' liberty. Progressives. They are gravity's little helpers: They suck.