Letters to the Editor
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It's A Being American Kind Of Thing
"Why don't Democrats have a counter narrative to the "soft on terror" meme?"
This is the way it's always been -- you gotta do things the American way.
"Bush's actions give victory to the terrorists. Starting war, torturing, removing habeus corpus, putting US troops in harm's way, wasting billions, and illegally wiretapping US citizens are kinds of the things terrorists do or would like to do. Bush is doing terrorists' work for them."
Nice words, but most folks couldn't give a hoot about the evident facts. Look, America has always poured trillions of dollars into the military under the guise of 'defending democracy' and 'fighting for our freedoms'. What's the result? A totally useless offensive military killing force whose basic job is to project America's "interests" (ie. corporate might). Nobody blinks. And the pork?? Whoo-wee.
"Fearing terrorists is weakness and cowardice and gives victory to the terrorists."
Not going to sell where you have hundreds of millions of firearms in the hands of idjits who need to defend themselves against bad guys. America has become a nation of pistol-packin' pussies. Fear is the name of the game.
"You have more chance of being hit by a car, than being the victim of a terrorist attack, so it's not worth sacrificing American liberties. Besides, improved policing and intelligence will work better than war and torture."
Yeah, yeah. And you have a better chance of dying in a car crash than being in an air crash. Both comparisons are freaking stupid. Most of us are going to die because we eat crappy chemical food, have the the civilized world's worst medical care, and speaking of medical care, Americans are about the most 'medicated' and downright physically sick people on the planet. On top of that most folks are both illiterate and ignorant, and don't give a shit about anything or anyone except themselves anyway. Let's face it, fear and whining and loathing (come to think of it) are about the only things we're capable of doing.
Rant over.