Comment Between the Lines (Score 1) 1253
Lately the Bush Regime has been ballyhooing that:
1) Dick Cheney is in a secure, undisclosed location.
2) The Shadow Government is fully functional.
3) And NOW: "Here is a list of people we're going to retaliate on if we get nuked". The previous quote is MY paraphrasing of the intent behind the recent release of the Naughty Nations List.
I Am Not A High Level Policy Analyst (heh heh), but it is starting to smell like there is at least one loose nuke out there, and our government and "Big Shots" are gettin' ready.
I've been way wrong before though: I sure as heck thought Vietnam plus Civil Disorder over Civil Rights plus CoIntelPro plus Watergate added up to a sure-fire gen-u-wine old school blood and guts style revolution in the US. In my defense I can only say that I was in my mid teens and had just read Ed Luttwak. Man, was I _way_ off on that one!
So much for staying on topic....
I would even say cut "President Jethro" and company some slack on this one -- The US gov't is having to project a security image that it is unfamiliar with handling, to a population that is well armed, politically ignorant, socially restless, economically divided, and nuke happy in general. It's probably just a case of Percieved Government Testosterone Enhancement via media bluster.
Go back to discussing whether the Open Source movement effectively seals off any attempt to set up a company to economically challenge Micrososoft. Or something.
1) Dick Cheney is in a secure, undisclosed location.
2) The Shadow Government is fully functional.
3) And NOW: "Here is a list of people we're going to retaliate on if we get nuked". The previous quote is MY paraphrasing of the intent behind the recent release of the Naughty Nations List.
I Am Not A High Level Policy Analyst (heh heh), but it is starting to smell like there is at least one loose nuke out there, and our government and "Big Shots" are gettin' ready.
I've been way wrong before though: I sure as heck thought Vietnam plus Civil Disorder over Civil Rights plus CoIntelPro plus Watergate added up to a sure-fire gen-u-wine old school blood and guts style revolution in the US. In my defense I can only say that I was in my mid teens and had just read Ed Luttwak. Man, was I _way_ off on that one!
So much for staying on topic....
I would even say cut "President Jethro" and company some slack on this one -- The US gov't is having to project a security image that it is unfamiliar with handling, to a population that is well armed, politically ignorant, socially restless, economically divided, and nuke happy in general. It's probably just a case of Percieved Government Testosterone Enhancement via media bluster.
Go back to discussing whether the Open Source movement effectively seals off any attempt to set up a company to economically challenge Micrososoft. Or something.
