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Wednesday, February 19, 2003

Are you now, or have you ever been a....

Communism! Ok, it's not as scary as it once was. True, perhaps it poses a threat, well, not an ideological one, there's not a communist hiding around every corner anymore, but it does pose tangible threat. North Korea's got nukes, and they're not hiding them. Nobody needs to go sniffing around, they're there. Sure, China's probably got some too, but they're not even evil, they're...more legit. Nukes or no nukes, communism is old news. It doesn't strike fear into people's hearts. You can't push an agenda with communism any more. People probably wouldn't take you too seriously if you tried to convince them that the country was crawling with communists. It worked in the 50's, but it won't work now. Terrorism on the other hand. That's new, and it's scary. There's a new McCarthyism brewing. It's pretty much the same blend, its just the label that has changed. New, improved, McCarthyism for terrorists. Who knew your next door neighbor might be a terrorist! And you thought he/she was just a run of the mill communist. If Bush read 1984, that is, if he got past all of the big words, he must have loved it, so many good ideas. Who knew you could grab people off the street, and put them in jail with no reason whatsoever. Ok ok, because they look like "terrorists". Fine, so you have a reason. It's not a good reason. It wouldn't hold up in any court, but then, they don't get a trial, so you don't have to worry about it. But, could you do this legally? Sure, it's all in the name of "Homeland Security", because there is no price too high to pay to stop terrorists. Remember, they're scary, and evil, and they're everywhere. Good news, there is a way to be, well, almost absolutely secure, or try at least. Stalin did a good job of it, but even that's not good enough. No matter what you do, someone will sneak past your "security". If you want to be absolutely secure, there's only one thing you can do: kill everybody, everywhere. Ok, so that's a bit impractical, just work on the Stalin thing, its close enough. You can call it "Homeland Security". And while you're at it, you can screw the country while you run off making war in the name of stamping out terrorism. People will love you for it, and if they start asking questions, just remind them that their next door neighbor, the one they thought was a communist, or at least a democrat, might actually be a terrorist.
posted by Jesse at 12:23 PM #