The Terrorism of Neglect

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Monday August 06, 2007 · 12:19 PM PDT

2007/08/06 · 12:19

You read that right. The biggest terrorism we have to fear in this nation is not the violence and death carried out by the Bin Ladin Boys, nor the violent and fanatical who have no legitimate claim to a religion of peace. We need not fear nearly so much as we do, swarthy men wielding box cutters or shoe bombs (although allowing cigarette lighters on planes is just asking for some idiot to light a terrible and terrifying cigar in the loo).

In America, you have a better chance of winning the Lotto or getting struck by lightning than you do of becoming a victim of "the folks" that brought planes crashing into buildings.

You have a greater chance of dying while eating a peanut (choking on it or finding you are allergic) than you have of being a victim of violent terrorism.

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Tuesday October 31, 2006 · 3:58 PM PST

2006/10/31 · 15:58

If you study, make an effort to be smart, apply yourself, you can have the best of what the nation offers. Hell, you can even be President. You can find yourself the punchline in a joke you don't like. You end up a mired monarch.

And if you don't apply yourself in school, if you fail to learn your history, don't admit there's a big disaster along your chosen path, if you skew the intelligence, ignore the facts, put personal gain ahead of what is right...you'll end up bogged down in Iraq. A mired Monarch, mired in the Iraq Occupation.

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The Torture Test

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Monday September 18, 2006 · 10:02 AM PDT

2006/09/18 · 10:02

We all know that we cannot win the War on a Tactic without torture. At least, that's the current message from the West Wing. Every day we are reminded that by the following week, or before Election Day, whichever is more convenient, we will have our families in danger, our nation in disarray, and the Terrists Winin'. And we just can't have that. Especially with CIA officers buying litigaton insurance should they happen to be on the wrong end of an indictment for torture, or even violation of those "quaint" Geneva Conventions.
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This Security , Th( D)is-Trust and Double Standards

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Sunday February 26, 2006 · 10:46 AM PST

2006/02/26 · 10:46

From the "Trust Us" Administration comes the word that President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Treasury Secretary Snow, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, and...

(the list is too long for an Intro)

comes the word that Port Security Issues "aren't" when considering a foreign government controlling operations at our ports. Issues of jurisdiction, document retention, implementation of security protocols, container inspections, transit security, and governmental involvement in the operations of any corporations charged with complying with US Maritime law are simply, non-issues.

Why do we care more for planes, which are relatively small transportation devices, than we care for boats and the trucks and trains that will carry the cargo brought here on boats?
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Looking For Good People, Friends, and Liberty

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Monday February 06, 2006 · 4:21 AM PST

2006/02/06 · 04:21

This may seem like a pretty straightforward issue. After making a couple of moves, changing city or state, or both, there is this sudden realization that the need for the move caused panic at first, took up way too much time, accidents intervened, and it was time to get in touch again.

Today, it is not a simple search of the Internet. Friends that began life in all corners of the world, might be on a 'list' somewhere. I might be on a list somewhere. Will the mere act of searching cause a problem for my friends or myself? The answer is...

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Snooping Isn't Gathering, It's What Snooping Gives

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Tuesday January 24, 2006 · 9:25 PM PST

2006/01/24 · 21:25

The new American policy is Pre-emption. Give rights, then take them away before someone might think of a way to do the wrong thing, or worse, actually use their rights. Face it, any agency making policy around our media consumption habits is wasting their time. Newspapers, radios, a few films, maybe a TV show, trolling the blogosphere, and that pretty well sums it up. We are curious. We think. We seek information and intellectual stimulation. And for the most part, we are a waste of time for anyone looking at what we are looking at, reading or talking about. Reality bites. Snooping now gathers bytes. And the nibbles of information for any law enforcement agency wouldn't amount to a good snack when all is said and done. So...Why bother? Why snoop on citizens at all? Isn't there something really big out there like World hunger, disease to worry about? Well yes. And that other Gift that Goes on Giving. Fear. Read More

Scandal/Crisis/Confabulation/Illegality/Bribes/Swift Little Boat Trips to Tyranny AND Fatigue?

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Wednesday January 18, 2006 · 7:12 PM PST

2006/01/18 · 19:12

IT'S ONLY WEDNESDAY!!! I mean really. The year has barely gotten the new baby cry begun in the delivery room and all the participants are tired of carrying the scandal sheets. The lists of NoGoodDoers looks about as thick as the Manhattan phone directory. News organizations and assorted hangers on are...zzz...T..I...R..E...D. Not just ready for a nap tired. This is bone numbing, give me drugs any drugs, where is my favorite pillow, don't wake me 'til 2007 tired. The cause is.... Read More

Highest Praise Due Mrs./Judge Alito, and Yes, You Still Failed

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Tuesday January 17, 2006 · 4:09 AM PST

2006/01/17 · 04:09

Mrs. Judge Alito, you are falling down on the job. Previously you were asked to stand up to the shenanigans of the "justice haters", aka Democrats. You didn't even let out a well placed sigh or whimper. Shame on you and shame on us for asking better. If you really support the guy, even after he saw your pain, looked away, shook some well connected hands and left the hearing room, you would have become vocal in your support of your husband. Your status in the Good Wives of Neocon Club is under review. Read More

Mrs. Alito, Buck Up.

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Thursday January 12, 2006 · 4:58 AM PST

2006/01/12 · 04:58

Give me a break. A big one. Mrs. Alito started crying when Lindsay Graham was speaking to Judge Alito. Sen. Graham is definitely not a Democratic Party Member. And Mrs. Alito cracked under the pressure. Which is all right. The labels attached to her tearful demeanor in the hearings are not so honest, truthful or right.
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The Roberts "Suck It Up" Strategy Should Now Look to Filibuster

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Wednesday January 11, 2006 · 4:31 AM PST

2006/01/11 · 04:31

John Roberts, essentially without a judicial record, sailed through the confirmation hearings. As was probably appropriate. There really wasn't anything to hang on him for being an extremist. Judge Alito is not blessed with an absent record, lack of public disclosures, and inability to string together the words that proclaim "I am an Activist of the Highest Order".
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The Title (to the land) Goes to Who?

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Friday January 06, 2006 · 4:39 AM PST

2006/01/06 · 04:39

It's hoof in mouth disease. Pat Robertson of the 700 Club is sorely afflicted. As are we all. Especially when we have to listen to him. Middle Eastern peach for the two peoples that the world loves to hate is on the line. And Pat goes on and on about ownership of the land. And it ain't a human, record the title at the clerks office. If I offend you because of this diary, I apologize. What offends me beyond all normal sense of right and good is people like Robertson trying to call down the wrath of God, as if Robertson has some hotline to the Almighty. I wish only the very best for Ariel Sharon, his family, his country, his people. Read More

Well, Isn't THAT Special?

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Thursday January 05, 2006 · 6:47 PM PST

2006/01/05 · 18:47

Oh the things you can hear while listening to radio feed over the internet. Here in the biggest small town in the country, we all sort of know each other. It's Minnesota, for Gawd's Sake, and we take nice to certain extremes. I'd like to believe we are even courteous when considering tapping into conversations where we aren't wanted. And when the unexpected meets the unwanted the result is clear. The fecal material has hit the wind machine. Right here. Could it be? Read More

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