Friday, March 4, 2005

It Can't Happen Here? Justin Raimundo reminds us that we are, in all honesty, one major terrorist attack away from losing our constitutional republic. Thus, the likelihood of its survival depends upon the likelihood of another major terrorist attack. Let me repeat that: We are one major terrorist attack away from losing our constitutional republic, and so the likelihood of its survival depends upon the likelihood of another major terrorist attack. Postscript: We readers of PKD already know this, of course. We're well beyond this obvious fact and trying to figure out whether OBL is, in actuality, a member of PNAC and hiding in Dick Cheney's shadow government hideout. 4:45:09 PM    comment [] Return of the Bonus Army? The AP reports that approximately one third of all the homeless in America are veterans -- an estimated 500,000 people. Veterans are twice as likely as non-veterans to be homeless -- a shockingly disproportionate figure. Perhaps it's time for them to march on Washington D.C. and set up camp, in a rebirth of the Bonus Army of the 1930's. It's not like the President is committed to making their lives any easier. [Via Cursor] Postscript: President Bush sure is keen on his "Armies of Compassion": I appreciate the leaders in the armies of compassion, one of my favorite phrases -- the armies of compassion. It's a strong word, isn't it? I want to thank the generals and sergeants and privates -- (laughter) -- who are here from the armies of compassion. [snip] I can't think of a better motto for an army, to love a neighbor just like you'd like to be loved yourself. And I can't think of a better role for government, to say, we stand with that army. We stand ready to help energize that army. We want that army to succeed because we want every American from every background in every neighborhood to realize the full promise of this blessed country. I want to thank you for being generals, lieutenants, sergeants and privates in the army of compassion. Thank you for giving me a chance to lay out an agenda for the next four years that will invigorate this incredibly important initiative of government. Hopefully when the second Bonus Army encamps in D.C., he'll send his army of compassion to greet them, rather than the regular army that Herbert Hoover sent. 2:10:24 AM    comment []

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