How the Department of Homeland Security keeps you safe
Thanks to both Geeky Mom and Delegar, I now know about this, and when does it end? Geeky Mom wants to know why we haven't rioted. (Hell, I'm still trying to figure out why all hell didn't break loose when Jimmy Carter cut the Second Wave off at the knees, leaving the movement vulnerable for Reagan to kick it to death. Now that feminism isn't important, why should we think that anything else of value is?)
What happened to the Dartmouth student is what has happened to many Americans who just happened to be reading the wrong book, constructing the wrong art show, photographing the wrong building. Note that all of these activities fall under the category of "art and literature." If you are shopping at Wal-Mart, going to the Baptist Church, or buying a These Colors Don't Run bumper sticker, no one is going to pay a call on you.
Oh, dear. I've just gone an made an "elitist" statement.
What happened to the Dartmouth student is what has happened to many Americans who just happened to be reading the wrong book, constructing the wrong art show, photographing the wrong building. Note that all of these activities fall under the category of "art and literature." If you are shopping at Wal-Mart, going to the Baptist Church, or buying a These Colors Don't Run bumper sticker, no one is going to pay a call on you.
Oh, dear. I've just gone an made an "elitist" statement.
posted by Diane at 7:05 PM
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Ah, but it does affect those folks, too, even though they don't think it does. Did you see John's post at Americablog yesterday on how the 2nd Amendment (along with all the others) has now been de facto repealed by Bush's decision to ignore the law of the land? That ought to get some red-staters in a wad.
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KCB, at
8:06 AM
Oh, they are affected, alright, in big ways--their jobs, their social security, their health benefits, the toxic air and water, their right to not be blown up by terrorists...things like that. But it is the people of arts and letters who are harrassed. That is because it is the people of arts and letters who have noticed the other stuff.
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8:55 AM
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