Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Two Lists

The first one is more devastating, the second is good choir preaching.
(click on the link for details):

1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy
2. Create a gulag
3. Develop a thug caste
4. Set up an internal surveillance system
5. Harass citizens' groups
6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release
7. Target key individuals
8. Control the press
9. Dissent equals treason
10. Suspend the rule of law

Then there's this spine-straightener.

Top Ten Lies about Liberals
(click for detail):

10. Liberals destroy American culture and traditions.
9. Liberals have no backbone - don't stand for anything - they're "soft" on principles.
8. Liberals promote World Government.
7. Liberals are soft on crime.
6. Liberals subsidize laziness.
5. Liberals are socialists, extremists, marginal, never mainstream.
4. Liberals tax & spend, promoting Big Government.
3. Liberals are unpatriotic.
2. Liberals are bad for business.
1. Liberals are soft on defense, and weaken America's superiority and stature in the world.

Just remember this is all in the context of El President hitting a new low of 28% approval in the Harris poll just released tonight. Oh, and America is on the side of a firm timetable for withdrawal. They agree with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) who's driven the rightwingers batshit crazy by saying the War cannot be won, at least in any conventional sense.

The Democratic House just passed the bill, which I'm guess is the most popular piece of legislation from Congress since 1999 and maybe 1993, and could only get more popular if it strengthened or shortened the "suggested" exit date.

Comparing the Bush/Cheney/Rove Administration to a term Rumsfeld once used for the Iraqi insurgency, Ronald Brownstein in the L.A. Times calls it the dead-ender presidency:

Forget "the decider." Bush has become the dead-ender.

There's nothing to be afraid of.

Time to remake reality -- in reality's own image.

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