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Thursday, May 15th, 2008Or, The Country Formerly Known As The United States. Apologies to the rest of the world, I’m hoping our paranoid, neurotic bender is coming to an end, but you may want hold off on visiting for another year or so while we sort this out.
This should be a lesson to any American tempted to let our government cross the bright lines laid out by the Constitution, a document created by political philosophers who mistrusted concentration of power, and despised tyranny. Never trust anyone who says, “Trust me, this is for your own good.”
Update: Good Lord. I’m sure there’s a gray area between State Sanctioned Assholery and Human Rights Violation. I am certain that drugging people without their consent and a valid medical reason isn’t anywhere close to that area.
Add this to the list of shit I can’t believe we, as a nation and a people, do (and that I, as a person, am being billed for). Right up at the top of the list of things that are important to me in this election, next to bringing our troops home and pushing hard for energy independence, is how we’re going to turn America back into America again. It seems to me that before we get all excited about the big plans for a Progressive Remodel, we’re going to have to deal with all the broken, rotten shit the previous occupants have left us to clean up.
