A Rhetorical Exercise
Are We Safer?
This is the question that people must ask themselves when stepping up to vote in the midterm elections this November. President Bush has asserted that he and his enlightened leadership and policies have made us safer from terrorism. But is that really the case?
Are our ports safer? No; only a tiny fraction of all the cargo entering this country is screened for contraband that could be used for a terrorist act. Attempts by the minority party in the Congress to increase funding for port security was blocked by the majority party. And an attempt to give operational control of several ports to a foreign company headquartered in a nation that had financial links to Afghanistan's Taliban regime was made by the administration currently in power.
Are our borders safer? Again, no; the current administration's assertions to the contrary, illegal immigration into this country has not decreased. In fact, look for it to increase as political infighting n Mexico gets worse and the economy there starts to suffer.
Are our skies safer? No. The British government managed to break the recent terrorism plot from solid law enforcement and human intelligence practices, but we're not out of the woods yet. Funds slated for the Transportation Security Administration were cut recently by the majority in Congress.
And who, you might ask, is responsible for this?
I'm so glad you asked that.
The party that is currently the majority in BOTH Houses of Congress, as well as the party that currently controls the White House - The Republican Party. The very same Republican Party that sobs that they couldn't get anything done (in their 76 days in session) because of Evil Liberals (who are in the minority).
The same party that is trying, once again, to hike up the level of Fear in this country so that the masses can go to the polls and keep them the majority party in Congress.
The majority that approves of, and seeks to facilitate, the President's scheme to eavesdrop on you, to spy on you, to restrict and limit your freedoms in the name of "saving" you from terrorism.
The majority that lied us into a war that threatens to bleed our armed forces white, that has cost us over 2,600 dead and hundreds of billions of dollars lost through peculation and fraud.
The majority that dares to say that they and their leader's policies have made us safer.
So, I ask again:
Do you feel safer?
And if you answered Yes, you are very likely the same breed of knuckle-dragging ignorant inbred dolt that voted for Bush twice.
This is the question that people must ask themselves when stepping up to vote in the midterm elections this November. President Bush has asserted that he and his enlightened leadership and policies have made us safer from terrorism. But is that really the case?
Are our ports safer? No; only a tiny fraction of all the cargo entering this country is screened for contraband that could be used for a terrorist act. Attempts by the minority party in the Congress to increase funding for port security was blocked by the majority party. And an attempt to give operational control of several ports to a foreign company headquartered in a nation that had financial links to Afghanistan's Taliban regime was made by the administration currently in power.
Are our borders safer? Again, no; the current administration's assertions to the contrary, illegal immigration into this country has not decreased. In fact, look for it to increase as political infighting n Mexico gets worse and the economy there starts to suffer.
Are our skies safer? No. The British government managed to break the recent terrorism plot from solid law enforcement and human intelligence practices, but we're not out of the woods yet. Funds slated for the Transportation Security Administration were cut recently by the majority in Congress.
And who, you might ask, is responsible for this?
I'm so glad you asked that.
The party that is currently the majority in BOTH Houses of Congress, as well as the party that currently controls the White House - The Republican Party. The very same Republican Party that sobs that they couldn't get anything done (in their 76 days in session) because of Evil Liberals (who are in the minority).
The same party that is trying, once again, to hike up the level of Fear in this country so that the masses can go to the polls and keep them the majority party in Congress.
The majority that approves of, and seeks to facilitate, the President's scheme to eavesdrop on you, to spy on you, to restrict and limit your freedoms in the name of "saving" you from terrorism.
The majority that lied us into a war that threatens to bleed our armed forces white, that has cost us over 2,600 dead and hundreds of billions of dollars lost through peculation and fraud.
The majority that dares to say that they and their leader's policies have made us safer.
So, I ask again:
Do you feel safer?
And if you answered Yes, you are very likely the same breed of knuckle-dragging ignorant inbred dolt that voted for Bush twice.
posted by Walt at 3:17 PM
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