Ever march against BP? Carry misspelled signs at a Tea Party rally? Ever stand up for LGBT rights? Well, according to Homeland Security, you might be a terrorist! You're either for us or against us, and if you're protesting us, you must be against us, and if you're against us, you might be a low level terrorist, or so goes the specious reasoning of the lovely folks at the Pentagon.
So while corporations are able to avoid the scrutiny of the Patriot Act when it comes to it's wheelings and dealings because they are a matter of national security, you're on a no-fly list because air marshals have a quota to fill in order to get raises, bonuses, awards and special assignments.
Got it yet? It doesn't matter if we have a Republican controlled congress, or a Democratic. Corporations own the politicians; we just pay their salary. That's why you probably won't get a tax cut, but the Bush tax cuts will likely become permanent. And if you don't like, be careful who you tell it to, lest ye become labeled a terrorist.
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The Orwellian "logic" keeps getting better. A person who goes to a demonstration is a terrorist. Blackwater and other "defense" contractors are not terrorists. OK, I think I'm starting to get it.
Questioning militarism is indeed grounds for suspician in the eyes of a right-wing government of collapsing empire.
Specious reasoning is right. This is ludicrous. I'm not sure this a military-industrial complex plot. It's more a matter of Inspector Clousseau-grade idiocy, or Barney Fifeism updated.
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