Saturday, August 12, 2006

Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.

Anybody else somewhat hopeful that the latest airport terror threat might turn the Bush admin's attention back towards terrorism, and maybe distract a bit from the wholesale hatin' on gays and Mexicans - excuse me, I mean "protecting the sanctity of marriage" and "defending our borders" - that they've been reveling in lately? At this point, I personally would find that a refreshing change.

Remember the terror meter? That was a pretty useful tool for keeping dissenters quiet, there, for a while. It's still in halfhearted use, but the fact that we no longer hear anything about it would tend to indicate it didn't serve much of any other purpose, wouldn't it? Not that we didn't already know that.

I hope it comes back into vogue, because its recent obscurity has relegated this excellent product line to undeserved topical obsolescence. But if you hurry, you can still get these shirts in time for back-to-school!

Ahh, good times.

2 Comments:

At August 12, 2006 9:25 AM, Blogger Pam said...

The main purpose of the "terror meter" was to scare people into voting Republican. Even Tom Ridge admitted that the level was raised at key points (for no real reason) for the 2004 elections.

Hey - don't we have some elections coming up soon? Hmmmmmmm.

 
At August 13, 2006 12:03 PM, Blogger southboulevard said...

hehehe. I want one of those shirts. The thing is that there were actually TWO levels of terror last week. Orange for the nation as a whole and red for flights to and from the UK. We may need to start wearing a long sleeve undershirt beneath the t-shirt.

You hit a point that has always pissed me off. The Feds continually use abortion, gay marriage, and assisted suicide as topics to distract the real issues. Hmm...perhaps I should vote Kinky?

 

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