[Peace-discuss] Obama vs. TT

Carl G. Estabrook galliher at illinois.edu
Tue Dec 20 14:02:37 CST 2011


Obama vs. "Twitter terrorism" [sic - NYT]. Be careful of TT - BHO has  
killed people for less...

http://www.salon.com/2011/12/20/the_u_s_government_targets_twitter_terrorism/singleton/

"...That has to be the single most amusing phrase ever to appear  
unironically in the Paper of Record: Twitter terrorism. And, of  
course, the authority cited for this menacing trend is that ubiquitous  
sham community calling itself 'terrorism experts,' which exists to  
provide the imprimatur of scholarly Seriousness on every last bit of  
inane fear-mongering hysteria. That cottage industry (like the  
government’s demands for greater power and Endless War) remains  
vibrant only if Terrorism does (that is, Terrorism by Muslims: a  
propagandistic redundancy). Thus, with Osama bin Laden dead, a full  
decade elapsed since the last successful Terrorist attack on U.S.  
soil, and the original Al Qaeda grouprendered inoperable, these  
experts are now warning the nation about lurking sleeper tweets...

"...the Obama administration claims the right to kill anyone  
designated by the President as a Terrorist anywhere in the world, in  
total secrecy and without any checks, and how the administration  
refuses to account to anyone for what it does, who makes those  
decisions, and on what basis..."
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