[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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