Monday, March 31, 2003

["I have seen the enemy... and he is us!"] With the war in full swing, there's only one side that can be 100% proven to be manufacturing and stockpiling chemical weapons, and that's the U.S.A. Check out this handy map to see how many thousands of tons of skin-devouring blistering agent, deadly nerve agent, totally unsporting chemical mines, and spray cartridges that your tax dollars are buying to stockpile in your state! Check out the most dangerous double-standard in the history of civilization. (I know it seems like a lot, after all - how many tens of thousands of tons of good ole made-in-the-U.S.A chemical and biological agent does it take to wipe out 'evil', right? Think before you mouth off: "moral clarity" don't come cheap, brother!) This doesn't even touch nuclear weapons, which are apparently also something only America is allowed to own.

Above quote by Walt Kelly's Pogo. Interestingly enough, it seemed to be more acceptable in McCarthy's 50's through Nixon's 70's for mainstream media to satirize and question bad or nonexistent public leadership.