The Martial Plan

From Rolling Stone, "How America Lost the War on Drugs." One of the most interesting articles I've read in some time. Quite a bit of research must've been done here. And just remember folks, $500 Billion down the drain already with $50 billion more being burned every year. At least drugs are pretty much non-existent now though. Money well spent!

US Claims Right to Kidnap Citizens of Other Nations. Extradition agreements are not enough, apparently. Have we really become so arrogant? I guess maybe it's stupid for me to ask that question. Can you imagine what the response would be from our government if this kind of thing started happening to American corporate executives and/or their families?

Surprisingly enough, it turns out that Iran wasn't as much of a threat as we were initially lead to believe. I am shocked. Shocked! Well, I'm sure an apology will be coming promptly from the Bush administration. The saddest thing is that one of the main points of the next Presidential election is still going to be candidates willingness to attack Iran.


The Thought Police are back! And you thought it was 2007...Nope, check again, it's 1984.

Tom Tomorrow: Mr. 9/11 Man .

Yet another case of a police officer using a taser with no justification has come to light, and yet again, it's been captured on video. The frequency of these incidents have been building and building of late and while the officer was given a three day suspension, it must scare the people of Austin to know that someone so volatile is still on the streets. I also can't say enough about the increase of incidents like this. It seems to me like a big first step towards the possibility of martial law. Officers are seemingly being instructed to taser people indiscriminately, and an extreme crackdown by police on the ordinary citizenry is the first step towards fascism.

According to a story from Editor and Publisher, a new Harvard University survey shows that 64% of those polled do not trust press coverage of the debates, 84% believe that media coverage has too much influence on peoples' voting choices and 88% believe that campaign coverage focuses on trivial issues. BUT, 79% believe that the next president is going to be "good for the country." Do you see how this makes no sense?

The dumbing down of society continues, as students in Arkansas are prevented from learning about evolution. Tons of jokes to be made here, but really, it's just sad. Huckabee for President!