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Posted: 10/29/2006 11:42:18 AM EST


Never Mind Halloween-If We Don't Get The Senate Back, The Real Monsters Will Be Here


Halloween is Tuesday.

I don't begrudge anyone the right to play and party.

But as you don your costumes, your scary masks, and contemplate the symbolism of Halloween, please consider that without a change in the balance of power in Washington starting from the November 7 elections and continued in 2008, we could bring the symbols of Halloween upon us for real.

Symbols such as:

Death-More wars for oil. More caskets landing at Dover.

Ghosts- The voice, a number of years from now, of your passed on loved one, haunting you as to why you didn't vote for adequately funded, government-sponsored stem cell research that might come a bit closer to reality in a Democrat-controlled Senate. Research that might have prolonged her life.

Witchcraft- masquerading as religious legends if a Republican-controlled Senate appoints the next Supreme Court Justice- who tips the balance 5-4 in allowing school prayer and religious instruction.

Red blood- from some women who had to seek back-alley abortions because the new 5-4 "pro-life" Supreme Court allowed some states to forbid the practice. And did I say more wars?

Skeletons- Of the dead following an attack on Iran by a Bush Administration enabled by a continued Congressional majority after the elections a week from Tuesday.

Autumn- To be expected in December, due to global warming hastened by the U.S.' continued refusal to sign the Kyoto protocols.

Fire- Fueled by simmering summer heat, itself intensified by global warming. Coddling of nations that allow burning of forests so that its free-trade oligarchy can be even richer.

The Supernatural and Mysticism- The enshrining of religious teachings in the public square, fully enabled by the new Supreme Court majority.

Scary masks- Oxygen masks for the elderly to wear during the oppressive heat waves that are to come if we don't get a handle on global warming.

Monsters- Police with search warrants to pour through a doctor's patient treatment records in search of abortion procedures outlawed post-Roe in some states. That knock in the night from the Department of Homeland Security about that "terrorist sympathizer" post on your MySpace page.

Dungeons- The surroundings of an innocent man as he serves time in a CIA prison for knowing someone who knew someone who is now fighting for the Taliban.

Evil- All of the above.

www.huffingtonpost.com/russell-shaw/never-mind-halloweenif-w_b_32752.html
Link Posted: 10/29/2006 11:46:14 AM EST
[#1]
No words can be spoken in reply to such idiocy.
Link Posted: 10/29/2006 11:51:42 AM EST
[#2]

Quoted:
No words can be spoken in reply to such idiocy.


Sure they can..



"A bullet sounds the same in every language, so put a fucking sock in it you cow!"
Link Posted: 10/29/2006 11:52:50 AM EST
[#3]

Autumn- To be expected in December, due to global warming hastened by the U.S.' continued refusal to sign the Kyoto protocols.


I think the Kyoto issue is an excellent litmus test for the hopelessly uninformed. If you think Kyoto in the US would do any good whatsoever OR would not have crippling negative consequences, you are a parrot and have refused to inform yourself.
Link Posted: 10/29/2006 11:56:29 AM EST
[#4]
Ask any of us and they're a moron.

Ask about 80% of the rest of the country and they're right on the money.
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