Flag burning constitutional amendment almost passed today. Dark times are all around us but everyone thinks the sky is bright because we can still buy groceries and the Sears Tower didn’t blow up.
I’m sure this proposed amendment will come back around for another pass sometime on, and public opinion has yet to be swayed (most of USA population supports prohibiting flag burning, but not amending the constitution to do so). So if you love your country, burn a flag in public and get the wheels of free speech rolling fast.
There is something slimy and tentacled creeping around in the shadows. The GOP is fucking with the Constitution to advance their rhetoric. Gay marriage? Flag burning? Both defeated, and time wasted, to no effect save a sigh of reinvigoration among the conservatives’ failing support. Fucking November elections, bringing non-issues to the front of the line.
How many tendons must Bush cut before this country trips down the staircase and breaks its neck? General Casey wants to leave Iraq. No denials, that’s the way it is, straight from the fucking Pentagon. So why were the Democrats met with unpatriotic spitballs flung from across the aisle when they proposed a similar pullout months ago? I truly hope the public memory does not fail to recollect the idea’s original source.
The transformation of the conservative power into a two ton monster has been gradual and few have noticed. They are the enemy.
Things are going bad. The house that Bush built is faulty and failing but keeps at it, and why not? No one ever complains about the plaster falling on their heads.
In another few years, after a few more scandals, another round of faux constitution reform and logistical incompetence over there in the desert I truly believe that the citizens of these United States will, positively, let anyone get away with anything, for whatever reason. Take away some more rights, throw some more supposed terrorists in Guantanamo without charges (but make sure to take away their sheets!), listen in on additional phone calls and continue to spy on international financial transactions. And shit, why not continue to blister the press’ ability to function by throwing more of its members in prison or casting further disgrace on good reporting?
Yes, great roads ahead but you can fucking SEE THEM CRUMBLING from back here - why are people not waking up?