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Neocons on a Cruise: What Conservatives Say When They Think We Aren't Listening]
From: "David Farber" <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:48:10 -0400 (EDT)
---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Neocons on a Cruise: What Conservatives Say When They Think We Aren't Listening From: "Dewayne Hendricks" <dewayne () warpspeed com> Date: Tue, July 17, 2007 3:55 pm To: "Dewayne-Net Technology List" <xyzzy () warpspeed com> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Note: This item comes from reader Ken DiPietro. I agree with Ken. This is worth reading, no matter your political views. DLH] From: Ken DiPietro <ken.dipietro () advantaq com> Date: July 17, 2007 12:33:29 PM PDT To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Subject: Be afraid, be VERY AFRAID. Neocons on a Cruise: What Conservatives Say When They Think We Aren't Listening By Johann Hari, Independent UK July 17, 2007 I am standing waist-deep in the Pacific Ocean, both chilling and burning, indulging in the polite chit-chat beloved by vacationing Americans. A sweet elderly lady from Los Angeles is sitting on the rocks nearby, telling me dreamily about her son. "Is he your only child?" I ask. "Yes," she says. "Do you have a child back in England?" she asks. No, I say. Her face darkens. "You'd better start," she says. "The Muslims are breeding. Soon, they'll have the whole of Europe." I am getting used to these moments - when gentle holiday geniality bleeds into what? I lie on the beach with Hillary-Ann, a chatty, scatty 35-year-old Californian designer. As she explains the perils of Republican dating, my mind drifts, watching the gentle tide. When I hear her say, " Of course, we need to execute some of these people," I wake up. Who do we need to execute? She runs her fingers through the sand lazily. "A few of these prominent liberals who are trying to demoralise the country," she says. "Just take a couple of these anti-war people off to the gas chamber for treason to show, if you try to bring down America at a time of war, that's what you'll get." She squints at the sun and smiles. " Then things'll change." [snip] The original story, (well worth the read) is located here: <http://www.alternet.org/story/57001/> Good God, I have come to the realization that I have more to fear from my own countrymen than the terrorists. ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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