k wrote:

That's the basis for bin Laden's truce offer. He is talking to America's far left and saying, "You know what. We're on the same side. So why don't you work on that hardhead George W. Bush?"
Bin Laden told us Thursday that our far left has been working for him. It's their poll results he quotes.
Bin Laden told us that our secret wiretapping program is something we should keep up. He's got people here already and he's got more coming and they are planning to blow us up.
In the War on Terror, a bin Laden tape is the far left's worst nightmare because it reminds Americans the war is real."

Awesome. Thanks John. You know, you've hit it just right... I *want* the terrorists to win. I *know* that George Bush is the only thing standing between us and total domination, and I speak out against his policies to get the terrorists in here even quicker.

This shit makes me fucking sick. We live in a country where demagogues like this can stand up in front of the nation and call me a traitor, compare me to Osama Bin Laden and not merely get away with it, but have half the country *applaud him*. Are people really so fucking stupid? Do they really still not understand that fearmongering and internal hatred is *exactly* the result terrorists are after? The word is terrorist for fucks sake. How much clearer can it be spelled out.

If you feel terrorized, then YOU'VE BEEN DEFEATED. If your fear leads you to hate and distrust your neighbor for disagreeing with you, YOU'RE DOING THEIR WORK FOR THEM.

I know this is just the internet and I'm just screaming into the wind here, but it truly hurts me that there are people who actually fucking believe that my political opposition to the president puts me in league with these vile murderers. It's absolutely disgusting, and the real danger this country faces. The individual attacks could be weathered. The fear and anger they breed are, apparently too difficult a challenge.

It's TOO HARD for half of America to stand by their neighbors, to embrace diversity, to withstand unchecked government power, to love their country enough to resist fear. And that's truly sad. It's destroying us.

At this point...I have to admit...I went into conspiracy theory mode. Bush is way behind in the polls, some folks are yelling impeachment over the wiretapping, all the corruption is coming out...and now here comes the 'bad guys' with a FEMALE hostage from the CHRISTIAN science monitor to kill, and down the aisle comes Bin Ladin. I feel there is so much psy ops and info war going on that I just don't know WHAT to believe anymore, and if I put 'the bad guys' in quotes, its not because I, a dreaded left winger, don't think they are BAD - its because I deep down question just WHO 'THEY' are.