{"id":91,"date":"2006-08-11T15:27:58","date_gmt":"2006-08-11T22:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/?p=91"},"modified":"2006-08-11T15:27:58","modified_gmt":"2006-08-11T22:27:58","slug":"and-with-2-you-get-eggroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/2006\/08\/11\/and-with-2-you-get-eggroll\/","title":{"rendered":"And with 2 you get eggroll"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>#1: “Islamo-Fascism” is not a real word, and anyone who uses it should be summarily dismissed as not being a real person. The word for what Bin Laden and et al are pushing for is called “Theocracy”. A brilliant notation to Thom Hartmann for pointing out the obvious, beyond the simple mind-numbing of that propagandistic term.<\/p>\n

As evidence of this, simply go to the wikipedia entry on this term<\/a>, and to the origins:<\/p>\n

The Guardian attributes the term to an article by Muslim scholar Khalid Duran in the Washington Times, where he used it to describe the push by some Islamist clerics to “impose religious orthodoxy on the state and the citizenry”.<\/i><\/p>\n

Theocracy, no?<\/p>\n

#2: Iraq is NOT “the Central Battle in the War on Terrorism”, even in the sense that I tended to think that “that’s because the US made it so”. An attack in Spain, an attack in Britain, an averted attack in the US (stopped by international police work, tipped off by a Muslim in Great Britain, Bush uses the word “we” at his own dishonesty… he had nothing to do with anything.) <\/p>\n

#3: In a very real way, incidentally, there is a “Move along, nothing to see here” quality to this news story. Plot hatched, as many a plot are. Plot attempted, as a handful of plots are. Plot dashed. Good job! My worldview is not affected, as I already knews plots were being hatched, attempted, and dashed.<\/p>\n

#4: The Ned Lamont ad that showed Bush with audio from Lieberman coming out when he opened his mouth is truer now than it’s ever been, though I guess the most immediate connection at the moment is Dick Cheney.<\/p>\n

#5: The government is now going to take away your lip-stick from here to eternity. A cottage industy shall arise replacing cosmetics for arriving passengers. Score one for the Terrorists. Inconvenience in the airport becomes just a little too burdensome and pointless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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