You know…I thought it was a hoax. That logo, I mean.
But it’s not. Now that’s scary.
And in other news, their official theme song is “this is my private life” by Oingo Boingo.
Now if we could get the new citizen-spooks to spy on corporate CEOs and dodgy accountants, then we might have something.
On a side note: Around November when the bombs were dropping on Afghanistan and Big Daddy Bush had an 89% approval rating, people were already talking about his assured second term. Others were quick to point out that his father had a 79% approval rating during the Gulf War–and still lost to Clinton on “the economy, stupid.”
This Citizen Corps idea is not going to help his chances, unless he’s looking for a distraction from the stock market and WorldCom. Bad move, Georgie! Come on, you can still pull this one off before mid-term elections! Come to your senses, get tough on corporations, and start defending private liberties. Get back over to the right already. You’ll get more respect as a populist conservative than as a fascist!
I bet this is all Condee Rice’s idea. She’s one scary hawk.
Just a note: there is little need to question the quality of smh.com as a source - The Sydney Morning Herald is a broadsheet, arguably Australia’s top newspaper and roughly comparable to the NY Times or Washington Post.
I’m not scared of Bush. He is doing a presidents job and following his advisers.
I’m scared shitless of that Ashcroft and Tom Ridge have in store.
http://www.iht.com/articles/65723.html
Its not gone away. yet.
And the mentioning of his position on gun control makes it even more stupefying.