The Smoke from Reagan's Army

[rain_gryphon]

Geez Louise. Somebody swiped the 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign from Auschwitz. I'm amazed to learn that was the original - all those times I've looked at the thing, I always figured it was a reproduction. The august Times, one of the very few newspapers on earth that I still respect, hyperbolically characterizes this as a 'Nazi raid'. I take that as a sad commentary on the diminished age in which we live. When I was in school, stealing someone's sign in the dead of night, with no witnesses, would have been considered an act of petty knavery more than anything. Anyone who did that and characterized it with such a bold word as 'raid' would have never lived it down.

My personal guess is it was nothing to do with Nazis to begin with. That thing's iconic, and steeped in evil, pain and fear as well. Someone's sitting right now in his secret art gallery, a few million poorer, but trembling with joy that he actually has a thing of such power all to himself, to touch and marvel over.

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The Feckless Leader returns from Copenhagen, proclaiming yet another unprecedented triumph. That'll bump his 'solid B+' up to an A, I'm sure. Now begins the fun part, as he tries to sell the Senate on the noble sacrifice of taxing the American people to help the Chinese become more efficient competitors.

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[whitetail.livejournal.com]

Now begins the fun part, as he tries to sell the Senate on the noble sacrifice of taxing the American people

Does he have to submit his plan for legislative review? I heard he's considering ramming it down our throats by executive order.

[gremy.livejournal.com]

I also read the Half-Blood Prince has more "czars" than any other President before him, circumventing the democratic process. I remember him saying he didn't even believe in the Constitution (now I myself believe America was founded on lies and hypocrisy, but I don't see how it's humanely possible for anyone to misinterpret the Constitution as it frequently is today).