Pointing the finger

[Owlet]

"It’s time to place the blame for this “election” fiasco squarely on the shoulders of the American people, who voted for an obvious liar and war criminal. Listening to the “election” results on the radio last night—for the imagery presented on television induces vomiting—corporate commentators said the issue for most Americans is one of “values,” a code word for religious bigotry and hatred of gay people. Not the economy or health care of even the occupation of Iraq and the murder of 100,000 Iraqis. “U.S. is one of the most extreme religious fundamentalist cultures in the world; not the state, but the popular culture,” says Noam Chomsky. Well, Noam will have to revise his statement because now, thanks to the American people, faith-based mental illness will completely overtake the state. In fact, America will soon become Gilead, the christer fascist state of Margaret Atwood’s novel, the Handmaid’s Tale." more