Krist on a kracker. Not that this will surprise you, gentle reader. But still, it’s a little shocking to see it out there for all to behold. Turn off your TVs, cancel your subscriptions to cable and print propaganda organs. How many times do I have to ask you? You really feel good that your hard earned slave wages that are taxed to drop bombs on innocent brown people living atop of oil wages go to pay for this man’s salary and antidemocratic projects? Jeebus I’m glad I can’t say I’m doing that.

Not so small. Or cheap. But it is large:

“Embassy Baghdad” will dwarf new U.S. embassies elsewhere, projects that typically cover 10 acres. The embassy’s 104 acres is six times larger than the United Nations compound in New York, and two-thirds the acreage of Washington’s National Mall.  Read more 

When I was in college, my program had an arts requirement, that is, one needed several performance credits to graduate. I chose to take acting classes, and I confess: I sucked. But I did learn something about how the art of acting is to be found in so many parts of the rest of our world, even those in which truth telling and reality are supposedly paramount. I believe the saying goes, “If you can’t afford a meal, go see a show. If you can’t afford a show, go to the zoo. If you can’t afford the zoo, go see a politician.” I’ll let you ponder that order for a minute.

That said, Matt jumps on a bandwagon I’m proud to say we’ve been all over for some time now here at Corrente. It’s not Homeland Security, it’s The Homeland Security Show on Fox. Matt is 100% correct in pointing out that Republican policies on “securing our X” are usually ineffective, costly, wasteful and do little more than feed the fear-guzzling base addicted to the adrenalin rush of ’hate/fear/kill.’ Show me the last 100 million spent on new “security” programs, and I promise you I’ll show you a Republican crony now richer by 99 million, and some Potemkin village approximation of a device/program/training that makes no one safer. Moore pointed this out in Farenheit 911, in which he noted that for all the talk about borders and increased watchfulness, no real money has gone to places that are literally wide open to attack.  Read more