Saturday, June 24, 2006

Beware the "Thought Police"!

Just when I thought we had reached rock bottom, the bottom fell out and the United States reached a new low! According to every news report in the world, seven men were charged on Friday with conspiring to blow up the landmark Sears Tower in Chicago. The article later stated that the men didn't actually DO anything -- they just TALKED about it. None of them had ever even BEEN to Chicago! The article in Yahoo News reads in part:

But Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told a news conference in Washington that the plotting by the "home-grown terrorism cell" never went beyond the earliest stages.

"There was no immediate threat," Gonzales said, acknowledging the defendants never had contact with al Qaeda and did not have weapons or explosives.

This mean the guys did not actually DO anything! I recall the days of my youth when you didn't get locked up or even charged for that matter until you actually committed a crime! If thinking bad thoughts is a crime then I have already killed the President and overthrown the government. Is this country totally fucked up or is it just me???

4 comments:

Charles Turner said...

“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America’s Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn’t want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named ‘Bush’, ‘Dick’, and ‘Colon.’ Need I say more?”

- Chris Rock

Hamrose said...

Oh man edgar...shit is that funny or what! Actually Jeff they did buy some military boots. That must count for something.

Jeff Vachon said...

Oh yes. I forgot about the boots. Forget I said anything.

Hamrose said...

Happy 4th of July Jeff!!