Thursday, January 08, 2004

Questioning the Everyman's Patriotism



What kind of conniption fit would Benjamin Franklin (original author & publisher of Poore Richard's Almanack) have if he were to view the recent warning by Seguridad de la Patría - which, naturally, BushCo calls Seguridad del Território Nacional (i.e. "National Territory Security) so as not to inspire any 'inappropriate' fascist imagery - about identifying terrorists by their preferred reading material. In other words, look out for people carrying almanacs. I bet he'd be thrilled.

So highly accurate & comprehensive that S.P. warns it may provide crucial information to terrorists planning their next attack on la Patría! You can't afford to be without what even your enemies rate as critical reading material!


I'd like to note that slacktivist pretty much sums up my opinion on this alert.

Incidentally, I've been chasing the original press release, which apparently came from the FBI part of S.P.; despite tons of secondary sources, I can't seem to locate the actual text of the alert. Has it been censored? We know that the White House has been censoring governmental websites of incriminating information about Bush statements that have been proven incorrect (i.e. lies we caught) - have they flushed this embarrassing alert too?

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