God Save the Queen

Ex-Senator Gary Hart has written a commentary for the Independent that succinctly lays out the great harm the Bushies intend to inflict on this great democracy over the next four years. We can only hope that circumstances beyond their control hinder their dark agenda (and the Dems can avoid the Body Snatcher pods left in their offices and actually muster some opposition to the GOP). Here's the first paragraph of Senator Hart's piece:

Today's inauguration of George Bush will be all about his vision for uniting America. Three radical forces will colour the second term. The first is represented by those concerned to dismantle America's social security system, the cornerstone of the Rooseveltian New Deal and the heart of the United States' social safety net. The second by those attempting to remake the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, the fulcrum for institutionalising the cultural agenda of the religious right. The third is represented by those seeking to salvage the neo-conservative project to bring democracy to the Arab world at the point of a bayonet.

This all seems blatantly obvious to those of us who read multiple sources of news each day, but we need to be perfectly clear about what's going to happen (just like we could see the Iraq invasion coming right on the heels of Afghanistan...the "war on terror" = "all war all the time") and resist this radical plot against America with all of our might!

Otherwise...well, it's going to be like 1984 meets the Handmaid's Tale.

But worse.