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Spin, Spin, Spin!
RECEIVED Thu., Dec. 15, 2005
Dear Editor,
Today, as the U.S. Senate, that bastion of the gullible and the culpable, votes to extend the USA PATRIOT Act, I'm thinking about spin. The right wing has gotten so adept at Orwellian naming schemes, I think maybe it's time some of the rest of us got into the act.
After all, lots of people seem to believe that the PATRIOT Act is about being anti-terrorist, which is defined as patriotic. In actuality, of course, it's about denial of constitutional rights, which is very unpatriotic.
Then there's the Clear Skies Initiative, which everyone should understand is designed to gut the Clean Air Act.
So, I've come up with an idea for a comprehensive national sex education course, to be taught in every high school in the country. I'm calling it "Pro-Creationism.”
Hey, if the "fundies" are dumb enough to swallow the PATRIOT Act.
Today, as the U.S. Senate, that bastion of the gullible and the culpable, votes to extend the USA PATRIOT Act, I'm thinking about spin. The right wing has gotten so adept at Orwellian naming schemes, I think maybe it's time some of the rest of us got into the act.
After all, lots of people seem to believe that the PATRIOT Act is about being anti-terrorist, which is defined as patriotic. In actuality, of course, it's about denial of constitutional rights, which is very unpatriotic.
Then there's the Clear Skies Initiative, which everyone should understand is designed to gut the Clean Air Act.
So, I've come up with an idea for a comprehensive national sex education course, to be taught in every high school in the country. I'm calling it "Pro-Creationism.”
Hey, if the "fundies" are dumb enough to swallow the PATRIOT Act.
Ben Hogue
