Of Course I am against terrorism — especially rich and powerful Republican terrorists
Last week, Russel blessed us with his I Hope And Pray We Don’t Get Hit Again-BUT …..I hope we get hit again essay at the Huffbollah Post.
This week, Russel has taken on the brave task of looking domestic terrorism directly in the face. Lucky for everyone, Russel survived his ordeal, and now reveals his definitions of real, everyday terrorism right here in the good ol’ US of A:
But on the broader scale, some critics may fail to realize that for millions of Americans, terrorism is a frequent presence. Not the terrorism of a shoe-bomber, or of trumped up orange alerts based on intercepts of guys shouting “Jihad” in an Internet chat room, but the real psychological and economic terrorism often visited on Americans in the guise of:
And who does Russel believe to be the real terrorists in our midst?
- Casualty Assistance Officers (COAs) from the US Military
- Hurricane Katrina (and the Bushilter administration that caused that “natural” disaster)
- Bill collectors
- Real-estate developers
- Public Transportation and Oil Company shareholders
- Pro-life, anti-abortion advocates
- Anti drug-legalization advocates (people who won’t just let him smoke his dope in peace and legal-bliss)
- Insurance companies
- Homophobic realtors
Russel believes that rich and powerful Republicans are terrorists. And the infidels subjected to their jihads are the poor and vulnerable in this nation. Russel goes so far as to count tigers and bears (Oh my!) as victims of Republican terrorism.
I bet when Russel discusses real Islamofascist terrorists (which, as far as I can tell, he never does discuss), he uses finger-quotes when he says the word “terrorist”.
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Many on the left chided Russel for his essay on macabre calculus. But I checked the comments on this failed exercise in moral equivalancy — and there’s an awful lot of patting on the back and comments to the effect of, “you nailed this one on the head”, and “you’re so brave to speak truth to power”.
h/t to Blue Crab Boulevard





Who is Russell Shaw?
Left by Preston on August 28th, 2006 at 12:59 pm