A Noun, A Verb, and 9/11

Do you recall that bon mot delivered by Joe Biden against the cynical 9/11 mantra of Rudy Giuliani during the last Presidential race?

Anyone listening to Obama's speech at West Point should have been reminded of that clever line--only this time, it applies to Biden's running mate, Barack Obama.

It's no longer enough that Obama is substantially continuing the criminal policies of his predecessor; he's even employing Bush's speech writers.

"My fellow Amnesians, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11. Oh, and by the way, did I mention 9/11? Good thing you won't fall for that scare tactic any longer! Thank you and God bless the Orwellian States of Amnesia."

What an arc George W. Obama has traveled in the past 12 months: from the sublime campaign, to the ridiculous sell out of healthcare "reform" to the insurance and pharmaceutical companies, to the contemptible fear-mongering with which he introduced his plan to "finish the (undefined) job" in Afghanistan.

The U.S. will increase its troop strength in that beleagured country by at least 30,000 souls. Our stalwart ally, Great Britain, has promised to cough up an additional 500 troops. If I've done the math right, that comes to a commitment on the part of Great Britain that is 1/60th of our own.

The Brits are clearly content to let Obama hang himself on his own pitard. But then, this has always been Halliburton's war, and Blackwater's, and Raytheon's--not the war of the British people, who might take umbrage should their government engage in such a reckless escalation of this U.S.-created conflict.

This is also the Democratic Party's war, what with the 2010 mid-term elections looming and the Obama Administration's duplicity on numerous fronts--campaign promises completely ignored, and with a straight face--threatening the Party's ample seat-advantage in Congress. An advantage that the Administration has squandered from day one of its tenure in office.

And yet, like dogs, we the sheeple of these Orwellian States return to our own vomit.

"Struck me kind of funny/Kind of funny, yes, indeed/How at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe" [Bruce Springsteen].