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[unusualmusic_lj_archive]

Why is a U.S. Army brigade being assigned to the "Homeland"?

They'll learn new skills, use some of the ones they acquired in the war zone and more than likely will not be shot at while doing any of it. They may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control or to deal with potentially horrific scenarios such as massive poisoning and chaos in response to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield explosive, or CBRNE, attack. . . .
The 1st BCT's soldiers also will learn how to use "the first ever nonlethal package that the Army has fielded," 1st BCT commander Col. Roger Cloutier said, referring to crowd and traffic control equipment and nonlethal weapons designed to subdue unruly or dangerous individuals without killing them. MORE

Unleashing the army on protesters. Our freedoms indeed. WHERE THE FUCK IS THE MEDIA ON THIS?

Well fuck me. Why did I ask?

In non-financial crisis news, the long predicted alliance of telecoms and entertainment titans have joined up to fight for infinite copyright, unlimited spying powers on your computer by private companies AND against net neutrality. This time, the coalition is called Arts+Labs (though I am going to call it the Hot Soup coalition for reasons that will become clear), and it includes members AT&T, Cisco, Viacom, NBC Universal and the Songwriters Guild of America (SGA), and Microsoft. The coalition is run by two savvy insiders, one from each party, so that it will be officially bipartisan and serious. Behind door number one is Bush campaign media advisor Mark McKinnon, who now works at a firm called Maverick Media and formerly launched the high profile success story HotSoup (edited by McCain advisor/AP political editor Ron Fourner). And behind door number two is our favorite former Clinton White House press secretary, Mike McCurry, who apparently doesn't mind his reputation turning to complete shit. MORE

sigh.

Comments

[saltypepper.livejournal.com]

Did you catch the part where after the first year's tour the army guy's quoted as saying they anticipate this being a permanent posting?

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. I CERTAINLY DID. I also caught the part where it's fucking illegal. At this point I'm for pithcfork and torches to BOTH parties. Fling the lot of them into jail! And this is why I have no patience with people who say that politics doesn't interest them. What, are they gonna wait til martial fucking law is declared? How fucking stupid can our electrate be?

[saltypepper.livejournal.com]

It's like Jay Smooth says, the years of favoring anti-intellectualism in candidates have finally come home to roost.