licentious radio

Tuesday, September 17, 2002
[3:46:16 PM]

Boondocks: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld reassured the public today that Iraq is a starving, demoralized country whose antiquated military will be no match for the technological might of the United States. He then went on to add that the U.S. must attack immediately, as Saddam Hussein is the single greatest threat to the continued existence of life on the planet Earth.

[3:05:53 PM]

Little George is haunted nightly by the spirits of war-mongers past. The words change, but the melody remains the same: "Everybody says I seek war, but I must be conscious of my responsibilities. The menace to our country is such that it cannot be ignored. There is ample proof of the aims of our enemy, and I thank God Almighty for giving me the strength and the knowledge to do what must be done." --Adolf Hitler

[2:50:11 PM]

Bertin [commondreams.org]: " Among the less well-known aspects of the Patriot Act are provisions permitting the Justice Department to obtain information secretly from booksellers and librarians about customers' and patrons' reading, Internet and book-buying habits, merely by alleging that the records are relevant to an anti-terrorism investigation.

..."In a sample of 1,000 libraries responding to a survey last February, 85 reported receiving requests to turn over information about patrons to police or FBI agents."