---In [email protected], <noozguru@...> wrote :
Well today is the national celebration of the excesses of capitalism and fascism: the Stupid Bowl! Or I mean Super Bowl. Even when I had cable I never bothered to watch it. And when movies were affordable it was a good day to see a film until other folks caught on to the idea. So what do I read at the top of the news today but how surrounded the stadium is going to be by swat teams and patrolled by military helicopters. This is what America has come to: a reality that rivals about any science fiction writers vision. What do you reckon, viable terrorist threat or the politics of fear? I'm sure that they like keeping us scared so new surveillance and police powers can get passed without any protest. We've just heard that all police will now carry tazers for anti-terrorism purposes even though not a single bit of politically inspired violence would have been prevented or halted by them! It's just an excuse because they are too fat and lazy to apprehend crim's the way they are supposed to.
