shemp
24th April 2004, 05:17 AM
From Merriam-Webster Distionary:
Main Entry: pro·tec·tion
Pronunciation: pr&-'tek-sh&n
Function: noun
4 b : money extorted by racketeers posing as a protective association
This is what the Bush Protection Racket is. They promise that you won't get hurt as long as you cough up your dough, and meekly acquiesce to the theft of your rights. They are no different than the Mafia goon who comes around every week to collect his $100 from the mom-and-pop stores so they won't get their windows smashed and their storefronts burned.
Feel free to attempt explanation of how we are safer now that Saddam Hussein is gone, and our soldiers have to serve as sitting ducks in a vain effort to prevent Iraq from crumbling into civil war and Islamic theocracy.
Main Entry: pro·tec·tion
Pronunciation: pr&-'tek-sh&n
Function: noun
4 b : money extorted by racketeers posing as a protective association
This is what the Bush Protection Racket is. They promise that you won't get hurt as long as you cough up your dough, and meekly acquiesce to the theft of your rights. They are no different than the Mafia goon who comes around every week to collect his $100 from the mom-and-pop stores so they won't get their windows smashed and their storefronts burned.
Feel free to attempt explanation of how we are safer now that Saddam Hussein is gone, and our soldiers have to serve as sitting ducks in a vain effort to prevent Iraq from crumbling into civil war and Islamic theocracy.