The Safety Dance

Here's what George Bush had to say in the aftermath of this whole British liquid bomber fiasco:

President Bush said the foiled plot showed the nation was "at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means to destroy those of us who love freedom, to hurt our nation."

"This country is safer than it was prior to 9/11," Bush said Thursday in Green Bay, Wis. "We've taken a lot of measures to protect the American people, but obviously we're not completely safe. ... It is a mistake to believe there is no threat to the United States of America."

Okay, so there's a lot of just made-up idiotic stuff in this quote, just like every single sentence Bush has ever spoken aloud, ever. In particular, were the 24 men arrested in connection with this plot really "facsists"? Have they written some sort of manifesto I can peruse in order to ascertain the veracity of this claim? What is that based on? Did they have brown shirts on at the time of arrest, perhaps? Did they declare, out of nowhere, a fondness for a nice putsch?

Because I can think of a lot of solid pieces of evidence indicating George Bush's fascist tendencies...Not so much crazy bombing guys. They strike me more as religious zealot assholes than fascists. But, hey, that's me...Maybe they were purging the unfaithful in their own political party while simultaneously fomenting thuggish street violence and issuing propaganda in an attempt to consolidate and centralize their power, and it just hasn't come out yet.

Also, he did that same tired old "they hate us for our freedom" line that was already overused by 9/16. Yeah, sure, they hate us for our freedom. I'm just saying, our bombs and missiles and torture rooms aren't helping.

But let's forget about all the shit that spews out of our President's mouth for a few minutes and focus on one actual real topic of interest that he brought up. Are we safer now than we were before 9/11? Anyone think so?