{"id":1126,"date":"2003-04-16T01:22:00","date_gmt":"2003-04-16T05:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2021-05-21T01:24:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T05:24:57","slug":"a-chill-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/04\/16\/a-chill-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"A Chill Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    “In the 19 months since 9-11, we have seen our democracy compromised by fear and hatred. Basic inalienable rights, due process, the sanctity of the home have been quickly compromised in a climate of fear. A unified American public has grown bitterly divided, and a world population that had profound sympathy and support for us has grown contemptuous and distrustful, viewing us as we once viewed the Soviet Union, as a rogue state.
    “A chill wind is blowing in this nation.<\/i> […] If you oppose this administration, there can and will be ramifications. Every day, the air waves are filled with warnings, veiled and unveiled threats, spewed invective and hatred directed at any voice of dissent. And the public, like so many relatives and friends that I saw this weekend, sit in mute opposition and fear.<\/i> […] And in the midst of all this madness, where is the political opposition? Where have all the Democrats gone? Long time passing, long time ago.<\/i> […] We need leaders who can understand the Constitution, congressman who don’t in a moment of fear abdicate their most important power, the right to declare war to the executive branch. And, please, can we please stop the congressional sing-a-longs?”<\/I>
    — Tim Robbins, taken from his address<\/a> last night to the National Press Club.\n\n\n\n

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