5.17.2011

Buckle up

A Conflict Without End - NYTimes.com

Osama bin Laden had been dead only a few days when House Republicans began their efforts to expand, rather than contract, the war on terror. Not content with the president’s wide-ranging powers to pursue the archcriminals of Sept. 11, 2001, Republicans want to authorize the military to pursue virtually anyone suspected of terrorism, anywhere on earth, from now to the end of time.

(Oh, and by the way, we'll certainly have to cut Medicare for this.)

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