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See the second picture on the page. Wow, this time he’s swearing him in, not swearing at him. Good job Dick!
Office of Senator Patrick Leahy

Is right here: Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: January 02, 2005 – January 08, 2005 Archives and he makes a great point. Who does not like Social Security? Oh, a bunch of rich whites who will not rely upon it for their retirement. Why do they dislike it so much?

I believe these conservatives dislike it so much because it provides a means for the continued existence of people they’d rather do without. Those lower and middle class bastards who are clogging up the expressways in Florida and are generally in the way. Rich people don’t like those people, except when they’re installing the cable or doing the dry cleaning. This is not a class warfare screed, it’s a fact of life.

If you’re rich and all your needs are provided for, you dislike change in society, since it may render you poor either by taking away your cash or making it less valuable because others suddenly have cash, too. So, the agenda from the conservative side of American politics is clear: cut taxes on the rich, cut benefits such as Social Security for those who are not (aiding our friends in the investment community at the same time), and enforce our moral viewpoint upon them whose monetary power we’ve effectively crippled. It’s a fine 1-2 punch.

Now, most Americans do not know we are an empire, or, if they know it, they choose to ignore it. I do not. Nor do I, like most liberals, think that is necessarily a bad thing. If you take your foot off the gas, someone else will take power and set things about to their liking. My issues with American empire revolve around what is done with the spoils of it. Instead of leading an imperial agenda to aid oil companies overseas and piss off the world so we can cut taxes while waging war (or host a $40 million inauguration gala while cutting solider’s pay—pick your example), why not do that to provide health insurance, education, and retirement benefits to all your citizens?

And the answer, again, is because floating your boat and mine means the rich man’s boat floats that much lower in the water. Though I’m roaming far afield from the original post topic, one more note: That’s not a Democrat vs. Republican issue, but it’s a class issue. When both candidates in the last election were both Yale Skull’n’Bones fraternity members who came from multimillionaire families, what else could it be?

Link via Boingboing.net. Apparently, their folks like the bridge, too. The pics on this link are stunning. ESA Portal – France’s soaring Millau bridge seen from orbit

So, this is the new look of the site, and kuniform.org is propagating thru the internet like a little digital virus even as we speak. The other, older look will be ported from the movable type css it’s currently langouring in and it will also get quite a facelift. Thanks again to Jeff Judge (see blogroll on this page somewhere) for the awesome new hosting tip.

Did I really mean to say this redesign would be done in August? Well, there’s been a lot of water under the bridge since then, I’ll say that. This thing is still in extreme draft form, but it’s been a lot of fun. Great design by all those in the links section.