New Toon: Sacrifices Must Be Made

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Sacrifices must be made...and Americans are more than willing to trade liberty for safety. A lot of them any way. Especially now that the bi-annual Fall Terror Fest is under way. Here's some figures from a new Zogby Poll. The percentage indicates people in favor of each measure.

• Allowing your purse, handbag, briefcase, backpack, or packages to be searched at random anywhere...55%
• Allowing your car to be searched at random...45%
• Allowing your telephone conversations to be monitored...37%
• Allowing your mail to be searched at random...36%

I'd be interested to know how many of those polled live in a city like New York or Washington where a terrorist attack is actually a possibility. Living in Bumfuck, Kansas doesn't warrant being scared of Islamo-fascist attacks.

In the same poll, when respondents were asked "Do you agree or disagree that there was a connection between Saddam Hussein and the 9/11 terror attacks?" 46% agreed, including 32% of Democrats. Americans are so easily manipulated by fear and misinformation that another terror attack, no matter how small, will probably galvanize the country to sign over their children for a 100 year war with Islam. But besides handing over our freedoms, are we really sacrificing anything for the safety none of us feel?

When asked by Brian Williams if Americans should have been asked to make some sacrifice after 9/11, Bush reponded:

Americans are sacrificing. I mean, we are. You know, we pay a lot of taxes. America sacrificed when they, you know, when the economy went into the tank. Americans sacrificed when, you know, air travel was disrupted. American taxpayers have paid a lot to help this nation recover. I think Americans have sacrificed.

He forgot to include the cost of replacing our faded yellow ribbon magnets for three summers in a row.

Next Week: Dogs that go moo.