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The same flair for micromanaging and knowing what's best for those in
uniform is now being shared with the rest of us, here in Everytown, USA. His
staffers have been phoning city officials, including some in Orange County,
and strongly urging them to structure Fourth of July celebrations around the
war in Iraq.
"I got the impression that they had a list of every city in the nation that
had applied for a pyrotechnics permit, and were calling them to persuade
them to be part of the program," said one OC city official.
. . .
The project even has a name: Operation Tribute to Freedom, putatively
overseen by Air Force general Richard B. Myer. Check out the website at
www.defendamerica.mil/otf/photos/index.html. Therein, it is claimed that
Pentagon officials had been "inundated" with requests from communities
asking how they could show support for the troops. Another press release
remarks on the "spontaneous" displays of support for the military. And there
doubtless have been many.
So why, then, does the Department of Defense deem it necessary to cold-call
cities to sell them on a military salute?
"It seemed pretty obvious they were just trying to manufacture more public
support for their war," said the city official.
The same flair for micromanaging and knowing what's best for those in
uniform is now being shared with the rest of us, here in Everytown, USA. His
staffers have been phoning city officials, including some in Orange County,
and strongly urging them to structure Fourth of July celebrations around the
war in Iraq.
"I got the impression that they had a list of every city in the nation that
had applied for a pyrotechnics permit, and were calling them to persuade
them to be part of the program," said one OC city official.
. . .
The project even has a name: Operation Tribute to Freedom, putatively
overseen by Air Force general Richard B. Myer. Check out the website at
www.defendamerica.mil/otf/photos/index.html. Therein, it is claimed that
Pentagon officials had been "inundated" with requests from communities
asking how they could show support for the troops. Another press release
remarks on the "spontaneous" displays of support for the military. And there
doubtless have been many.
So why, then, does the Department of Defense deem it necessary to cold-call
cities to sell them on a military salute?
"It seemed pretty obvious they were just trying to manufacture more public
support for their war," said the city official.
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Date: 2003-06-25 11:16 am (UTC)Bush has found something interesting: People really are dumber than we thought...
*sigh*
CZ
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Date: 2003-06-25 11:49 am (UTC)