outrage

In which we discuss an exciting new way to teach children to pay their bills

-frontpaged because it is so horribly, unbelievably, real (RP).

an excerpt (RP):

the Chula Vista (a suburb of San Diego, California) Elementary School District’s “alternate meals” plan, which works something like this:

If a parent owes the district more than $5 in meal money, the district will send a letter home, put a sticker on the child’s hand, and eventually, hire collection agencies.

If all that fails, the district will basically...repossess lunch.
How is that possible, you ask?

In his excellent post, HillWilliam describes the betrayal of the American people perpetrated by Congress yesterday.

There are various posts in the liberal blogosphere condemning this action (some linked here). Personally, I'm undecided whether to put the rest of my beer in the fridge and drown my melancholy, or just to throw up.

The United States of America, long considered a bastion of the rule of law, has descended into fascism. Not "is descending," but "has descended." We are now living in a police state. The government can detain you without charge as an enemy combatant -- for any reason the president sees fit. Without oversight.

A man who lived in Yugoslavia in the late 80s and early 90s, when thugs like Milosevic were taking power, had this to say:

within three years, I predict that Americans will be fighting Americans on American soil. Just a hunch. An eerie feeling of deja vu from someone who has seen the same signs fifteen years ago.