The F-word - Again
I've been reading of Barack Obama's latest suggestions - particularly for a civilian "security force" - and feel the oncoming chill of the F-word. I mean Fascism. Now, I know that to throw around the N-word - Nazi - is a major faux pas on the 'net. Likewise, the F-word is similarly taboo. But, in this case, no other word is appropriate. Roger's Rules (Pajamamedia.com) hits it on the nailhead. Obama is pushing for a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded as the US military. Roger asks the right questions: Whom or what would such a security force police? Whom would they protect? Whom would they intimidate? Here's what they'd look like - the civilian force of its time.