Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 23, 2011

Make bogeymen out of some of the Generals

“We’re running out of Bogeymen.” What?!? How can this be? The Republicans have an overabundance of Bogeymen.

Personally, all I could see was one big game of Risk with dedicated players doing dress ups… …and Bogeymen being the name of one of the units!

The Republicans are the Bogeymen. Or at least the REAL threat to America.

1. Domestic terrorist and minions who tell all people they will die in the name of god on saturday.2. Wall street bankers who strip Americans of financial future and creating a new class of homelessness. Children and all.

I take it this means we’re on the verge of universal peace on earth. Uh-huh. Keep dreaming.

We’re too deep in debt to the one country that might manage to give us a fight for more than six months with all resources dedicated to the task.

Lets see, it is the democrats that want to spend money we don’t have, who instigated a tax on breathing, who are continuing a war without congressional agreement, and you want me to be afraid of the party that wants to cut spending and be responsible for our own actions. Darkfarce – I bet you were ready to be beamed up yesterday too. It would be hard not to find more bogeymen.

Have we gone through Nixon’s Enemy List already?I could start a new list but PC says I can’t mention the lazy or guilty. You know who you are and watch out January 2013.

Don’t worry, they’ll find one. After all, Reagan found Grenada when a similar situation occurred in the ’80s.

But aren’t they being invaded by tiny flying saucers?

Weasel_monkey, what kind of resources does Afghanistan have? Well, there are the opium poppies…

Well, there’s always Canada. Granted, the victory wouldn’t be terribly spectacular, with the battle lasting about ten minutes, but then you’d have all our oil! (The American government already classifies Canada’s oil as “domestic”…)

prrdh, it was reported last year that Afghanistan has incredible quantities of precious metals, oil, etc…. all kinds of valuable stuff….now, I try not to be cynical, but…..

I love all the medals on there chests….

@Weasel_Monkey: Haiti (and we didn’t even invade);@Imaginary Friend: Sssshhhh. This page is for insulting Republicans only. No dissent will be allowed, since attacking Democrat political positions is not patriotic.

Our program of endless war will continue unabated … as long as someone can make a profit from it … at taxpayer expense, of course.

oh, how about the invasion and occupation of Iraq…….how’s that for spending money we don’t have?

those damn demorcrats, they should not have instigated that war, think how much moolah we would have saved

How about Texas?

Oh lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes, all my friends drive porsche’s…

China and Russia are now our most committed “partners”, economic production and space, while remaining Boogiemen, at the same time we go from hunting lions, to hunting mice, and spending ever more to buy baited traps that really don’t work— ah, that military-industrial-fiction publishing house.

Go after the last remaining group that can be villified without fear of reprisal, the middle-aged middle class caucasian male.

@ImaginaryFriend: Personal responsibility? From the non-Dem party? The ones that can shoot a friend in the face and say, “oops. Sorry!” and everyone forgets about it? That starts a second war without bothering to try and finish the first one? That could have paid down the debt, but decided to take the money and run? Not that I’m saying that you’re entirely wrong about the Dems.

For once I think Wiley is being political. Prior to World War II America was still a very staunchly isolationist country. Since the end of it, we’ve had no end to numerous “bogeymen” that politicos could use to distract the masses: communists in general, Stalin, Mao Tse Dong, Castro, Khadafy, Gorbachev. Then the Cold War ended and suddenly America had no more convenient “bad guys” for the bread and circuses of the masses. At least not until Hussein invaded Kuwait, until he was killed. Osama bin Laden for 9/11, who is also now dead. Suddenly there are no more bad guys for the military-industrial complex to point at. The bread and circuses are over and the folks who’re really in charge are terrified that sheeple will start doing something.

Sounds like famous last words to me…

Unfortunately we can always invent new ones like Sadaam Hussein and the eight Cuban engineers on Granada.

Have you read the chilling Empire or its sequel by Orson Scott Card?

Truth in advertising. Not R vs D, but Fascists vs Socialists. The end is near the rectum. The product is what it is.

Awwwww….no more bogeymen….get on with LIVING, gentlemen…

..he’s talking boogey men with oil….The funny thing about the Civil War..Lincoln’s Republicans commendeered the south,broke up state govenments,wouldn’t let rebel soldiers vote,and a whole bunch of other stuff to get their retribution on the south.The Republicans were most hated.

On the other hand,there were those Tuesday Evening Democrat meetings..otherwords,the KKK..trying their absolute best show just who was boss.

People either forget their own history or it’s never taught them..to think some of those Tuesday nighters are now those stinking damnable Yankee republicans

What I find cute is someone labeling another according to their own prejudices rather than the other persons stated beliefs. Where have I stated I am a “Democrat”? What is also cute is a great chest thumping argument with no substance – if there is a country that has been invaded that has no resources and the general public complain about the action… please name it.

Gee I’m soooo glad we have returned to an era of civility in our political discourse.

I’m all about equal opportunity. I’ll slam any party. As groups, they are all reprehensible.

@DarkeForce, the Republican American citizens need to be schooled about the real Tea and the Republican Parties instead of being scared into obeying/agreeing with them.

The last time we ran out of bogeymen, we had to impeach the president.