Several hundred students at Seattle (washington) Central Community College run off United states Armed Forces recruiters (private mercenaries) from their student center.

       [restored 1/7/2024]

       I’m glad that some young people resent militarism.  I wish there were more of them; so many that they could elect a clean CONgress.  Now that would be revolutionary and bloodless. –– JL

       Eisenhower II continues: Newly re-inaugurated Republican (fascist/socialist) President George W. Bush  declares “war on the world”: “America will not impose our form of government on the unwilling.”   But then contradicts that by saying “The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands.”

       Question: Why is Bush involved in two failing endeavors in “nation building,” one in Afghanistan, and the other in Iraq?

       NOTE: The truth is the “survival of liberty in our land” has always depended upon the ability of WE THE PEOPLE to hold their government accountable to the standards of the Constitution for the united States.

        [restored 1/7/2024] Thanks to Bill Holmes for this entry.

       I am always amazed that we have fallen so far from the standards of the Framers and Ratifiers of 1787.  The comparison is invidious.

Main Entry: in·vid·i·ous    Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation: nvids
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin invidious, from invidia envy + –ouss -ose — more at ENVY
1 : detrimental to reputation : DEFAMATORY <the invidious implication of the phrase is … against those who pursue self-interest through politics — Felix Frankfurter>
2 : likely to cause discontent or animosity or envy <the four confidential advisers of the crown soon found that their position was embarrassing and invidious — T.B.Macaulay> –– JL