Rant of the Week

Another Deadly Fearsome Mighty Horrifying
Scary Frightening Enemy of America

Meet Mr. Purna Raj Bajracharya from Nepal. 

Mr. Purna Raj Bajracharya is a Buddhist.  We know that Buddhists are normally harmless, but not Mr. Bajracharya.   Mr. Bajracharya was spotted in New York video-taping offices in which some FBI agents, under the every-watchful scrutiny of the relentless John Ashcroft, were determinedly rooting out every last vestige of terror activity in the U.S.  Mr. Bajracharya claimed he was a tourist.  The other images on his video included a pizzeria.

The FBI immediately snatched up Mr. Bajracharya and locked him in a 9 foot by 6 foot cell for three months.  The lights were kept on 24 hours a day.  Why?  Because we are sonsofbitches is the only possible explanation.  Some prisoners in this detention centre in Brooklyn were stripped and beaten.  Why?  Because we are sonsofbitches. 

And then.  And then they realized that perhaps Mr. Bajracharya was a Buddhist from Nepal taking video of New York to show to his esteemed family back home. 

So they put him into an orange jumpsuit, shackled his arms and legs, and hauled him off to the airport.  Mr. Bajracharya begged to be allowed the dignity of wearing his own clothes.  The FBI said no.  Why?  Because we are sonsofbitches-- that's why.

This is how we treat the innocent.  Even the FBI admits that Mr. Bajracharya is innocent.  It doesn't matter.  Under George Bush, the unthinkable is now not only acceptable, but required: the innocent can be locked up, abused, assaulted, and humiliated with complete impunity.

You don't care, do you.  Because you are white and middle class and you don't have an accent.  You are safe in America in 2004.  Because you are not Mr. Bajracharya.  Because you can sing your anthems, wave your flags, and march in your parades, with no shame for your government's rank hypocrisy. 

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