Thanksgiving flaunts capitalist excess. It marks the conquering of America's native inhabitants by imperialists and/or religious zealots. It's one more excuse to praise God for giving us a day off from work. It's inherently evil. Here's a thought -- if those who wish to blight their enemies with smallpox are terrorists, then were the settlers of the so-called New World terrorists for giving the Native Americans smallpox-infected blankets?

But I sure do love turkey, and I'm going to attempt to bake a sweet potato pie from scratch. I'm such a Libra.

I planned to go into my whole Thankgiving rant more, but interesting news showed up on the MSNBC Breaking News e-mail: "President Bush picks former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to lead new investigation into Sept. 11 attacks." FOR FUCK'S SAKE! First King George brings Powell, Cheney, and Rumsfeld back into the fold. Then John Poindexter is working for the Pentagon again. Now Kissinger? Are the Communists going to reassemble the Soviet Union?

According to the MSNBC article:

...Bush did not set as a primary goal for the commission to uncover mistakes or lapses of the government that could have prevented the Sept. 11 attacks. Instead, he said it should try to help the administration learn the tactics and motives of the enemy.
“This commission will help me and future presidents to understand ... the nature of the threats we face,” he said.

But look at bottom of that MSNBC article and read about all of the lapses in intelligence that lead up to Sept. 11. The CIA and FBI were still so entrenched in Cold War tactics that they ignored everything. When the new guard usurped power in 2000, they obviously ignored the warnings of the Clinton administration (don't forget -- they bombed Afghanistan first). One must wonder why. Perhaps it was just arrogance, as in screw you, Bill, we're back in charge, so go get a blowjob somewhere else.

However, as the conspiracy theorists will tell you, the Afghani pipeline talks weren't going smoothly, so the Bush regime let September 11th happen. I don't believe that Bush is that stupid, but it is an interesting coincidence. Now that Karzai is in power, that pipeline will soon have a ribbon cutting.

Sorry for the gloom. Tomorrow, I'll post what I'm thankful for. After all, the whole world isn't evil.