Sunshine, Lollipops, And U.S. Terrorism Watch List

The U.S. Terrorism Watch List is bullshit. To say that the list is “poorly managed” because it has too many names to be effective is just bullshit on top of bullshit.

The mere existance of such a list is un-American to the core. If the Founding Fathers had wanted a “Terrorism Watch List,” they would have written “Ha-ha! Just kidding!” at the bottom of the Constitution.

The list in its current form is a weapon of fear and intimidation, and the Bush administration intended it to be so from the start when it ordered other federal law enforcement lists streamlined to one.

Just look who has been harassed due to some problem with the List: Yusuf Islam (formerly known as singer-songwriter Cat Stevens), 1960s civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, former South African President Nelson Mandela, current Bolivian President Evo Morales, U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, Bush