I'm a big fan of direct action. Most other political action seems like either begging or bribing the forces of evil to go easy on us. That gives away the battle before it begins. Rather than wait for the hopelessly corrupt American system to do justice to insiders, I think we ought to take action ourselves. So here's a scenerio that could be accomplished, and if done once successfully might be repeated all over the country.
- Pick a target. It should be someone who reaped huge profits from Bush's bogus wars, who hates liberals, young people, and the media, and who isn't at their best in the morning.
- Create a convincing press release. Perhaps engage a PR firm, or subversive elements within one. In the press release, the Target announces he or she has made millions from war, and given thousands to candidates who keep war happening. Target has no shame about this, but feels it would only be right to give something back to the brave men and women who paid the price, and so forth. So this coming Monday morning, at 8:00 am, target is having a press conference on their front lawn, to present a check for $100,000 toward some cause helping disabled vets, and asking as many disabled vets as possible to show up.
- Ideally, the target should have no clue this is happening. Perhaps they are out of town for the weekend.
- On Monday morning, target faces cameras and disabled soldiers in a bath robe, and has to explain that no, he or she isn't giving away anything, and if you people don't get off my lawn, I'm calling the police.
- Result: priceless media moment. AND the bastard has to actually face the amputees and tell them to get lost, AND the whole veterans community learns the address.
I truly believe that if the home addresses of war profiteers were made public knowledge, there would be fewer of them. They are the real constituency of the Military Industrial Complex, and without respctable annonymity, they are exposed and can live in fear like the rest of us. Deny them annonymity, and the whole equasion changes. Same goes for torturers and riot pigs. Just publicize their whereabouts and let Democracy do the rest.