transformed from clod by clods
becky akers nails it:
[...] That bought off Leviathan, but not Sharon Brown. She realized that a very wealthy woman had treated her like the flight attendant that she is — and this in neoconservative Amerika. We serfs may persist in seeing Sharon and her co-workers as little more than sky-high waiters and waitresses, but that only shows we don’t understand the miracle of 9/11. They do. They know it transformed them from menial employees whose jobs depend on pleasing customers into high-ranking officers in the Feds’ War on Terror. Mere passengers no longer dare question nor cross them. And so Sharon is suing Victoria for 10% of her net worth. The case went to court last week. [...]
just one reason of many i won’t touch an airline flight. that world is dead to me, killed by the fedgoons and the subservient horde who consider the safety of a process proportional only to the associated flagellation endured. idiots, more idiots, and goons.
power!
[...] And the truth is there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn’t there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance, and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object — to think and speak as you saw fit — you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who’s to blame? Well certainly there are those who are more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again — truth be told — if you’re looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn’t be? War, terror, disease — there were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now High Chancellor Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace; and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. [...]
full speech here.