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At the Ohio Statehouse, Gov. Bob (Serial
Murderer) Taft gathered his people in a Nazi Germany-style rally to promote
fascism and world dominance by the U.S. While young Columbus, Ohio children
sang "God Bless America," a "Shock and Revulsion" campaign of bombing
Baghdad, inspired by the Hitler's Blitzkrieg, killed innocent Iraqi
children. While mindless nationalists spouted "Support our Troops" they
failed to add "in this unholy, illegal, immoral war in which they may be
killed." While they gathered together items for "care packages" for the
military, George W., Cheney, Rumsfeld, Tommy Franks and the others in the
U.S. military junta clapped their hands together in glee -- for if the U.S.
citizens will take it upon themselves to support the troops and send them
supplies, the government can lower the soldiers' wages even more and
benefits even further, allowing the military to spend more money violating
international law and experimenting with new toys by starting more
preventative attacks around the world.
"This war has been a great success so
far," the Resident Evil One was quoted as saying, while Cheney signed on the
dotted line for Halliburton Oil Company to garner the contract to put out
the oilfield fires in Iraq. Ohio's Governor Taft beamed in contentment,
hoping he might be awarded a medal of honor for lining up the jackboots in
lockstep with the junta, not knowing he was not going to reap any of the
rewards from those in the military elite who, behind his back, jokingly
refer to him as "the geek from Ohio." City maintenance crews grumbled all
night as they swept up red, white and blue ribbons discarded later in the
street by those who only showed up to the rally because they were paid to be
there.