Ted Rall for August 24, 2002
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One year later, America's leaders take stock. Man 1: 9-11 wasn't that big of a deal. Man 2: Smoking kills 400,000 Americans a year. Hell, we killed more Afghans than the 3,000 we lost. So yeah, 9-11 was relatively minor. George Bush: Yeah, but it was the ultimate cover! He used those deaths to get things we'd always wanted, from free trade and tax cuts to oil pipelines! We killed due process, the Geneva conventions and the democratic party... and no one remembers my coup! Yup... it's been a very good year. Man 2: If I didn't know better. I'd say we were sick, twisted con men. George Bush: Another 10,000 victims and I'll be prez-for-life