Bin Laden is dead. Who cares? Don't we have more important things to worry about?

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It seems to me that this Boogey Man far, far away and now very, very deceased is really the least of our concerns right now.

I see no joy in one human killing another. Ever. And although I consider bin Laden to be just as bad as any other murdering thug, I don't see this as a victory, nor anything to celebrate.

An old CIA operative is dead, killed by the same machine he served during Russia's occupation of Afghanistan. CIA operatives, like many other dangerous professions, have long since accepted this inevitability: The chances of them dying of old age are slim to none. The chances of dying in a firefight are fair to middling. Such is the nature of the work. The killing of this man, however, is a bittersweet victory, at best for the US. Since 911, we've seen civil rights trampled on a regular basis. The Constitution and Bill of Rights are STILL in the crapper, even after 10 years, and in fact it only gets worse, not better.

Do you really think the assassination of Bin Laden is going to somehow prompt a rollback of the unPATRIOTic Act, the MCA, Black Box Sites, The TSA and DHS? Do you really think this 'glorious' accomplishment will have any affect on the terrible state of our civil liberties?

Don't hold your breath, because it won't. The Police State will continue to march forward until We, the People say enough is enough. And feeding into the hysteria over the killing of this one human being isn't going to change that in any way. It's ironic that Obama used the theatrical presentation that he did (sudden announcement, late Sunday night) as if this is actually going to change something. It isn't.

This operation was a distraction, however temporary, from the two things that are critical right here at home: Our economy and our civil liberties.

Let me say that again: This bit of theater was brought to you by a no-jobs-stagflated economy, and by a Police State that loves to hear people shouting "USA! USA! USA!". And you know, it's interesting: We see clips from Mid-Eastern countries all the time with people shouting and chanting in the camera, and usually these clips are provided as visual evidence that the people of the Mideast are crazy, ill-tempered and violent.

Yet when we do the EXACT SAME THING, it's a beautiful expression of the glory that is the US and it's Global War on Terror. The truth is that these actions are why Noam Chomsky maintains his premise that the US is the largest state sponsor of terror in the world.

It's the truth, we are. And today is a good example of why we are.

Enjoy your revelry, just don't expect 'change.'