[UPDATE]The Whole House of Cards: A War on America in Four Suits

Update [2005-3-7 12:52:3 by Alna Dem]: The deck of Tyranny, Bigotry, Want, and Fear!

This builds on comments in yesterday's New Contract on America diary and another one this morning about Social Security playing cards. I totally love the idea of a deck of cards illustrating (a mere) 52 villains in this administration. But with all due respect to this morning's diary author, I have to ask: Why limit it to Social Security? Love the idea, but let's make it broader.

We're talking about the whole Contract on America, the whole Crooked Deal... It would more worthwhile and much longer-lasting to do a complete "War on America" deck of cards. Fifty-two separate wars in four suits, each with its own general. And two jokers, of course: Bush and Rove.

And the four suits? FDR's Four Freedoms, translated by this administration into Tyranny, Bigotry, Want, and Fear....

Here are FDR's fabulous four, from www.luminet.net:

The first is freedom of speech and expression -- everywhere in the world.

The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way -- everywhere in the world.

The third is freedom from want, which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants -- everywhere in the world.

The fourth is freedom from fear, which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor -- anywhere in the world.

Can't you just see it? This administration is waging war on America by attacking our fundamental freedoms. And their behavior translates into a War on Civil Liberties, a War on Working Americans, a War on Veterans, a War on Public Schools, a War on the Elderly, a War on the Environment, a War on National Parks, a War on Children, a War on Truth, a War on Democracy....

Any thoughts on this idea?

Let's bring down the whole house of cards.

Update [2005-3-7 12:52:3 by Alna Dem]:

Cheney = Ace of Fear, Rumsfeld = King of Fear, Rice = Queen of Fear

DeLay = Ace of Bigotry, Falwell = King of Bigotry, Marilyn Musgrave = Queen of Bigotry

Frist = Ace of Tyranny, Michael Powell = Jack of Tyranny, Limbaugh = 4 of Tyranny, Coulter = 3 of Tyranny, Gannon/Guckert = 2 of Tyranny

Santorum = King of Want, etc.

Have to walk away for rest of day; will revisit tonight. If you'd like to keep this going, please hit Recommend. Thanks, guys!