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Duck/t and Cover

So let's see:

Internment of citizens of a certain ethnicity - check

Fear mentality - check

Witch hunts and loyalties questioned - check

Gas-guzzling automotive monsters - check

Denial of opportunities to non-whites - check

Are we that nostalgic for the bad parts of the 1950s?

I'm sure by now many of you have heard about the Homeland Security folks' website and accompanying scare ad campaign. Charles Donefer takes a look at the site here. Trish Wilson deconstructs it here, and Kieran Healy has his say here. And via Tom Tomorrow's blog (link at sidebar), this spoof of the actual site. And via Atrios' blog (link at sidebar), this other spoof. Lastly, someone in the comments section on Atrios' blog (link at sidebar) passed along this wonderful update of the old Bert the Turtle PSA, as long as we're all feeling nostalgic...