The soft hand of Federal tyranny balled up into a clenched fist New Year’s Eve when President Obama signed into law, a military funding bill, that allow the US military to apprehend, interrogate, and indefinitely detain suspected terrorists caught in the US. There is no exclusion for US citizens from this Authoritarian law. (Analysis)
Keep in mind, “suspected terrorist” casts a very wide net.
After all, last summer according to Politico, “Vice President Joe Biden joined House Democrats in lashing tea party Republicans Monday, accusing them of having “acted like terrorists” in the fight over raising the nation’s debt limit, according to several sources in the room.”
Normally, following a turn of events such as the wholesale suspension of US civil rights I would not be much in mind to write on a festive soup. But I am forever hopeful and this hopefulness is not without foundation.
My son’s Facebook page was plastered with alarming reports on this news. You have to understand the social network with which he connects. He is a Yoga instructor, who aside from teaching Yoga classes assists individuals in managing chronic pain though a combination of Yoga and therapeutic message. He blogs on spiritual health and is a member of a Chicago avant-gard band, The I Ching Quartet. He does not exactly run with the “black helicopter” crowd. (See Potted Plant Wellness)
He is not a tea party Republican. He might have some Libertarian leanings, but he is not a tea party Republican. Now here is the big thing and my son is mildly concerned. One of his good friends is constantly traveling between America’s big cities: Chicago, LA, New York, San Francisco and such. He is a contract employee for a number of video production companies. He travels on one way air fares like a “suspect terrorist.”
More and more, young Americans are recognizing and turning away from what Malcolm Muggeridge called “The Great Liberal Death Wish.” (Full Text) In that there is ample cause for celebration and a festive soup.
Oyster stew is not, like most of my soups, the main entre’ of a simple peasant meal. It is an opening course, like an appetizer for multi-course feast. And it is elegant in its simplicity. For it you will need:
1 to 1 ½ pints of shucked oysters with liquor
2 Tablespoons Butter
1 ½ to 2 Cups Milk
½ cream
Salt
Oyster Crackers for Garnish
Over medium heat melt the butter and gently saute the oysters until they puff up slightly, a minute or so. Add the milk and cream. Stir gently until the stew is hot but not boiling. Season the stew to taste with salt and serve with oyster crackers.
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