The Federal Department Of Peace and Nonviolence

Dennis Kucinich's silly proposal now finds a new champion in Mark Dayton of Ohio.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In what peace activists call a milestone, Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn., introduced legislation Thursday supporting a long-shot citizen lobbying effort to create a U.S. Department of Peace and Nonviolence.

He is the first and, so far, only member of the U.S. Senate to publicly endorse the plan.

A remnant of the quixotic 2004 presidential candidacy of Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, the idea of a "Peace Department" has been derided by critics as utopian and naïve, while supporters say it is an idea whose time has come.

Almost half of Minnesota's congressional delegation -- all the Democrats but one -- have lined up in support of the campaign, which calls for a cabinet-level secretary to develop an array of policies from international conflict-resolution to reducing domestic abuse and violence against animals. [!!!!]

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"It sends the right message," said Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn. "It's about promoting justice, expanding human rights and preventing conflict."

It seems to be a grab-bag for every silly-shit bullet point on the left-liberal agenda.

Look, idiots, we already have TWO Departments of Peace. The State Department for Talking Peace, and the Department of Defense for Making Peace when the State Department fails.

posted by Ace at 03:42 PM

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