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Hey folks! I promised to have the blog back up by Dec. 1st and woila! Here 'tis... I'm still working out some kinks in the code, so please bear with me. Stay tuned for new posts coming soon to a blog near you...
Bez
I was sent this link: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,138335,00.html
It's an article by John Gibson of Fox News, in which he denounces critics of the elections, claiming they're putting American troops in danger.
Here is my email to the author...
Mr. Gibson,
When something no one ever imagined could happen actually happens, people remember it. And it will never seem like an impossibility again. That this year's election results continue to be discussed, is a direct consequence not of this election, but of the previous one. Americans learned four years ago what people with a wider world view have always known, that the "democracy" which makes us feel superior to the rest of the globe is deeply flawed.
It has been flawed from the beginning. Women and minority communities were systematically disenfranchised. Third parties are excluded from the electoral process. The electoral college undermines the one-person-one-vote democratic ideal. Redistricting controversies recur year after year with no solution in sight. Illegal campaign contributions and out of control campaign spending have made public office a commodity to be purchased rather than an honor to be won. Even the physical process of marking a ballot is problematic in this great nation.
So, many Americans are rightly concerned, even outraged. And they're finally beginning to stir. But fearful conservatives, knowing they just got away with something scandalous, would have them quieted and suppressed. No, Republicans didn't steal the election again like last time. The scandal is in how they won it. Outright lies, personal attacks, fear-mongering, race-baiting, bible-thumping, and the dumbing down of the electorate are not the values on which America was founded. But, sadly, they've become useful tactics in high stakes elections.
Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichsmarshall and Luftwaffe-Chief put it best when he said "...voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."
It is unpatriotic for you to suggest it is unpatriotic and dangerous to discuss the machinery of democratic process. In fact, that's the most American thing to do.
[Signed]
Thanks to Rodney for sending this link... it's a great post!
http://www.livejournal.com/users/typefiend/304744.html
Gustave Gilbert was a German-speaking intelligence officer and psychologist who was granted free access by the Allies to all the prisoners held in the Nuremberg jail after WWII. He kept a journal of his observations of the proceedings and his conversations with the prisoners, which he later published in the book "Nuremberg Diary".
Here is an excerpt from his conversation with Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichsmarshall and Luftwaffe-Chief... Does this sound familiar to anyone???
We got around to the subject of war again and I said that, contrary to his attitude, I did not think that the common people are very thankful for leaders who bring them war and destruction.
"Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering shrugged. "Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship."
"There is one difference," I pointed out. "In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars."
"Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."
I'm still in shock! Thanks for the prayer Rodney! I agree... God, pinch my butt so I know I'm not having a nighmare!
This election result isn't just bad for the country, it's bad for the Universe!
I used to think George W. was only one notch above Dan Quayle. Now I think he's infinitely worse. Danny boy was just stupid. This one is dangerously stupid. We've really elected Chaney to the presidency. And he's just evil.
Those who know me in the real world know I'm not prone to name calling and rhetoric... but damn it!!! These people are the devil's anus!!!
Yes, I know... two posts in just a few minutes... I had another thought...
The Persian, Byzantine, Mongolian, Arab, Greek, Anglo and every other empire that ever existed eventually collapsed. At some point, those people got drunk with their own power. They became arrogant. They treated the rest of the world with disdain. And the world stood up to say "no more". That is where America is today. We cannot continue along the current path of military expansion. Not only do we fan the world's animosity toward us, but we ignore our own domestic issues, weakening the nation from within. UGH UGH UGH UGH!!!
UGH! UGH! UGH! UGH!!!! DAMN IT!!! FOUR MORE YEARS OF THAT DUMBASS!!!!
Forgive me... It's not often I get sad, angry and disappointed all at once...
As I write this, George has 269 electoral votes. If Kerry gets all the remaining states, they tie and the election will be determined by the House, which is majority Republican. In other words, it's over. UGH UGH UGH!!!! AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa.........
Do people not realize:
1. We are NOT safer today than we were 4 years ago.
2. America is more intensly despised around the globe than before George started bombing other nations.
3. It is inconsistent to say you think the economy is in poor shape, then reelect the guy who was in charge when it got to be that way.
4. It is inconsistent to say the war is going badly, then put the same dipshit back in charge of it.
5. We have not elected Bush as president. We have elected Chaney!
6. War is not the answer... to anything! Period.
and finally... to those who voted for Bush since they don't know if Kerry will do a good job, I say this... we know Bush did a piss-poor job. I'd take an unknown over a known anyday, when that known is as bad as Bush has been! At least with Kerry, we might have been surprised! He might have come through and done a great job! With Bush, it'll be 4 more years of hate-mongering, war-machining, race-baiting, lie-spreading cancer!
Bush is a butcher.
Shit! There goes my security clearance!
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