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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"It would be easy to say that we owe it all to the Bush family from Texas..."
"...but that would be too simplistic. They are only errand boys for the vengeful, bloodthirsty cartel of raving Jesus-freaks and super-rich money mongers who have ruled for at least the last 20 years, and arguably the last 200 years. They take orders well, and they dont ask too many questions. The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy or fairness or even trees, except maybe the ones in their own yards, and they dont mind admitting it. They worship money and power and death. Their ideal solution to all the nations problems would be another 100 Year War. Coming of age in a fascist police state will not be a barrel of fun for anybody, much less for people like me, who are not inclined to suffer Nazis gladly and feel only contempt for the cowardly flag-suckers who would gladly give up their outdated freedom to live for the mess of pottage they have been conned into believing will be freedom from fear. Ho ho ho. Lets not get carried away here. Freedom was yesterday in this country. Its value has been discontinued. The only freedom we truly crave today is freedom from Dumbness. Nothing else matters."
- Hunter S. Thompson
ruffburr
(1,190 posts)Police set up roadblocks to 'voluntarily' collect DNA, blood samples from innocent Americans [View all]
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Response to L0oniX (Original post)
Fri Jun 14, 2013, 01:21 PM
ruffburr (359 posts)
22. Welcome to-
The Leveraged States of Corprica, Not to worry, If you are worth more than 100 million you need not comply/volunteer, If anyone doubts that we are as of this SCOTUS decision a fascist country think again, The "Relocation / Re-Education Camps" will be opening soon with free showers, And Free medical (experimentation)Just as grampy Prescott Bush And his cohorts dreamed, Republican = Fascists, Blu dog Dems= Fascist lite, So Get Ready To Salute with a hearty " Hiel-Gommert" or die. WHATTA BAG OF ASSHOLES
R.F.Burger
rurallib
(62,433 posts)MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Even when he's wrong he's half right.
tavalon
(27,985 posts)He couldn't take this dumb ass world any more.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)respiratory status.
I used the present tense because his writings are still with us.
tavalon
(27,985 posts)That makes sense. And they are good to great writings.
RainDog
(28,784 posts)DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)Bonobo
(29,257 posts)In 1990, you were put on trial for what you call sex, drugs, dynamite and violence. Charges were eventually dropped. Since then, youve been outspoken on Fourth Amendment issues: search and seizure, the right to privacy. I assume youve taken a side in the civil liberties debate thats come up in the aftermath of 9/11?
Its a disaster of unthinkable proportions part of the downward spiral of dumbness. Civil liberties are black and white issues. I dont think people think far enough to see the ramifications. The PATRIOT Act was a dagger in the heart, really, of even the concept of a democratic government that is free, equal and just. There are a lot more concentration camps right now than Guantanamo Bay. But theyre not marked. Now, every jail, every bush-league cop can run a concentration camp. It amounts to a military and police takeover, I think.
Well, as some have pointed out, Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War. Is some suspension of civil liberties ever appropriate or justified in a time of war?
If theres a visible, obvious threat like Hitler, but in my mind the administration is using these bogeymen for their own purposes. This military law is nothing like the Constitution. Theyre exploiting the formula here: The people are afraid of something and you offer a solution, however drastic, and they go along with it. For a while, yeah. My suspicions are more justified every day with this manufacturing of dangerous killer villains. The rest of the world does not perceive, I dont think, that some tin-horn dictator in the Middle East is more of a danger to the world than the U.S. is. This country depends on war as a primary industry. The White House has pumped up the danger factor because its to their advantage. Its to John Ashcrofts advantage. There have always been pros and cons about the righteousness of life in America but this just seems planned, it seems consistent, and it seems traditional.
What do they get out of it?
They get control of the U.S. economy, their friends get rich. These are not philosopher-kings were talking about. These are politicians. Its a very sleazy way of using the system. One of the problems today is that whats going on today is not as complex as it seems. The Pentagon just asked for another $14 billion more in the budget, and its already $28 billion. [Defense spending in the 2003 budget rose $19.4 billion, to $364.6 billion]. Thats one sector of the economy thats not down the tubes. So, some people are getting rich off of this. Its the oligarchy. I believe the Republicans have never thought that democracy was anything but a tribal myth. The GOP is the party of capital. Its pretty basic. And it may have something to do with the deterioration of educational system in this country. I dont think Bush has the slightest intention or concern about educating the public.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Dang but I miss him!
forestpath
(3,102 posts)Zorra
(27,670 posts)the cowardly flag-suckers who would gladly give up their outdated freedom to live for the mess of pottage they have been conned into believing will be freedom from fear."
HangOnKids
(4,291 posts)Hunter was/is my hero for life. Fell in love at 10 and never fell out.
Initech
(100,097 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Thank you for posting this.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)The majority of Americans wouldn't even be able to explain what it means, however. Those of us who know go to Coventry, right?