They Hate Us for our NAZIs . . . (Graphic Warning)

I'm tired of beating around it.



This is your nation on Bush: Killing innocent people for no good reason. It's just because Bush wants to kill.



Bush is a liar. He lied his way into war in Iraq with intelligence fixed around phony weapons of mass destruction and their affiliated "mushroom cloud over an American city." Condoleeza and the rest of the PNAC crowd couldn't stop smiling as they said it.



The guy is a thief. Not counting the two elections he's stolen, he invaded Iraq to steal the world's second-biggest supply of oil. In the process, he's looted the U.S. Treasury and penured the middle class.



The guy is a traitor. Bush has protected Karl Rove and Scotter Libby, a pair of traitors who damaged the national security. That makes Bush a traitor, too, just for protecting them. Those who agree that outing a loyal U.S. Secret Agent, compromising her organization, ruining the work of more than two decades in the fight against the spread of nuclear weapons, and the safety of all its members is OK are traitors, too.



The guy is a mass murderer, approving the illegal invasion of Iraq and the deaths of many, many TENS of THOUSANDS of innocent children, women and men -- PEOPLE!



The guy is a war criminal. That makes him JUST LIKE the NAZIs.



This is your nation on Bush.

Most of the high-profile Nazis saw combat

That kind of observation is addressed with, "Ooooo, burn!"

:-)

:hi:

Hitler won the Iron Cross for bravery in the infantry in WW1. Goering was a fighter ace in the Richtofen Squadron as well.

Of course, he had to have Poppy pull some strings for him.





Word to the Wise: I know this is old hat for you, solinvictus, but it's nice to put things in black-n-white for our guests and visitors.

And as long as someone else's blood is being shed, they can make a nice dollar off of war.



Hey! A hearty welcome to DU, Greeby!

Not like this inept bunch of chickenshits.

... but not images! :mad:

The subject matter is just scarey, period.

What the nice Ted Rall said regarding Rove-boy and his supporters:





Wow, SwampRat! You really have mastered essence of what is at stake. Thank you for your work in pegging the Truth to these slugs and thanks for giving a damn, Compay!

... and I'm NOT talkin' about during Mardi Gras. :D

You know, Swampito, it's more like fighting the Hydra. Now what do we need to do to kill that off? Lots of chainsaws? Lozenges? Oil?

Regardless of it being true or not is only relevent to your position

Bush and Bin Laden Double Act

http://www.kirkbytimes.co.uk/antiwaritems/bush_bin_laden.html

Small Mediums At Large: The True Tales of a Family of Psychics
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0399152350/ref=sib_rdr_dp/002-6043100-2158414?%5Fencoding=UTF8&no=283155&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER&st=books

Ponchious Pilot, Benedict Arnold, Trotsky, Adolph Hitler, with the Skull & Bones. Vogue. Vogue. Vogue. Vogue.

Top left to right corners the heads of: Ponchious Pilot and Benedict Arnold.

Bottom left to right corners the heads of: Trotsky and Adolph Hitler.

Cardinal points marked by heads in various stages of decay moving counter clockwise.

North: flesh striped and facial muscles exposed.

West: Rotting

South: Putrefied

East: Barren Skull (Bleached white and clean)

Connect heads and skulls with FIBula's.


With a frame like that. The picture will be much more than "tens of thousands of cubic" words could ever possibly explain. ;)

see right through him. He could give a shit about U.S. casualties, dead Iraqis or the massive destruction he has caused.

The Chimperor is especially despised by those in other countries because the folks overseas make it their business to stay informed.

That's utterly reptilian and NAZI like, as SwampRat's art makes clear.

The folk in other countries have an infrastructure for disseminating pretty much unvarnished news. OTOH here, all the money goes to syndicating "Friends" and all the news goes through Karl Rove's Worst Wing office before being spat over to the press corpse.





oasis, DU Friend, you know this stuff as well as me. We're almost there. So, we can't let up. And we've got to keep going, enlightening as many Americans as possible, as quickly as possible, about these Bush Family Evil Empire turds.

thanks.

....who carry out the policies of the real American Nazis, the wealthiest individuals and their families in the U.S. and the six million professional bourgeoisies who stand behind the wealthy.

Thank you for naming them, whistle.

In this, just about the illegal Iraq invasion, they certainly are that.



Of course, the BFEE has made money off war, before, going way back. It's a NAZI thing to do.

It's the gift that lasts through the generations.

Google has immense topics on Depleted Uranium, but here are some more very graphic pictures of what the U.S. has wrought
http://www.web-light.nl/VISIE/extremedeformities.html

Those who harm children in the name of my country are not patriots, they are traitors.

Of course, for the BFEE, hurting children is something that is all too often required:



And you know who else said the ends justify the means?

I am sick and tired of people not wanting to say, flat out, what this Bush government actually is; this is fascism, period. It isn't "like" fascism, it isn't "nearly as bad" as fascism - IT IS FASCISM! We may be already too late to save what we once had, but we have to fight these monsters from making us into what they are trying to build. They must be stopped! I am nominating your post.

These turds not only are killing our world and its people -- they are doing it in my country's name -- in my name. I won't let up on these slugs until they are indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced as what they are, war criminals.

Look how they treat children, under their "care":



Thank you for understanding. Thank you for giving a damn. And thanks for the nom, Dhalgren.

These turds are worse than any threat mounted by the Commies in the Cold War or the Fascists in World War II. Neither took over the Government of the United States.

What can we do? Not that I'm versed, but I'd suggest a mulit-pronged approach.

Fix what we can fix -- like the fixed voting machines.

Fix blame for the illegal Iraq war where it belongs -- straight on the pimply backside of George Bush and Dick Cheney.

Fix up some mighty protests if Congress doesn't want to do either of the above.

What's this going to take to accomplish?

Information.

That title "They Hate Us for our NAZIs" is really kind of catchy.

Many an informed DUer put the myth of them being Nazis to rest long ago though, they are a much slimier than that. No honor, you understand and wasting time in trying to shame them is emboldening exercise for them when they learn nothing will happen. The darkness always comes before light

These are the real ugly people they have always described through the ages, they are layed out naked for us to see and saying in no uncertain terms, 'what ya going to do about it punk'.

Btw sorry for the frankness, but i never learned french

... is how Professor Emilio Lazardo put it.





So, yes. I know you know they're NAZIs, nolabels. A lot of visitors and current DUers don't think so. Sorry to repetetive, but sometimes that's the only way some people will learn, those who've been brainwashed by Corporate McPravda. And I know you know who Buckaroo Banzia is.

They don't need to be them hands on, chew up monsters in the grub form. They are in a different form now. They flutter about looking for places to lay their eggs to start another brood, all the while engaged in the moments as they happen through their own personal periscope(it's quite tricky balancing act).

They may look captivating and intriguing while they dart about. Yet in the long run they can be quite devastating when not checked. Just like a swarm of locust, their soon to be hatched larva will strip things bare. The metaphor is a nice tool for use in such instances

The detachment from the day to day annoyances for them is quite important for their continuance on this journey. They are living in theory rather the reality and will stay there in that place when ever possible

A person has to have a strong constitution to even allow themselves to know about these things. This knowledge is the stuff that kills those without conditioning. This is why so many fight to keep their ignorance.

This knowledge really does kill. This explains why so many turn to wacky religions, or other diversions in order to keep out reality. So many people will stick their fingers in their ears and hum 'nah, nah, nah,' because it really is a survival mechanism.

They can't handle (even a close approximation of) the truth.

:kick:

The only way -- the ONLY way -- I've kept sane the last four years is by sharing and learning with others who's who and what's what.

On 9-11, I smelled a big fat Bushy rat and said so publicly. One of my best friends and my wife said, "Whoa." I reminded them of what kind of people these are, the ones who stole the presidential election of 2000.

My wife and bud looked at each other as if to say, "Coo-coo." They said there was no way any American would do that to another American. Later on, I asked my wife, "WTF?" and she said she understood where I was coming from, but that she was trying to keep her sanity by focusing on what she believed to be the better angels of human nature. She also said she never doubted my sanity (and rolled her eyes heavenward, being my wife and all).

Then, in March 2002, they were concerned for my "mental health." I re-stated my belief that Bush and his handlers were the prime beneficiaries of 9-11. When the news came out that "Bush Knew," my friend's tune changed.

Thanks for holding the melody and understanding what's at stake for our country and planet and future, gumby. Truly, I'm much obliged.

I must cry out, violence and outrage is my message; ....it becomes like a fire burning in my heart, imprisoned in my bones; I grow weary holding it in, I cannot endure it."
-- Jeremiah 20:8-9

There is infinite wisdom for those who first can think for themselves in that book.

Thank you for finding and sharing them.

that advocates social revolution. Takes a lot of abuse, of course. I learned about it from a couple brothers, named Daniel and Phillip, who were at times Jesuits. They took a lot of abuse, too. (grin)

feel almost ashamed to be an American? How could we re-elect such an evil president and administration? How can Bush supporters still have such blind/arrogant faith in him?

The acts that are done in the name of my country by George Walker Bush, his chimpministration, his father and the rest of the Bush Transnational Criminal Enterprise, or Bush Family Evil Empire, or Bushco or whatever, is treasonous. Americans do not attack nations that are at peace with us. That's what Tojo and Hitler did.

Remember the crazy monkey's UN speech in 2003? Here's how the Socialists Workers web site pegged it (FYI: I'm a social Democrat in that there should be a more equitable economic system than the rich keep getting richer model):



Lots of useful history there, for the record.

BTW: A hearty welcome to DU, mn723! How's summer in Bear Lake?

Monster

(Monster)
Once the religious, the hunted and weary
Chasing the promise of freedom and hope
Came to this country to build a new vision
Far from the reaches of kingdom and pope
Like good Christians, some would burn the witches
Later some got slaves to gather riches

But still from near and far to seek America
They came by thousands to court the wild
And she just patiently smiled and bore a child
To be their spirit and guiding light

And once the ties with the crown had been broken
Westward in saddle and wagon it went
And 'til the railroad linked ocean to ocean
Many the lives which had come to an end
While we bullied, stole and bought our a homeland
We began the slaughter of the red man

But still from near and far to seek America
They came by thousands to court the wild
And she just patiently smiled and bore a child
To be their spirit and guiding light

The blue and grey they stomped it
They kicked it just like a dog
And when the war over
They stuffed it just like a hog

And though the past has it's share of injustice
Kind was the spirit in many a way
But it's protectors and friends have been sleeping
Now it's a monster and will not obey

(Suicide)
The spirit was freedom and justice
And it's keepers seem generous and kind
It's leaders were supposed to serve the country
But now they won't pay it no mind
'Cause the people grew fat and got lazy
And now their vote is a meaningless joke
They babble about law and order
But it's all just an echo of what they've been told
Yeah, there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into a noose
And it just sits there watchin'

Our cities have turned into jungles
And corruption is stranglin' the land
The police force is watching the people
And the people just can't understand
We don't know how to mind our own business
'Cause the whole worlds got to be just like us
Now we are fighting a war over there
No matter who's the winner
We can't pay the cost
'Cause there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into a noose
And it just sits there watching

(America)
America where are you now?
Don't you care about your sons and daughters?
Don't you know we need you now
We can't fight alone against the monster
America.

-- Steppenwolf

WHILE I SIT HERE TRYING TO THINK OF THINGS TO SAY

SOMEONE LIES BLEEDING IN A FIELD SOMEWHERE

SO IT WOULD SEEM WE'VE STILL GOT A LONG LONG WAY TO GO

I'VE SEEN ALL I WANNA SEE TODAY

WHILE I SIT HERE TRYING TO MOVE YOU ANYWAY I CAN

SOMEONE'S SON LIES DEAD IN A GUTTER SOMEWHERE

AND IT WOULD SEEM THAT WE'VE GOT A LONG LONG WAY TO GO

BUT I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE

SWITCH IT OFF IT WILL GO AWAY

TURN IT OFF IF YOU WANT TO

SWITCH IT OFF OR LOOK AWAY

WHILE I SIT AND WE TALK AND TALK AND WE TALK SOME MORE

SOMEONE'S LOVED ONE'S HEART STOPS BEATING IN A STREET SOMEWHERE

SO IT WOULD SEEM WE'VE STILL GOT A LONG LONG WAY TO GO, I KNOW

I'VE HEARD ALL I WANNA HEAR TODAY

TURN IT OFF IF YOU WANT TO (TURN IT OFF IF YOU WANT TO)

SWITCH IT OFF IT WILL GO AWAY (SWITCH IT OFF IT WILL GO AWAY)

TURN IT OFF IF YOU WANT TO (TURN IT OFF IF YOU WANT TO)

SWITCH IT OFF OR LOOK AWAY (SWITCH IT OFF OR LOOK AWAY)

SWITCH IT OFF

SWITCH IT OFF

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TURN IT OFF


thanks phil collins for the words
my heart to the people of Haiti

The Drum Major Instinct
This morning I would like to use as a subject from which to preach: "The Drum Major Instinct." "The Drum Major Instinct." And our text for the morning is taken from a very familiar passage in the tenth chapter as recorded by Saint Mark. Beginning with the thirty-fifth verse of that chapter, we read these words: "And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came unto him saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire. And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you? And they said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: Can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared." And then Jesus goes on toward the end of that passage to say, "But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your servant: and whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all."

The setting is clear. James and John are making a specific request of the master. They had dreamed, as most of the Hebrews dreamed, of a coming king of Israel who would set Jerusalem free and establish his kingdom on Mount Zion, and in righteousness rule the world. And they thought of Jesus as this kind of king. And they were thinking of that day when Jesus would reign supreme as this new king of Israel. And they were saying, "Now when you establish your kingdom, let one of us sit on the right hand and the other on the left hand of your throne."

Now very quickly, we would automatically condemn James and John, and we would say they were selfish. Why would they make such a selfish request? But before we condemn them too quickly, let us look calmly and honestly at ourselves, and we will discover that we too have those same basic desires for recognition, for importance. That same desire for attention, that same desire to be first. Of course, the other disciples got mad with James and John, and you could understand why, but we must understand that we have some of the same James and John qualities. And there is deep down within all of us an instinct. It's a kind of drum major instincta desire to be out front, a desire to lead the parade, a desire to be first. And it is something that runs the whole gamut of life.

And so before we condemn them, let us see that we all have the drum major instinct. We all want to be important, to surpass others, to achieve distinction, to lead the parade. Alfred Adler, the great psychoanalyst, contends that this is the dominant impulse. Sigmund Freud used to contend that sex was the dominant impulse, and Adler came with a new argument saying that this quest for recognition, this desire for attention, this desire for distinction is the basic impulse, the basic drive of human life, this drum major instinct.

And you know, we begin early to ask life to put us first. Our first cry as a baby was a bid for attention. And all through childhood the drum major impulse or instinct is a major obsession. Children ask life to grant them first place. They are a little bundle of ego. And they have innately the drum major impulse or the drum major instinct.

Now in adult life, we still have it, and we really never get by it. We like to do something good. And you know, we like to be praised for it. Now if you don't believe that, you just go on living life, and you will discover very soon that you like to be praised. Everybody likes it, as a matter of fact. And somehow this warm glow we feel when we are praised or when our name is in print is something of the vitamin A to our ego. Nobody is unhappy when they are praised, even if they know they don't deserve it and even if they don't believe it. The only unhappy people about praise is when that praise is going too much toward somebody else. (Thats right) But everybody likes to be praised because of this real drum major instinct.

Now the presence of the drum major instinct is why so many people are "joiners." You know, there are some people who just join everything. And it's really a quest for attention and recognition and importance. And they get names that give them that impression. So you get your groups, and they become the "Grand Patron," and the little fellow who is henpecked at home needs a chance to be the "Most Worthy of the Most Worthy" of something. It is the drum major impulse and longing that runs the gamut of human life. And so we see it everywhere, this quest for recognition. And we join things, overjoin really, that we think that we will find that recognition in.

Now the presence of this instinct explains why we are so often taken by advertisers. You know, those gentlemen of massive verbal persuasion. And they have a way of saying things to you that kind of gets you into buying. In order to be a man of distinction, you must drink this whiskey. In order to make your neighbors envious, you must drive this type of car. (Make it plain) In order to be lovely to love you must wear this kind of lipstick or this kind of perfume. And you know, before you know it, you're just buying that stuff. (Yes) That's the way the advertisers do it.

I got a letter the other day, and it was a new magazine coming out. And it opened up, "Dear Dr. King: As you know, you are on many mailing lists. And you are categorized as highly intelligent, progressive, a lover of the arts and the sciences, and I know you will want to read what I have to say." Of course I did. After you said all of that and explained me so exactly, of course I wanted to read it.

But very seriously, it goes through life; the drum major instinct is real. (Yes) And you know what else it causes to happen? It often causes us to live above our means. (Make it plain) It's nothing but the drum major instinct. Do you ever see people buy cars that they can't even begin to buy in terms of their income? (Amen) You've seen people riding around in Cadillacs and Chryslers who don't earn enough to have a good T-Model Ford. (Make it plain) But it feeds a repressed ego.

You know, economists tell us that your automobile should not cost more than half of your annual income. So if you make an income of five thousand dollars, your car shouldn't cost more than about twenty-five hundred. That's just good economics. And if it's a family of two, and both members of the family make ten thousand dollars, they would have to make out with one car. That would be good economics, although it's often inconvenient. But so often, haven't you seen people making five thousand dollars a year and driving a car that costs six thousand? And they wonder why their ends never meet. That's a fact.

Now the economists also say that your house shouldn't costif you're buying a house, it shouldn't cost more than twice your income. That's based on the economy and how you would make ends meet. So, if you have an income of five thousand dollars, it's kind of difficult in this society. But say it's a family with an income of ten thousand dollars, the house shouldn't cost much more than twenty thousand. Well, I've seen folk making ten thousand dollars, living in a forty- and fifty-thousand-dollar house. And you know they just barely make it. They get a check every month somewhere, and they owe all of that out before it comes in. Never have anything to put away for rainy days.

But now the problem is, it is the drum major instinct. And you know, you see people over and over again with the drum major instinct taking them over. And they just live their lives trying to outdo the Joneses. (Amen) They got to get this coat because this particular coat is a little better and a little better-looking than Mary's coat. And I got to drive this car because it's something about this car that makes my car a little better than my neighbor's car. (Amen) I know a man who used to live in a thirty-five-thousand-dollar house. And other people started building thirty-five-thousand-dollar houses, so he built a seventy-five-thousand-dollar house. And then somebody else built a seventy-five-thousand-dollar house, and he built a hundred-thousand-dollar house. And I don't know where he's going to end up if he's going to live his life trying to keep up with the Joneses.

There comes a time that the drum major instinct can become destructive. (Make it plain) And that's where I want to move now. I want to move to the point of saying that if this instinct is not harnessed, it becomes a very dangerous, pernicious instinct. For instance, if it isnt harnessed, it causes one's personality to become distorted. I guess that's the most damaging aspect of it: what it does to the personality. If it isn't harnessed, you will end up day in and day out trying to deal with your ego problem by boasting. Have you ever heard people thatyou know, and I'm sure you've met themthat really become sickening because they just sit up all the time talking about themselves. (Amen) And they just boast and boast and boast, and that's the person who has not harnessed the drum major instinct.

And then it does other things to the personality. It causes you to lie about who you know sometimes. (Amen, Make it plain) There are some people who are influence peddlers. And in their attempt to deal with the drum major instinct, they have to try to identify with the so-called big-name people. (Yeah, Make it plain) And if you're not careful, they will make you think they know somebody that they don't really know. (Amen) They know them well, they sip tea with them, and they this-and-that. That happens to people.

And the other thing is that it causes one to engage ultimately in activities that are merely used to get attention. Criminologists tell us that some people are driven to crime because of this drum major instinct. They don't feel that they are getting enough attention through the normal channels of social behavior, and so they turn to anti-social behavior in order to get attention, in order to feel important. (Yeah) And so they get that gun, and before they know it they robbed a bank in a quest for recognition, in a quest for importance.

And then the final great tragedy of the distorted personality is the fact that when one fails to harness this instinct, (Glory to God) he ends up trying to push others down in order to push himself up. (Amen) And whenever you do that, you engage in some of the most vicious activities. You will spread evil, vicious, lying gossip on people, because you are trying to pull them down in order to push yourself up. (Make it plain) And the great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.

Now the other problem is, when you don't harness the drum major instinctthis uncontrolled aspect of itis that it leads to snobbish exclusivism. It leads to snobbish exclusivism. (Make it plain) And you know, this is the danger of social clubs and fraternitiesI'm in a fraternity; I'm in two or threefor sororities and all of these, I'm not talking against them. I'm saying it's the danger. The danger is that they can become forces of classism and exclusivism where somehow you get a degree of satisfaction because you are in something exclusive. And that's fulfilling something, you knowthat I'm in this fraternity, and it's the best fraternity in the world, and everybody can't get in this fraternity. So it ends up, you know, a very exclusive kind of thing.

And you know, that can happen with the church; I know churches get in that bind sometimes. (Amen, Make it plain) I've been to churches, you know, and they say, "We have so many doctors, and so many school teachers, and so many lawyers, and so many businessmen in our church." And that's fine, because doctors need to go to church, and lawyers, and businessmen, teachersthey ought to be in church. But they say thateven the preacher sometimes will go all through thatthey say that as if the other people don't count. (Amen)

And the church is the one place where a doctor ought to forget that he's a doctor. The church is the one place where a Ph.D. ought to forget that he's a Ph.D. (Yes) The church is the one place that the school teacher ought to forget the degree she has behind her name. The church is the one place where the lawyer ought to forget that he's a lawyer. And any church that violates the "whosoever will, let him come" doctrine is a dead, cold church, (Yes) and nothing but a little social club with a thin veneer of religiosity.

When the church is true to its nature, (Whoo) it says, "Whosoever will, let him come." (Yes) And it does not supposed to satisfy the perverted uses of the drum major instinct. It's the one place where everybody should be the same, standing before a common master and savior. (Yes, sir) And a recognition grows out of thisthat all men are brothers because they are children (Yes) of a common father.

The drum major instinct can lead to exclusivism in one's thinking and can lead one to feel that because he has some training, he's a little better than that person who doesn't have it. Or because he has some economic security, that he's a little better than that person who doesn't have it. And that's the uncontrolled, perverted use of the drum major instinct.

Now the other thing is, that it leads to tragicand we've seen it happen so oftentragic race prejudice. Many who have written about this problemLillian Smith used to say it beautifully in some of her books. And she would say it to the point of getting men and women to see the source of the problem. Do you know that a lot of the race problem grows out of the drum major instinct? A need that some people have to feel superior. A need that some people have to feel that they are first, and to feel that their white skin ordained them to be first. (Make it plain, today, cause Im against it, so help me God) And they have said over and over again in ways that we see with our own eyes. In fact, not too long ago, a man down in Mississippi said that God was a charter member of the White Citizens Council. And so God being the charter member means that everybody who's in that has a kind of divinity, a kind of superiority. And think of what has happened in history as a result of this perverted use of the drum major instinct. It has led to the most tragic prejudice, the most tragic expressions of man's inhumanity to man.

The other day I was saying, I always try to do a little converting when I'm in jail. And when we were in jail in Birmingham the other day, the white wardens and all enjoyed coming around the cell to talk about the race problem. And they were showing us where we were so wrong demonstrating. And they were showing us where segregation was so right. And they were showing us where intermarriage was so wrong. So I would get to preaching, and we would get to talkingcalmly, because they wanted to talk about it. And then we got down one day to the pointthat was the second or third dayto talk about where they lived, and how much they were earning. And when those brothers told me what they were earning, I said, "Now, you know what? You ought to be marching with us. You're just as poor as Negroes." And I said, "You are put in the position of supporting your oppressor, because through prejudice and blindness, you fail to see that the same forces that oppress Negroes in American society oppress poor white people. (Yes) And all you are living on is the satisfaction of your skin being white, and the drum major instinct of thinking that you are somebody big because you are white. And you're so poor you can't send your children to school. You ought to be out here marching with every one of us every time we have a march."

Now that's a fact. That the poor white has been put into this position, where through blindness and prejudice, (Make it plain) he is forced to support his oppressors. And the only thing he has going for him is the false feeling that hes superior because his skin is whiteand can't hardly eat and make his ends meet week in and week out. (Amen)

And not only does this thing go into the racial struggle, it goes into the struggle between nations. And I would submit to you this morning that what is wrong in the world today is that the nations of the world are engaged in a bitter, colossal contest for supremacy. And if something doesn't happen to stop this trend, I'm sorely afraid that we won't be here to talk about Jesus Christ and about God and about brotherhood too many more years. (Yeah) If somebody doesn't bring an end to this suicidal thrust that we see in the world today, none of us are going to be around, because somebody's going to make the mistake through our senseless blunderings of dropping a nuclear bomb somewhere. And then another one is going to drop. And don't let anybody fool you, this can happen within a matter of seconds. (Amen) They have twenty-megaton bombs in Russia right now that can destroy a city as big as New York in three seconds, with everybody wiped away, and every building. And we can do the same thing to Russia and China.

But this is why we are drifting. And we are drifting there because nations are caught up with the drum major instinct. "I must be first." "I must be supreme." "Our nation must rule the world." (Preach it) And I am sad to say that the nation in which we live is the supreme culprit. And I'm going to continue to say it to America, because I love this country too much to see the drift that it has taken.

God didn't call America to do what she's doing in the world now. (Preach it, preach it) God didn't call America to engage in a senseless, unjust war as the war in Vietnam. And we are criminals in that war. Weve committed more war crimes almost than any nation in the world, and I'm going to continue to say it. And we won't stop it because of our pride and our arrogance as a nation.

But God has a way of even putting nations in their place. (Amen) The God that I worship has a way of saying, "Don't play with me." (Yes) He has a way of saying, as the God of the Old Testament used to say to the Hebrews, "Dont play with me, Israel. Don't play with me, Babylon. (Yes) Be still and know that I'm God. And if you don't stop your reckless course, I'll rise up and break the backbone of your power." (Yes) And that can happen to America. (Yes) Every now and then I go back and read Gibbons' Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. And when I come and look at America, I say to myself, the parallels are frightening. And we have perverted the drum major instinct.

But let me rush on to my conclusion, because I want you to see what Jesus was really saying. What was the answer that Jesus gave these men? It's very interesting. One would have thought that Jesus would have condemned them. One would have thought that Jesus would have said, "You are out of your place. You are selfish. Why would you raise such a question?"

But that isn't what Jesus did; he did something altogether different. He said in substance, "Oh, I see, you want to be first. You want to be great. You want to be important. You want to be significant. Well, you ought to be. If you're going to be my disciple, you must be." But he reordered priorities. And he said, "Yes, don't give up this instinct. It's a good instinct if you use it right. (Yes) It's a good instinct if you don't distort it and pervert it. Don't give it up. Keep feeling the need for being important. Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be first in love. (Amen) I want you to be first in moral excellence. I want you to be first in generosity. That is what I want you to do."

And he transformed the situation by giving a new definition of greatness. And you know how he said it? He said, "Now brethren, I can't give you greatness. And really, I can't make you first." This is what Jesus said to James and John. "You must earn it. True greatness comes not by favoritism, but by fitness. And the right hand and the left are not mine to give, they belong to those who are prepared." (Amen)

And so Jesus gave us a new norm of greatness. If you want to be importantwonderful. If you want to be recognizedwonderful. If you want to be greatwonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. (Amen) That's a new definition of greatness.

And this morning, the thing that I like about it: by giving that definition of greatness, it means that everybody can be great, (Everybody) because everybody can serve. (Amen) You don't have to have a college degree to serve. (All right) You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don't have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don't have to know Einstein's theory of relativity to serve. You don't have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. (Amen) You only need a heart full of grace, (Yes, sir, Amen) a soul generated by love. (Yes) And you can be that servant.

I know a manand I just want to talk about him a minute, and maybe you will discover who I'm talking about as I go down the way (Yeah) because he was a great one. And he just went about serving. He was born in an obscure village, (Yes, sir) the child of a poor peasant woman. And then he grew up in still another obscure village, where he worked as a carpenter until he was thirty years old. (Amen) Then for three years, he just got on his feet, and he was an itinerant preacher. And he went about doing some things. He didn't have much. He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never had a family. (Yes) He never owned a house. He never went to college. He never visited a big city. He never went two hundred miles from where he was born. He did none of the usual things that the world would associate with greatness. He had no credentials but himself.

He was only thirty-three when the tide of public opinion turned against him. They called him a rabble-rouser. They called him a troublemaker. They said he was an agitator. (Glory to God) He practiced civil disobedience; he broke injunctions. And so he was turned over to his enemies and went through the mockery of a trial. And the irony of it all is that his friends turned him over to them. (Amen) One of his closest friends denied him. Another of his friends turned him over to his enemies. And while he was dying, the people who killed him gambled for his clothing, the only possession that he had in the world. (Lord help him) When he was dead he was buried in a borrowed tomb, through the pity of a friend.

Nineteen centuries have come and gone and today he stands as the most influential figure that ever entered human history. All of the armies that ever marched, all the navies that ever sailed, all the parliaments that ever sat, and all the kings that ever reigned put together (Yes) have not affected the life of man on this earth (Amen) as much as that one solitary life. His name may be a familiar one. (Jesus) But today I can hear them talking about him. Every now and then somebody says, "He's King of Kings." (Yes) And again I can hear somebody saying, "He's Lord of Lords." Somewhere else I can hear somebody saying, "In Christ there is no East nor West." (Yes) And then they go on and talk about, "In Him there's no North and South, but one great Fellowship of Love throughout the whole wide world." He didn't have anything. (Amen) He just went around serving and doing good.

This morning, you can be on his right hand and his left hand if you serve. (Amen) It's the only way in.

Every now and then I guess we all think realistically (Yes, sir) about that day when we will be victimized with what is life's final common denominatorthat something that we call death. We all think about it. And every now and then I think about my own death and I think about my own funeral. And I don't think of it in a morbid sense. And every now and then I ask myself, "What is it that I would want said?" And I leave the word to you this morning.

If any of you are around when I have to meet my day, I dont want a long funeral. And if you get somebody to deliver the eulogy, tell them not to talk too long. (Yes) And every now and then I wonder what I want them to say. Tell them not to mention that I have a Nobel Peace Prizethat isnt important. Tell them not to mention that I have three or four hundred other awardsthats not important. Tell them not to mention where I went to school. (Yes)

I'd like somebody to mention that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to give his life serving others. (Yes)

I'd like for somebody to say that day that Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to love somebody.

I want you to say that day that I tried to be right on the war question. (Amen)

I want you to be able to say that day that I did try to feed the hungry. (Yes)

And I want you to be able to say that day that I did try in my life to clothe those who were naked. (Yes)

I want you to say on that day that I did try in my life to visit those who were in prison. (Lord)

I want you to say that I tried to love and serve humanity. (Yes)

Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. (Amen) Say that I was a drum major for peace. (Yes) I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter. (Yes) I won't have any money to leave behind. I won't have the fine and luxurious things of life to leave behind. But I just want to leave a committed life behind. (Amen) And that's all I want to say.

If I can help somebody as I pass along,

If I can cheer somebody with a word or song,

If I can show somebody he's traveling wrong,

Then my living will not be in vain.

If I can do my duty as a Christian ought,

If I can bring salvation to a world once wrought,

If I can spread the message as the master taught,

Then my living will not be in vain.

Yes, Jesus, I want to be on your right or your left side, (Yes) not for any selfish reason. I want to be on your right or your left side, not in terms of some political kingdom or ambition. But I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so that we can make of this old world a new world.

Delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, on 4 February 1968.

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We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked, and dejected with a lost opportunity. The tide in the affairs of men does not remain at flood -- it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is adamant to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words, "Too late." There is an invisible book of life that faithfully records our vigilance or our neglect. Omar Khayyam is right: "The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on."


MLK April 4 1967

Dr. King, now there was a man. The closet of his most secret self was pried open by J Edgar Hoover for all to see. And he was found to be a good man.

My wife met a group of student artists -- dancers, singers and performance artists from South Africa who were in Detroit for a residency at Wayne State University. The young people represented ALL races and ethnic heritages living in South Africa. They were also invited to help celebrate the opening of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History.

After the performance, in a Q-and-A session with the audience, one of the kids said: "We are here to celebrate your King." The Detroiters had no clue what the guy was talking about. "Dr. Martin Luther King. His words and his example kept our hope alive and kept us moving forward. We never gave up until we were all free."

Now there was a man, talking about a real man who can make change.

Me? I just read a lot and tell people what I've found. In the virtual community of DU, I've found some real friends. Thank you so very much, seemslikeadream.

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... of which were escaping me. All I could think about was what the BFEE is doing to our country, our planet and our brothers and sisters. I thought the images would be brutal, but true.

some of my co-workers don't believe we are committing war crimes-especially to children.I showed them this post today,and we all cried.

The Bush Gang started a war and don't care who gets killed, maimed or orphaned. It isn't the first time.

During Iran-Iraq War, Reagan-Bush took both sides and armed Saddam to the teeth, getting Iraq de-listed from the Terrorist Nation roll and then selling stuff to the Ayatollah, who'd bombed the USMC barracks in Beirut and conveniently held all those hostages, under the table.


Later on, when peace broke out and the profits of war went down, George Herbert Walker Bush gave his official blessing to Saddam's invasion of Kuwait. Here's the transcript from when the acting ambassador gave Saddam his green light for good-to-go.



Don't take my word on how the Bush Family Evil Empire operates. Check out how they lied to Congress, back in 1990, to set the stage for war. They even showed FAKE satellite photos depicting Saddam's army poised to strike Saudi Arabia and all our oil. I kid you not.



Of course there was no compunction on the part of the BFEE to hold back on unneccesary killings. Ever hear of the "Highway of Death"? That's the main road leading north, out of Kuwait. Bush and Cheney, then Defense secretary, ordered the Pentagon to wipe out the retreating Iraqi army. They were slaughtered by the thousands, mostly conscripts.



Sorry about the grotesque pictures. These are far from the worst images of inhumanity to men, women and children.

Thank you for sharing about your friends upon seeing these images. I knew there was a reason for posting them.

Thanks also for the kind words. And a hearty welcome to DU, w8liftinglady!

I don't believe we need to sanitize evil.Evil is evil.Thank YOU for assembling this ...we need to be angry and shocked.That's the only way we will mobilize large quantities of democrats to take back power.

Excellent post Octafish. I needed it after watching that traitor Pat Roberts on Leslie Blitzer's show just now. It was sickening. He pratically accused Joseph Wilson of being the traitor. He said the intelligence commmittee still needs to find out who sent him to Niger... and when they find "Her"!!! Alluding to Valerie Plame sending Joe there!!

It was maddening to hear. And Diane Fienstein sat there like a lump! Where is Larry Johnson? He needs to be on TV and call all of the repukes the nazi Traitors that they are!!!

Remember how Corporate McPravda sounded the trumpet for war in Iraq?

They, almost as much as Congress, share the blame for what has happened: Big Media told the American people the lies spun by Turd Blossom, Libby, Card the car salesman, Sneering Dick Cheney and Smirk, the Idion Son.



Justin Raimondo hit a home run. And things have only gotten worse. And the press corpse continues the Big Lie. Too bad ALL of Big Media have no heart for the Truth. It is Göbbels' dream come true.

Good job. Everyone in America should see this!

True, the NAZIs killed millions. Bush has only killed many tens of thousands or a few hundred thousand. But Bush isn't done yet.



If I may add something of possible interest, a bit on how Bush got on his NAZI:



Here're a few articles of interest, all things directly associated with the BFEE:

- Willy Wonka

It is time for us all to stop living the lie that is America. Only then can we move on.

"We carry in our hearts the true country
And that cannot be stolen
We follow in the steps of our ancestry
And that cannot be broken"

The Dead Heart - Midnight Oil

Bush has not conquered America or the world. He and his ilk like Sneer and Turd Blossom want us to think they have. What they never can understand is what the human mind and heart and spirit are capable of doing. And when united, there is no stopping the Good.

Here's how Robert F. Kennedy described it, exactly two years before his death:





Photo of the day From the Stripes archives
October 8, 2004
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Ted Rohde ©Stars and Stripes
Friedberg, Germany, June 25, 1964: Attorney General Robert Kennedy talks with Capt. Norman L. Carlton, right, V Corps Long Range Recon Patrol Co. commanding officer, before a tactical show at the Friedberg training area. At center is Lt. Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr., V Corps commanding general, who had just been nominated as Army vice chief of staff. Abrams later served as commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and as Army chief of staff.

and it is hard to keep up with all of the additional posts from Octafish and others. This is an excellent Must Read Thread!

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The Nazi's were to a large degree inspired by Imperial America, its genocide, its propaganda, its finely crafted subtle facism.