Sunday, September 17, 2006
Speak out against Bush & Co.
A quote to think about:
"Naturally, the common people don't want war, but after all it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along...All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism. It works the same in every country."
- Hermann Goering, Nazi leader - at his Nuremberg trial
Here's an Amnesty action for US folks to consider.
Check out the flash movie - Connect the Dots
Get sad... Get mad...Say something...Do something. Hug your kids. Don't give in to fear. Send them packing in November.
Ingrid
In my post today I compared the US to a salami - before you know it, it is gone ... and I was also thinking about the transitional time between WW1 and WW2 and how people got swept away in an illusion then, and now have little or no recollection of the parallels in history. There is a Sting song "History, will teach us nothing" -
I like some of Sting's albums or songs, but that one I always rejected in the past ... now I changed my mind :)
Does anyone remember today that WW1 started due to the assassination of the prince of the Austrian Empire by a Muslim in Sarajevo? I don't think so ... Does anybody remember that the treaty in Versailles after the war was complete bullshit, unobtainable demands on Germany and actually fed the breeding ground for the Weimarer Republic to collapse, plowed the way for Hitler to fill a vacuum? I don't think so!
But let us get back to US empire matters. My alarm bells are on high pitch because I see some parallels of how fascism can enter unnoticed until it is too late, just like it did in Germany. People are lame, even when they are complaining (including me) ... it has no effect.
I don't know what to do anymore Gary except bracing myself for the inevitable collapse and in the mean time teach children and adults an artistic approach to sane and positive values in our life.
He will walk away and leave the mess for someone else to clean up. He doesn't care.
Even his followers have been sold a bill of goods, and they will find that out very quickly.
"If you just look at how we are perceived in the world and the kind of criticism we have taken over Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and renditions... whether we believe it or not, people are now starting to question whether we're following our own high standards," Powell has told the Washington Post in an interview published last Tuesday.
Powell also argued that the Bush administration's proposal to "clarify" U.S. obligations under the Geneva Conventions could backfire on American soldiers.
John McCain is also against it, ironic that those with combat experience, who have been exposed to the terrors of war, are so firmly against these horrendous proposals. McCain said "the world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism." I think the world thought that a long time ago.
Best wishes
for links and further info about what should be a huge public scandal.
susan
None of Bush's senior team has seen combat. But damn they're good at sending young men and women to kill others and die themselves. That's not new in history.
Susan - yes, why isn't there outrage about some of this evidence? Well, word of mouth, blogging, talking and voting will be useful - even if the mainstream media is busy with Survivor and Brad Pitt.
I am too distracted these days, but you are right. Goebbels was the brilliant mastermind of propaganda in the "third reich".
Thanks
<< Home
Post a Comment