It's Here
I think I never told you that my friend Tim Klein set me up and taught me to Blog. I am, as usual with I.T., way behind in nearly every way. It seems that a friend can change everything.
The time: Judy Garland time. Do not sleep until the late am. It's fun. And keeps the scary night at bay, because you're awake. Dawn is a good time to go to sleep.
I'm taking out time, even though I have a reader of one, to note a story from The New York Times. Ted Kennedy and another Democratic Senator asked the Administration's public affairs, that is to say P.R. people, for an accounting of their pay and work. There is an agency, G.O.P. - the initials really pop, don't they?- that investigates press releases that are submitted as news.
The American public sees and hears these blurbs as real stories on CBS, ABC, Fox, NBC, CNN - any news outlet imaginable. This news is nothing but spins on stories such as the President's record on education, which as most of us know is abysmal. No Child Left Behind is nothing but a lie. And an insidious one.
Of course, the auditors found the Administration guilty on every charge. But here's there thing. There is no punishment for these crimes. The President is charged: Don't do that.
The subject here is propaganda. Ask any historian or political scientist (who's father did not buy his degree - more on that later) and he or she will tell you that these actions are an inch away from fascism. I think we're already living in a fascist regime: Taking prisoners at will, covering up or lying about nearly all its actions, supporting those companies that cover up lies in exchange for money. But I'm not trained as a political scientist, so these are only my observations. And fears.
The Supreme Court, having put a president in office - and NO, we should never stop talking about that - has placed on it's agenda a suit involving Vermont's stringent laws regarding the amounts of money candidates can spend to get elected. The suit is brought by among others, Right To Life. Do you see the pattern? Republicans can raise more money in an election, so if they can spend it, they have a better chance of winning elections. Day by day the Republican Party is fighting for a one party system that will disenfranchise the poor, the old, the sick, blacks, homosexuals, Jews - anyone who is not the scion of a rich, old, white man whose wife belonged to the D.A.R.
These people are hanging on now from the visions of Franklin Roosevelt and, to a lesser, but still great degree, Lyndon Johnson.
People like me were branded as nuts in the early days of Nazi Germany. I imagine I am, too. I think people just don't want to believe anything as horrible as what is already here.
As of last week FEMA had provided temporary housing for 109 families who lost everything during Katrina. You should not even find that hard to believe. What do old, white men care about the people who are not themselves. Not a damn thing.
I feel I have figured out what the secret of Skull & Bones (I hope I have the name right.) to which George Bush belongs. Their secret is that their diplomas were bought by their wealthy fathers. Think about it. Do you seriously think that George Bush could have gotten through Yale on his own. A man who pronounces running as runin' never managed to read Great Expectations or understand his Southern comrade Faulkner. He could never even been accepted by Yale.
The President's life is a lie which he has passed on to us. A lie that has evolved into fascism. See you in the camps.
posted by lvuback1 @ 3:49 AM
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