Secrecy, Revision, And Other Rants
An Op-Ed in The New York Times for April 20, 2006 suggests that the time is nigh for reinstituting the draft which would send all our boys and girls over to the desert (no exemptions) for cannon fodder in the quest for making the obscenely rich richer. One can't help but see this piece of writing as a test to see whether the American public will continue to sit on its haunches while yet another crazy thing happens to destroy the progress we as a nation have made over the past decades.
It's worrisome that today's kids don't have the memories of the older generation: street protests and draft card burnings, beatings, attack dogs, jails, prisons, all the events that resulted in overturning the draft in America. It's also worrisome that the Bush administration, under the guise of 'terrorism' has instituted conditions which can ultimately make protests horrific events in which protestors in America are jailed without recourse to legal representation, "renditioned" to countries where they are liable to be tortured (for no good reason other than the prurient and deviant desires of the torturers); where the mere act of protesting the draft could—and most probably would—result in our children being labeled as 'terrorists' simply for standing up for the inalienable rights of American citizens.
In other news, The Seattle Times article on the visit of President Hu of China states: "At least 90 percent of U.S. imports from China are goods that are no longer produced in the United States," Hu said. "Even if not from China, the United States will still have to import these products."
That's 90 percent of the goods we buy are not made in America, folks. The Chinese are certainly disciplined enough to cut us off if they chose to do so. What then?
Secrecy and Revision
Why is our so-called government trying to censor and classify the last 50 years of documents? It would seem, based on reporting about the Bush administration's movements to reclassify our American history and therefore our American consciousness that these machinations have only taken place regarding the documents held by the National Archives, however, today's Washington Post reports that F.B.I. agents are also trying to get their hands on the last 50 years of the private notes of dear old Jack Anderson—a thorn in the side of secret-hiding politicians for decades.
What is out there in those writings that the Bush administration is so desirous of hiding from the American people? Could it— finally—be a link to the assassination of John F. Kennedy that some say started with a Texas cabal? Could it be that the lever to overturn the rocks and shine the light of knowledge on the current administration's ties to a conspiracy dating back to the 1960's is really out there, just waiting for discovery by a consequently enlightened American public? Or is it just the desire to destroy historical precedent for this nation built on freedom of knowledge and freedom of speech?
American history is a sacred trust based on truth and freedom to research our past. The only way to really change America is to change our history. It has been reported this week that students in our public schools are ignorant of historical American facts.
"No Child Left Behind", indeed…
The diabolical bent of the Bush zealots would seem to enjoy the cynicism of hiding and obfuscating American principles of democracy behind titles that say one thing and mean another and "no child left behind" simply means that no child of America will have any idea of what America has really meant to her citizens and the world—these Bushites are attempting to steal and rewrite our very character.
We are on our way to being a Nazi-esque group of citizens who condone torture and use weapons instead of rational thought to change society and it becomes easier as time passes and the machinations of the Bush people become more ardent and obvious that it is not easy to change a group dedicated to overthrowing our government. We as a people now find ourselves in the very same set of circumstances that led to the destruction of Germany by Nazis.
It becomes easier every day to understand how the rank and file German citizens "allowed" the holocaust to happen and we are on our way to the destruction of our country just as surely as the Nazi movement destroyed Germany.
This generation might see the imprisonment of the poor rather than "lesser races" and we are currently only a few steps from enforced labor. After all, the working poor do not deserve more than minimum wage, health insurance, driving privileges, the economic freedom to drive a car, a viable old age, or education. When you think about it, there is simply nothing else to be done with the 90% of us who are not members of Bush's "base"—the richest 10% of Americans.
Consider that the next presidential election is already decided and our votes are meaningless. Consider that one of these Bush people goes to the White House again.
What will we do then?
It's worrisome that today's kids don't have the memories of the older generation: street protests and draft card burnings, beatings, attack dogs, jails, prisons, all the events that resulted in overturning the draft in America. It's also worrisome that the Bush administration, under the guise of 'terrorism' has instituted conditions which can ultimately make protests horrific events in which protestors in America are jailed without recourse to legal representation, "renditioned" to countries where they are liable to be tortured (for no good reason other than the prurient and deviant desires of the torturers); where the mere act of protesting the draft could—and most probably would—result in our children being labeled as 'terrorists' simply for standing up for the inalienable rights of American citizens.
In other news, The Seattle Times article on the visit of President Hu of China states: "At least 90 percent of U.S. imports from China are goods that are no longer produced in the United States," Hu said. "Even if not from China, the United States will still have to import these products."
That's 90 percent of the goods we buy are not made in America, folks. The Chinese are certainly disciplined enough to cut us off if they chose to do so. What then?
Secrecy and Revision
Why is our so-called government trying to censor and classify the last 50 years of documents? It would seem, based on reporting about the Bush administration's movements to reclassify our American history and therefore our American consciousness that these machinations have only taken place regarding the documents held by the National Archives, however, today's Washington Post reports that F.B.I. agents are also trying to get their hands on the last 50 years of the private notes of dear old Jack Anderson—a thorn in the side of secret-hiding politicians for decades.
What is out there in those writings that the Bush administration is so desirous of hiding from the American people? Could it— finally—be a link to the assassination of John F. Kennedy that some say started with a Texas cabal? Could it be that the lever to overturn the rocks and shine the light of knowledge on the current administration's ties to a conspiracy dating back to the 1960's is really out there, just waiting for discovery by a consequently enlightened American public? Or is it just the desire to destroy historical precedent for this nation built on freedom of knowledge and freedom of speech?
American history is a sacred trust based on truth and freedom to research our past. The only way to really change America is to change our history. It has been reported this week that students in our public schools are ignorant of historical American facts.
"No Child Left Behind", indeed…
The diabolical bent of the Bush zealots would seem to enjoy the cynicism of hiding and obfuscating American principles of democracy behind titles that say one thing and mean another and "no child left behind" simply means that no child of America will have any idea of what America has really meant to her citizens and the world—these Bushites are attempting to steal and rewrite our very character.
We are on our way to being a Nazi-esque group of citizens who condone torture and use weapons instead of rational thought to change society and it becomes easier as time passes and the machinations of the Bush people become more ardent and obvious that it is not easy to change a group dedicated to overthrowing our government. We as a people now find ourselves in the very same set of circumstances that led to the destruction of Germany by Nazis.
It becomes easier every day to understand how the rank and file German citizens "allowed" the holocaust to happen and we are on our way to the destruction of our country just as surely as the Nazi movement destroyed Germany.
This generation might see the imprisonment of the poor rather than "lesser races" and we are currently only a few steps from enforced labor. After all, the working poor do not deserve more than minimum wage, health insurance, driving privileges, the economic freedom to drive a car, a viable old age, or education. When you think about it, there is simply nothing else to be done with the 90% of us who are not members of Bush's "base"—the richest 10% of Americans.
Consider that the next presidential election is already decided and our votes are meaningless. Consider that one of these Bush people goes to the White House again.
What will we do then?
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