Then there's “Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries“, by Naomi Wolf in which she lists the ten steps to fascism:

1.Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy
2.Create a gulag
3.Develop a thug caste
4.Set up an internal surveillance system
5.Harass citizens’ groups
6.Engage in arbitrary detention and release
7.Target key individuals
8.Control the press
9.Dissent equals treason
10.Suspend the rule of law.

I do not know how effective the Nazi progressives will be in silencing my comments and posts. If they are successful, this comment and post may be my last one.

Here is what I want to leave for you as a memory of me.

http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/thisiswar/

Here are the last five paragraphs from the above article.

It's always a mistake to presume certain knowledge of the future. We can only guess at how events play out over time. Think, however, of what the ancient Chinese sage Sun Tzu said about how "no nation has ever benefited from a long war."

A few weeks ago, I mentioned that longtime American diplomat and former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger said on television that the Afghanistan experience is shaping up as startlingly similar to what happened to us in Vietnam; that it looks like a quagmire, yet he sees the way to avoid being mired yet again.

Trying to understand this determination to stay the course no matter how unlikely the prospect of success, it might help to turn to a quip from one expert on Afghanistan, Rory Stewart, who heads the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard and has been consulted by several members of the Obama administration on what to do there. He has testified before Congress on Afghan policies, but wonders how much affect he's having.

As quoted in Matthew Yglesias' blog, Mr. Stewart says, "It's like they're coming in and saying to you, 'I'm going to drive my car off a cliff. Should I or should I not wear a seat belt?' And you say, 'I don't think you should drive your car off the cliff.' And they say, 'No, no, that bit's already been decided - the question is whether to wear a seat belt.' And you say, 'Well, you might as well wear a seat belt.' And then they say, 'We've consulted with policy expert Rory Stewart and he says …'"

It seems insane, doesn't it? We're deep in a debt pit and digging ourselves in ever deeper, soothed by the conceit that America is too big to fail, even though all previous world hegemons have in the end failed. We think of ourselves as an exception to that historical record, but chances are we're not.

Here are some words from the expanded report of the above article!

Trillions of dollars, trillions of our money, of our tax money — the money that comes out of your paycheck every week of your working life, all the thousands upon thousands that have been taken away from you and your family and are supposed to fund our government and keep our society functioning — have been handed over to the economic elite, to the Llyod Blankfeins and Jamie Dimons of the world.

Hank Paulson and his confidant Tim Geitner, the Goldman Sachs wonder twins, have looted the US treasury. There has been an economic coup in the United States!

Trillions of our dollars have vanished! You need to understand this!

We have just witnessed the greatest theft of wealth in history, the greatest transfer of wealth from the working class to the economic elite ever. An organized banking cartel has seized the US treasury and they are making up the “laws” and the rules to this rigged game. The covert economy has grown at a staggering rate due to taxpayer-funded injections. As a result of this, economic shackles are just beginning to fall upon the American public like never before. 99% of our nation is now sentenced to a slow death.

Just as economic hit men have done to governments throughout the globe, they have gained complete control of the US government and have now shackled US citizens as well. The economic elite do not want to deal with “spoiled Americans” anymore, that’s how they see it. To them the middle class was always an annoying nuisance to be tolerated so the economy could keep functioning well enough to allow their scams to perpetuate. But once their scam known as the US stock market came crashing down, and they were threatened with losing their ultimate power, they turned to the US middle class and opened fire. “Enough with you, we are taking over your government and stealing your tax money!”

This is exactly what happened!

The economic elite are operating under the belief that the world is theirs, they own it, and to hell with everyone else. They also take the view that as the environment grows more destructive, they don’t want us around to compete for resources.

We are screwed again!!!!!

http://www.opednews.com/articles/1/The-Devastating-Consequenc-by-shamus-...

For some reason there is a duplicate post. Please excuse the error on my part!

War Is Romantic

In an article dated, March 14, 2008, Hitler Bush said that the Afghanistan challenge is romantic. He also said that he would fight in Afghanistan if he was younger. In fact he said that he is a little envious of our soldiers who are fighting in Afghanistan. He continued to say to our soldiers that it must be exciting for them and in some ways romantic.

Hitler Bush is the same person who put on his application in the National Guard that he only wanted to be stationed in the United States of Evil. In fact he would not release his military records and his records are housed in his father’s library and these records will NEVER BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.

This is the same Hitler Bush who would spend his evenings drinking and he ends up in a drunken stupor. Now Hitler Bush is saying to our soldiers that war is romantic. Whenever he thought he would be called to Vietnam for duty, you could find him in a corner of a bar quivering like a scared scurvy rat. He now wants to be our soldiers’ inspirational leader. A chicken hawk wants to inspire our soldiers to die.

Hitler Bush must be given some credit because he has convinced forty-four percent of the population to believe that torture, mass murders, and war crimes are acceptable.

In the 1960s we in America would want to make love and not war. Forty years later Hitler Bush is convincing Nazi Americans that war is romantic. I would have to surmise that Nazi Americans also believe that mass murders and war crimes are also romantic. Hitler Bush has probably convinced Nazi Americans that war is more like a love fest. Since you deeply love certain people, you want to kill them because they are going to a far better place.

Hitler Bush is truly amazing because most Nazi Americans adore, honor, and worship him. Our nation is following Hitler Bush into hell.

War Is Romantic from a Writer’s Perspective

Kenneth Barr wrote an article, “Romantic? Try Insulting!” Mr. Barr was in the military for at least ten years but he never found himself in harm’s way and so he finds it difficult to say that a person should go to war or try to describe what actual war is.

Hitler Bush spoke to the troops in Afghanistan and he said that war is a romantic experience. Mr. Barr found Hitler Bush’s words very insulting because Hitler Bush did everything he could to avoid going to Vietnam. Mr. Barr has also said that Hitler Bush’s statement to the troops is galling hypocrisy.

Mr. Barr has also said that a person should never describe what the person has never experienced because there is no first hand knowledge of actual combat. If a person is honest with himself or herself, he or she will see war as a living hell. For someone to say that war is a romantic experience is not just insulting but very troubling to a person of normal intelligence.

In another article Hitler Bush says to the troops that he is envious of them in Afghanistan and their fighting for democracy. He also says that if he was younger, he would be there fighting with them. Hitler Bush let the troops know that confronting danger can be exciting and romantic. Here is the number one chicken hawk with Hitler Cheney a close second telling the troops that war is exciting and romantic.

Hitler Bush’s comments make me puke. I have a barf bucket and two beach towels with me at all times, especially if I am in the home. There are times that Hitler Bush’s comments make me puke everyday and at times the puking is a torrential flow. Sometimes I am so puked out that dry heaves takes over when the torrential flow is drying up. Yes, it is true that Hitler Bush makes me puke.

My fellow Nazi Americans we do not live in a fairytale land where life is wonderful. We live in a real world of hatred, corruption, and lies. Life is not an endless Sunday picnic. War is not a video game.

I am not the educator at Thom's level but I am somewhat familiar with the brain. The brain is a muscle. You use it or you lose it. Our bains need to be challenged. There are progressives on this blog who ask you not to think. Lack of a thinking process for the brain will bring about an atrophied brain. In plain English you will become brain dead.

Here are the last two paragraphs from the above article. Personally, I would rather be more like Doug Soderstrom in my belief system than anyone else. But, my guess is that my belief system is too out of hand.

In conclusion, in order that you might understand where I am coming from, you need to realize that I do in fact have a bit of respect for my country, or at least for that which was envisioned by our forefathers, the founders of, what has turned out to be, a once great nation. However, just as we would with someone we love, we have no choice but to call attention to weakness, since in doing such a thing we give our loved ones an opportunity to address the problem. It is, and must be, the same with that of the land in which we have been born.

If we truly care about our country, if we really do want our nation to flourish, then we should realize that we have not only the right, but, much more importantly, the responsibility, perhaps even, one might say, a moral responsibility to point out its deficiencies in order that it might once again be revived. For we must remember, as our nation goes, so do we... in its flourishing we, as a people, will no doubt thrive, but in passing away, we, as a collective society, might well cease to exist.

Hi Dday,

It seems there is a power struggle going on and often the best thing to do at this point is to surrender. Skip over posts you can't read and trudge on. Thom is good about eliminating posts when they get too out of hand.

Whenever I feel a bit downhearted I read mystic poetry. Here are two of my favorites, translated by Daniel Ladinsky.

One Regret
by Hafiz

One regret that I am determined not to have
when I am lying upon
my death bed

is that we did not
kiss enough.

Two Drunk Beauties
by Mirabai

The moon was perched like a golden hawk on
the mango tree.

I knew the moon was like me--in heat,
crazed and hunting.

So I climbed up there with that wild old gal--
thinking:

Two drunk beauties like us
will surely snag
Krishna

With our eyes.

From Love Poems From God translated by Daniel Ladinsky

Sorry if I offend but the truth will set you free, plus the truth hurts. People must move away from their state of denial.

I voted for Obama and I was hoping for change. Instead I find myself having the shit kick out of me from an old fashion alley mugging. If you like being mugged, be my guest.

The stakes are high in this country. Our freedoms and rights are at stake.

Do you really listen to Thom and understand what he is saying? He is trying to give Obama some time and I understand him in that way but I am tired of being hosed by my government and its politicians.

If you are upset at me and my comments, fine, but you are projecting your frustrations onto me instead of Obama. You need to focus on Obama and start to realize that he needs more than language skills to be president.