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Throw in a little PATRIOT act and you're just a
couple of clauses in a mission statement away
from the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti or
Geheime Staatspolizei. I'm not saying that our
organizations operate like that now, I'm just
pointing out that those organizations originally
had the same mission and similar grants of
powers as or representatives are giving to the
justice department today. The KGB and Gestapo
were mildly nefarious in the beginning and very
rapidly evolved into terrible things. I wonder
where we see our little experiment going. Maybe
the third time is a charm?
Is the PATRIOT Act our Reichstag Fire Decree? No
(though I wonder how many of my fellow Americans
know what that is). I'm not sure that people
ought to be any less concerned about it. Germans
put up with it because the economy was doing
pretty well and surely the government was
looking after everyone's best interest... After
all, they were keeping the nation safe from
those that would destroy it...
In 1946, Hermann Goring, founder of the Gestapo,
told journalist Gustave Gilbert that "Voice or
no voice, the people can always be brought to
the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All
you have to do is tell them they are being
attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of
patriotism and exposing the country to danger.
It works the same in any country."
In 2001, Bush tells the public they're being
attacked by Muslim extremists in their midst,
that Iraq is responsible (no proof, but plans to
invade Iraq were on the table long before so
Bush didn't need any convincing, just an
opportunity), and then he tells us that
criticizing his policies only "embolden an enemy
by sending mixed messages," and Orrin Hatch
proclaims that the anti-war element is
"consistently saying things that I think
undermine our young men and women who are
serving over there." Tom Daschle tells us that
taking umbridge to Bush's policies "brings
comfort to America's enemies."
I'm not saying that the republican party is
devolving into a despotic fascist cesspool. I'm
just saying that at some level it's deja vu all
over again.
Oh well, I guess nobody cares (ironcially, many
Germans didn't either at the time)...
Throw in a little PATRIOT act and you're just a
couple of clauses in a mission statement away
from the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti or
Geheime Staatspolizei. I'm not saying that our
organizations operate like that now, I'm just
pointing out that those organizations originally
had the same mission and similar grants of
powers as or representatives are giving to the
justice department today. The KGB and Gestapo
were mildly nefarious in the beginning and very
rapidly evolved into terrible things. I wonder
where we see our little experiment going. Maybe
the third time is a charm?
Is the PATRIOT Act our Reichstag Fire Decree? No
(though I wonder how many of my fellow Americans
know what that is). I'm not sure that people
ought to be any less concerned about it. Germans
put up with it because the economy was doing
pretty well and surely the government was
looking after everyone's best interest... After
all, they were keeping the nation safe from
those that would destroy it...
In 1946, Hermann Goring, founder of the Gestapo,
told journalist Gustave Gilbert that "Voice or
no voice, the people can always be brought to
the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All
you have to do is tell them they are being
attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of
patriotism and exposing the country to danger.
It works the same in any country."
In 2001, Bush tells the public they're being
attacked by Muslim extremists in their midst,
that Iraq is responsible (no proof, but plans to
invade Iraq were on the table long before so
Bush didn't need any convincing, just an
opportunity), and then he tells us that
criticizing his policies only "embolden an enemy
by sending mixed messages," and Orrin Hatch
proclaims that the anti-war element is
"consistently saying things that I think
undermine our young men and women who are
serving over there." Tom Daschle tells us that
taking umbridge to Bush's policies "brings
comfort to America's enemies."
I'm not saying that the republican party is
devolving into a despotic fascist cesspool. I'm
just saying that at some level it's deja vu all
over again.
Oh well, I guess nobody cares (ironcially, many
Germans didn't either at the time)...
What else do you expect from Mr Nazi himself.
What else do you expect from Mr Nazi himself.
some people feel by belonging to the 'power' party they are somehow connected and saved from the tyranny and oppression that is being done through overbearing laws. get a clue guy, none of us wins regardless of your voting allegiance.
some people feel by belonging to the 'power' party they are somehow connected and saved from the tyranny and oppression that is being done through overbearing laws. get a clue guy, none of us wins regardless of your voting allegiance.
In fact while we are all 'trusting' the powers, why not just re-write the entire Constitution to your liking. After all we 'trust' you. Righhhht!
- Absolutely
- by captnet July 22, 2005 9:13 AM PDT
- Suuure we Americans 'trust' the powers to be to exercise restraint and only use these powers where absolutely needed for anti-terrorist efforts. Any moron knows it's absolutly human nature to only do good with absolute power. Righhhht! (pronounced heavy on the 'h')
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(16 Comments)In fact while we are all 'trusting' the powers, why not just re-write the entire Constitution to your liking. After all we 'trust' you. Righhhht!