tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post73306209271606157..comments2023-12-13T05:02:37.426-05:00Comments on Pushed to the Left and Loving It: Nothing Takes Away Our Freedom Quite Like WarEmily Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354341672810615468noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-31069520297527652532010-11-20T05:25:51.607-05:002010-11-20T05:25:51.607-05:00Thank you BarbThank you BarbEmily Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08354341672810615468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-88214027849243544712010-11-19T14:42:07.479-05:002010-11-19T14:42:07.479-05:00Eisenhower began by describing the changing nature...Eisenhower began by describing the changing nature of the American defense establishment since World War II. No longer could the U.S. afford the "emergency improvisation" that characterized its preparations for war against Germany and Japan. Instead, the United States was "compelled to create a permanent armaments industry" and a huge military force. He admitted that the Cold War made clear the "imperative need for this development," but he was gravely concerned about "the acquisition of unwarranted influence...by the military-industrial complex." In particular, he asked the American people to guard against the "danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite." <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y06NSBBRtY<br /><br />As usual we didn't listen, we failed to learn the lessons!Barb Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12121651778728700321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-26951528330828121082010-11-14T07:15:20.925-05:002010-11-14T07:15:20.925-05:00Love 1984. My copy is so worn but I refuse to rep...Love 1984. My copy is so worn but I refuse to replace it. That wear was earned.Emily Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08354341672810615468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-73903488103493043192010-11-14T07:13:25.833-05:002010-11-14T07:13:25.833-05:00Wow. Thank you NadineWow. Thank you NadineEmily Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08354341672810615468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-11709107578796447682010-11-13T22:20:26.453-05:002010-11-13T22:20:26.453-05:00"But the proles, if only they could somehow b..."But the proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would have no need to conspire. They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies. If they chose they could blow the Party to pieces tomorrow morning. Surely sooner or later it must occur to them to do it? And yet -----!" <br /><br />Quotes from George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four<br /><br />♥Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10251119707213955115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-32743003401850810292010-11-13T22:18:50.584-05:002010-11-13T22:18:50.584-05:00Here's an OLDIE for you Emily:
The interviews...Here's an OLDIE for you Emily:<br /><br />The interviews with presidential candidate Ron Paul, ("Meet The Press" December 23, 2007) and Frank Zappa (CNN "Crossfire" March 28 1986) on the subject of American Fascism.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gLDzDklTRU&feature=related<br /><br />REP. PAUL: No. But I think this country, a movement in the last 100 years, is moving toward fascism. Fascism today, the softer term, because people have different definition of fascism, is corporatism when the military industrial complex... runs the show, when the--in the name of security pay--pass the Patriot Act. You don't vote for it, you know, you're not patriotic America. <br /><br />If you don't support the troops and you don't support--if you don't support the war you don't support the troops. It's that kind of antagonism. But we have more corporatism and more abuse of our civil liberties, more loss of our privacy, national ID cards, all this stuff coming has a fascist tone to it. And the country's moving in that direction.<br /><br />MR. RUSSERT: So you think we're close to fascism?<br /><br />REP. PAUL: I think we're approaching it very close. One--there's one, there's one documentary that's been put out recently that has generated a lot of interest called "Freedom to Fascism." And we're moving in that direction. Were not moving toward Hitler-type fascism, but we're moving toward a softer fascism. Loss of civil liberties, corporations running the show, big government in bed with big business. So you have the military industrial complex, you have the medical industrial complex, you have the financial industry, you have the communications industry. They go to Washington and spend hundreds of millions of dollars. That's where the control is. I call that a soft form of fascism, something that is very dangerous.<br /><br />♥Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10251119707213955115noreply@blogger.com