As a autodidact, researcher, I have a question that may be of service to all. I will happily delete this diary if ther are objections. However,does anyone here know of a way to capture your hotlist with all comments and links embedded? Say in pdf form or some such? The reason I ask is two fold A.)If there is ever such a time as one can not reach kos, due to various scenarios (use your imagination here), e.g. kos server goes down etc.. B.)If traveling in places w/out internet connectivity it would be nice to have a accessible medium from which to draw from, hence the format utility.
As a practicing paranoid, I think it important to have means w/which to access the wonderful kospedia (sp?)and other mediums here. I envision a time when "the clamp down" is envoked (w/apologies to 'the clash'). Call this an open letter to the techno geeks here at kos. Other forms of resistance and communication via other formats and technology would also be welcome, such as staying connectioned via p2p etc, w/link minded peeps.Forgive me if I quote myself below.
I have written before:
"Let's be clear: American fascism, if it comes, is not likely to come on the form of a charismatic leader pulling the political wool over the eyes of right-thinking Americans - for that, the common sense of most American citizens will do just fine in beating it back. But it is likely to come on the form of denigrated civil liberties in the face of governmental and corporate absolutism, coupled with expanded militarism, a structured class system, and an alienated, psychologically disenfranchised citizenry, among other characteristics. The day is hardly likely to come, then, when American jackboots parade down Main Street, but certainly could arrive when that all government policy is centered on "national security" issues as defined by a narrow set of corporate self-interests and ideological perceptions about foreign policy, complete without any true recourse by the citizenry.
Of course that was written before, Bushco's declaration to use the military for domestic (nefarious?)purposes.It has become quite clear as of late, that the "Sykophants" i.e. Corrupt abusers of Law, will do whatever it takes to maintain the power of their collective "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses", An euridite friend has recently pointed out to be the following:
"The metaphorical illustration of a police officer hailing a man in the street-yelling out "You, there! into the crowd of pedestrians. The man who turns - who recognizes the hail as meant for him - immediately admits his guilt and takes on himself the identity of the criminal (note that it is not necessary for the police officer to know anything about the hailed man?s guilt - it is the act of recognition which makes him guilty, rather than any previous knowledge on the part of the officer). In this sense he becomes subject to the domination of the legal apparatus."
We see before us the Bush pathos. It may be time to, as Bob dylan wrote in his escoteric meanings, to form a virual underground railroad.I suspect, Chnenyco, is "Busy as a cranberry merchant on the day before Christmas!" waiting for the fitz-bang. And if it all comes to naught, they will come out like gang-busters and we will all pay because they are that vindictive.
Further, has anybody given the ideal to setting up a mirror of dkos?
We all know that the elite ptb (powers that be) are working day and night to subjugate, obfuscate, and eradicate the flow of imformation as well as stop any form of dissidence.
To bring this diary to an end, (and not to ask for pity) but I posted another diary , that didn't
so much as gather a comment. I think it was an important question to ask in these dire times. What say you?