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Indignities, present and future

by brendan1963

Fri Mar 18, 2005 at 08:02:29 AM PDT

I wish I could write like this from StandTall

http://standtall.typepad.com/stand_tall/2005/03/indignities_pre.html

Indignities, present and future

Not a day goes by that this administration doesn't spit in our collective face, then cynically allay our concerns with syrupy assurances that their gobs of purulent sputum are only kisses. And the masses of the ignorant and uninformed, encouraged by the suck-ass media, squeal "Ooooh, good sugar," as they swallow another steaming, noxious helping of Bushit.

Back in the innocent '50s, Vance Packard wrote a book titled "A Nation of Sheep," about how we as a society were being led around by the noses by bad ol' advertisers. Back then, actors playing doctors would tell us that smoking was good for us, and we'd gladly suck that wonderful, carcinogenic shit through our tracheotomy holes until we were, at last, puff, puff, taken home to Jesus.

Today those actors are now playing journalists. The agencies of our government are now the advertisers, using our own money to tell us that, no matter how sore and tender our lower orifices may be, we haven't been screwed at all, and whatever they rammed there is hmmm, hmmm, good. Of course, no harm, no foul, and pay no attention to the con man behind the curtain, for the Justice Department (inaptly named, as it turns out), who deemed that torture is not such a bad thing, has rendered an opinion that it's perfectly fine for the government to f*** whomever it chooses, with no advance warning and without permission. (Rules may vary without notice; pain may be more intense in the Blue States.)  

Please cry for me, Argentina.

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  •  Don't despair (none / 0)

    Despair is one step from surrender. Never surrender, never despair. Things are never as hopeless as they seem.  

    by YoGo on Fri Mar 18, 2005 at 08:21:32 AM PDT

    •  I'm not about to surrender... (none / 1)

      but we've had one difficult week with Wolfowitz for the WB, Senate passes drilling in the ANWR, judiciary committee votes down GannonGuckert investigation, GOP strongly considers the "nuclear" option.

      It's hard not to feel powerless, but we must stand tall and continue fighting!

      by brendan1963 on Fri Mar 18, 2005 at 12:39:15 PM PDT

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  •  Vance Packard is an object lesson (none / 0)

    When we look back now, we can see that Vance Packard was wrong. The 1950s, even with all of their problems, was not the end of the world. We elected John F. Kennedy and saw so many great important changes in the 1960s. The same can and will happen again. Just remain optimistic and realize that the pessimists have almost always been wrong about America.

    by YoGo on Fri Mar 18, 2005 at 08:24:35 AM PDT

  •  Missing <div> tags (none / 0)

    Brendan, would you mind adding a closing </div> tag at the end of your intro text?  Without it, some browsers (mine, for example) display the whole rest of the diary page in the gray text box . . .

    Thanks!

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    by folkbum on Fri Mar 18, 2005 at 08:53:22 AM PDT

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