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They haven't forgotten anything

Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:02:34 AM PDT

I have read in the last six years, thousands of comments here bemoaning the apparent loss of focus of the bushies in the fact that they indeed work for us. Over and over I see people piss and moan about the idiot in chief and his bungling band of nitwits, or how they just don't seem to "get it". They can't remember that their primary purpose is to represent the will of the people and to provide a set of national policies and actions that reflect that will.
Nonsense. I have no links below the fold, just a short rant set off by yet another surprised Kossack at the latest, greatest outrage by the neocons. It doesn't matter which one, there are just too many.

First and foremost, they havn't forgotten a goddamn thing. They came in with the intention of completely subverting and destroying the american system of govt. With the entire MSM behind them providing cover, they have been at it night and day in relative obscurity. It has been clear since thier days in Texas together that they have nothing but contempt for us "the people" and have implemented their plans almost perfectly. If I hear someone say that bushco is inept or incompetent one more time I am going to puke. They have been wildly successful at almost everything they wanted to achieve. They only look like bumbling idiots when you have the preconceived notion that good governance was their goal. It's not.

They have achieved the biggest transfer of wealth upwards in the history of the world.
The supreme court is now a joke.
District courts across the nation are stacked with fundamentalist wacko's who loyalties lie with a commitment to the supposed idealism of fantastical fairy tales.
The entire government apparatus from the National Parks Service to the top ranking military people who have their finger on the red button, is chock full of delusional idealogies, loyal only to their fools paradise of deranged reason and their divinely chosen spokesman, GW Bush.
Spying on americans is old news, hardly worth a mention anymore. I wonder how many unheard from critics have been silenced with blackmail.
We have multiple military bases sitting on top of the worlds last huge oil fields and we are not leaving. Ever. Get used to it.
We are now isolated from the rest of the world morally, politically and philosophically thanks to our national policy of torture, rendition, kidnapping, hatred of immigrants, corporate sanctioned criminal economic rape, and unprovoked war on soverign countries.
Our energy policies are decided by criminal corporations and not subject to any objective review or criticism. Ditto for healthcare policies, bankruptcy laws, health and safety laws, global warming policy, pollution controls, the list is endless and all are the product of corporate written, corporate funded lobbying, designed only to make their piles of money larger, and our tiny stash of pennies much smaller. So what if you destroy the world in the process, there's a buck to be made.
Any Kossack thats been here more than a week could most likely name dozens more like the examples above.

Before I turn off my tube connection and go outside to enjoy this beautiful day I want to ask one thing.
Can we all stop acting so damn surprised at whatever new revelation or scandal is next revealed? Expect it. It's what they do. They have been planning this for decades and have been incredibly efficient.
They are not incompetent, they are not bungling morons, nor are they just plain bad at governing. They are among other things a combination of fascists, totalitarian corporatists, radical extremist religionists and uber wealthy money worshipers intent on the continued destruction of the american way of life, the continued rape of natural resources for profit, (to hell with the consequences), the continued transfer of wealth away from you and I, and a culture of permanent war. Do not expect anything else.
They have their one shot here at implementing their version of paradise and they are not about to stop now just because of a quaint little pain in the ass idea like oversight.

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  •  alms for the poor (23+ / 0-)

    My kind of religion..

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    The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." Carlos Castaneda

    by FireCrow on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 08:57:20 AM PDT

    •  great diary, FireCrow (10+ / 0-)

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      1-20-09 The Darkness Ends "Where cruelty exists, law does not." ~ Alberto Mora

      by noweasels on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:10:28 AM PDT

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      •  thanks weez (2+ / 0-)

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        I'm sure glad I don't believe in hell, though it would be comforting to think that there will  be an eternal accounting for the chimp and his pals.

        The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." Carlos Castaneda

        by FireCrow on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:31:45 AM PDT

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    •  Good diary... (7+ / 0-)

      I agree with you.  

      A story...When I was much younger, my sociopathic cousin (three years older than me) told me about a summer job that was bringing him oodles of cash.  Of course I was interested.  I was a teenager and the promise of quick money definately appealed to me.  He told me all I needed to do was to show up and I could start working.

      It turned out to be a horrible gig...Set up by some phantom Junior Chamber of Commerce group.  They were selling, via the telephone, phantom tickets to a phantom carnival...with extra money supposedly being solicited to pay for busses for inner city kids.  

      Within an hour of showing up, I learned that there was no carnival...save for an infintigo'd bear in a cage, no busses for poor kids and that the sponsoring "organization" didn't exist.  I quit on the spot.  My shortest job ever.  (My beloved cousin went on to but-out and run the family business into the ground in a brief but spectacular Enron-esque fall...bilking everyone that came into contact, whether family member, employee, or business contact.  Hat's off, dude!!  Have fun in your decaying McMansion.)

      The thing is...these are the people who are running our country.  Of course they are incompetent...they didn't win this election of doing anything regarding governance...except to eliminate government entirely.  Of course folks like Sampson and Gonzo remember their answers...to do otherwise would ensure a multi-year trip to the penitentiary.  But they have at least until 2008 to aggrandize more power and to finish looting the public fisc...so why stop now?

      Oligarchs have been running the show since the Roman republic.  Occasionally we get folks that have a true interest in governing.  More often, it's an opportunity to spend their wealth to make more wealth.  In this administration, we're experiencing the confluence and culmination of 60 years of concerted effort for a particularly pernicious branch of the oligarchy to take over.  

      Their hopes were for a long reign...they've spent much money and power getting to this point.  Lots of purchases of broadcast and media outlets, for instance...Hopefully, their dreams, like the architects of the 3rd Reich will be collapsed.  The effort to do so, however, will be agonizingly hard and long.  There are no silver bullets.  The poison has seeped too far in.  It's going to have to be done the hard way...prying their grasp from the scepter of power, rigored knuckle by rigored knuckle.

      "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson

      by mayan on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:19:17 AM PDT

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  •  Great diary (8+ / 0-)

    I believe that they will do whatever they can to hold onto power.

    (-9.00,-7.59) Non Illegitimi Carborundum

    by Irish Patti on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 08:58:22 AM PDT

    •  I have no idea what will happen (12+ / 0-)

      but i will not be surprised by anything. Nothing is out of bounds for these bastards.

      The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." Carlos Castaneda

      by FireCrow on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:00:10 AM PDT

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      •  Ditto, fwiw. (5+ / 0-)

        The "boundary-less-ness" of decision-making is perhaps the salient flag they fly from their pirate ship.

        (I include not only legal and moral boundaries, but boundaries of words and thought as well.)

        Vote TORTURE. Vote DEATH. Vote REPUBLICAN: the party of torturers and war criminals.

        by Yellow Canary on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:09:01 AM PDT

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        •  asdf (7+ / 0-)

          here is what I see, when you have the absolute heartlessness of being able to cut funding for the research and treatment of severe brain trauma for veterans, at a time when more of our soldiers than ever before are being injured and sent home this way, while simultaneously ranting about lefty commies not supporting the troops,  you have no barrier to the depths of pure nastiness and evil that you would pursue. When I first learned about that it  was one of my "ok I'm wide awake now" moments.

          The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." Carlos Castaneda

          by FireCrow on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:14:58 AM PDT

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        •  These are stone-cold criminals... (5+ / 0-)

          There is no morality, law, ethic, scruple nor belief system that they do not treat with derision.  Like parasites, they will appear to espouse beliefs or religion ONLY if it buys them more of what they want.  Apart from that, they are uber-nihilistic sociopaths who are untroubled and unburdened by anything remotely resembling the social contract or conscience.

          What I find particularly scary is reading (and I don't know if its true) that Bush's Paraguayan land purchase, (aside from being in a Disneyland for Dictators where he won't need to fear extradition for his many crimes against humanity and the American public) is over one of the largest and most pristine aquifers left in the world.  If true, it stands to reason that they are intent on despoiling and poisoning the worthless rabble (us) so that they can live in a paradise peopled by Barbara Bush clones.

          "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson

          by mayan on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:26:04 AM PDT

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          •  Note: water will likely be worth more than (2+ / 0-)

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            oil in the not-so-distant future.

            So I wouldn't necesassarily say it's about poisoning as much as it is about hoarding. I would also say that the purchase says a lot about what GB knows about how soon water will be a very high-priced commodity.

            F'ker. That piece of info about the aquifer might be the worst news I've heard in while, and that's saying something.

            "In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder, a secret order." Carl Jung

            by Unduna on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 10:16:20 AM PDT

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      •  This needs to sink in. (6+ / 0-)

        Apart from the core constituency that you've outlined above, there are basically two big camps of people who need some time to grasp what's going on - and that for different reasons. Call 'em the 'Democrats' and the 'Republicans' for lack of a better word.

        The 'Democrats' are people, who still maintain the idea, that a government and public servants actually serve the people and the country. They need to repeat those stories over and aver again, to actually accept for real, that some people - unashamedly - simply don't share that view.

        The 'Republicans' are people, who actually believe(d) their leaders that all of that needs to be done for the sake of the country and the values (they may honestly believe in). Those people face yet a harder time to accept that they've been fooled and deceived. They need those stories repeated to them over and over again, so that they have to face reality and cannot simply cower in a reality of their own ("It's all the [select appropriate scapegoat]'s fault").

        So while your diary is spot on, those stories still need to be told over and over again. They serve a purpose.

        Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -- Philip K. Dick

        by RandomGuyFromGermany on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:15:10 AM PDT

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    •  They can try (5+ / 0-)

      Watch out for the giant ground sloths.

      by cskendrick on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:03:13 AM PDT

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      •  given the executive power grab (5+ / 0-)

        they want to hold onto the American economy, and do whatever they can.

        (-9.00,-7.59) Non Illegitimi Carborundum

        by Irish Patti on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:05:22 AM PDT

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        •  Okay, let's run with this (5+ / 0-)

          How would they keep order? Keep people working? Keep people buying things and sending their kids to school? How would they keep partisans on both sides of the aisle from killing each other? How would they keep the cities from burning?

          Would they care very much?

          Little questions like that, to start the day. :)

          Watch out for the giant ground sloths.

          by cskendrick on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:12:58 AM PDT

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          •  I'm not sure but (1+ / 0-)

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            given the state of most americans obsession with consumerism, missing white chicks and just plain trying to make enough money to survive behind whatever version of their white picket fence they've managed to aquire, and the 24/7 droning of the mainstream brainwashing teevee, I think the possibilties are endless.

            The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." Carlos Castaneda

            by FireCrow on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:20:40 AM PDT

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            •  I have to say this too many times (3+ / 0-)

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              This attitude that everyone but the online intellectual left is a dolt is utterly offensive and deservedly so.

              It's well and good that such brilliant, clear-thinking and strong-willed people exist, and have a gathering-place and no shortage of reliable information upon which to build opinions and formulate policies.

              However, that makes such people -- people such as you, Firecrow, fortunate and responsible to lead the rest, not entitled to write the rest of the country off.

              You, of all people, should remember what we are -- visionaries, not underwriters for some sort of political insurance consortium.

              If most Americans are too mesmerized by the idiot box, then why are Bush ratings showing a 30 handle? If most Americans are too docile, why is Bush afraid to show up to throw the first pitch of the major league baseball season? If Americans are too adoring of their sovereign king, why is he an albatross on the necks of his fellow partisans?

              And if they are, regardless, if I'm utterly off key here and incognizant of reality...then it remains out fortune and our responsibility to end the darkness, and point the way to our brethren toward the light.

              Those who would be firebrands need be torch-bearers first.

              Watch out for the giant ground sloths.

              by cskendrick on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 10:07:31 AM PDT

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              •  agreed (4+ / 0-)

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                and I do what I can daily among the people I come into contact with. I have had measurable success in opening the eyes of many and work hard to reach many more. I don't think the people we are speaking of are all that stupid or docile, I think the most important and misunderstood phenomena affecting the bulk of our citizens is the crushing burden of just plain surviving in a world where consumerism has gone beserk. The mortgage, the car payment, no insurance, the desire to create a better world for our children, drives many of us to the point of exhaustion every single day. There is no time left for critical thinking. I think more than anything it is a matter of time. People today just don't have time to properly analyze what the fuck is wrong. Of course they are aware that bush is fucking things up, but the overwhelming meme out there is that it's not a conservative or republican problem, it's all politicians. How we break through that apathy and illusion without the help of the msm is beyond my thoughts. We need a way to put progressive populist ideals under the peoples noses with their morning fruit loops and coffee in a package they recognize as legitimate. We don't have that now.

                The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." Carlos Castaneda

                by FireCrow on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 10:24:33 AM PDT

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                •  Until there is a clear choice. A CLEAR choice... (2+ / 0-)

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                  perhaps the meme that it's all politicians has legitimate currency.

                  Let's face it; for quite a few Democrats, there is more common ground with George W. Bush than with the very people who elected them.

                  That is problematic. Solvable, but not instantly so.

                  Watch out for the giant ground sloths.

                  by cskendrick on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 11:25:44 AM PDT

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          •  they would keep order with the private (1+ / 0-)

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            miltary that they have through blackwater. they could declare martial law. the rest of the people just care about the paternity of Anna Nicloe's baby.

            (-9.00,-7.59) Non Illegitimi Carborundum

            by Irish Patti on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:20:57 AM PDT

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          •  What did the Germans do? (1+ / 0-)

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            You need an internal enemy, you need an external enemy, you need a strong ideology (or religion), you need an economy that plays along for financial profit, you need a bureaucracy that plays along for 'professional reasons' and you need a loyal, private militia ... and a war will always help.

            Care to tick off the options?

            Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -- Philip K. Dick

            by RandomGuyFromGermany on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:27:35 AM PDT

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            •  Presently the internal enemy outnumbers them (3+ / 0-)

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              and the external enemy far surpasses the demonstrated ability of the mightiest power on the planet to contain, never mind defeat.

              The economy is wobbling, the currency weakening not strengthening, the leverage of the Bush administration to resist subpoenas, never mind the temptation to invade Poland, I mean, Iran is near-nonexistent as well.

              The private armies and intel networks concern me greatly, likewise the disposition of most of our combat forces to the far side of the planet, and the seemingly purposeful wearing-out of our armed forces in Iraq, such that even a fairly minor challenger army could do significant damage if free to run amok in North America while the official military was locked down in the Middle East...or eliminated entirely by the locals.

              On the other hand, Blackwater didn't do such a good job in Iraq, either, so I'm thinking in the short run it would be imprudent of the Bushies to play such a card.

              The United States of America is a bit more difficult to dismantle than Iraq, and far more difficult to subjugate.

              I think the Pubs might make a play, but their high tide is past, their one chance to cast aside any pretense of playing by the rules and do so successfully is done.

              That might not be something that they are aware of but I seriously doubt the Bushies can do more than choose between the absolute destruction of the United States (via a self-inflicted nuclear strike) or slinking away, to lick their wounds and hope the American people forget about them long enough to try again.

              I suspect they're optimistic enough to choose the latter.

              Watch out for the giant ground sloths.

              by cskendrick on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:59:56 AM PDT

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          •  True freedom is SO messy... (2+ / 0-)

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            and SO difficult. For many years, I've believed that Americans on some fundamental level have a collective desire for a "monarch," or Daddy figure to tell us what to do and how to think.  It's such a relief to not have to do the heavy lifting of connecting dots and/or conducting critical thought.  I mean, we have the stellar folk in the punditocracy to get rethug talking points directly delivered to our occipital lobes care of our HD TVs.

            Over the past six years...they have seduced any number of Americans into embracing totalitarianism...under the name of "unitary exec" in order to protect "der homeland."  

            We have, as a nation, come to believe that freedom means the ability to choose between 35 different kinds of toilet paper, 48 different types of analgesic, and (thank god) an almost infinite variety of SUV.  The other stuff, like critically thinking about the cause and conduct of the Iraqi war, is something that we have to do late at night in the privacy of our bedrooms because that type of "freedom" is anti-state and continues to be anti-pundit.

            They will keep order by continuing to feed us bread and circus via American Idol, Survivor and lots and lots of commercials and by keeping us alive to the freedom of choice by giving us ever-more TV channels.

            And...just in case things get outta hand...there's always black-water and the intelligence networks we haven't even heard of yet.

            "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson

            by mayan on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:47:04 AM PDT

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            •  If so, why do Bush's approvals have a 30 handle? (1+ / 0-)

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              As far as the compliance with such outrage I suspect it's a combination of (a) the outrageousness of it, (b) a disbelief that even six years of it is anything but an anomaly, (c) a cruise-control confidence, however misplaced, that the system still works and is self-correcting,(d) acceptance of the nonstop media messaging that what Bush is doing is the same as it's always been done.

              Mostly, the latter.

              It's well-crafted totalitarian push-messaging, very expensive for those who craft and push it, never mind for those who are held in its grasp.

              There is no yearning to be unfree, to be parented, to be told how to think and what to do, save for the constant shouting in the ear YOU HATE LIBERALS. THEY HATE YOUR FREEDOM. THEY WANT YOUR MONEY. KILLING IS OKAY SO LONG AS IT'S THEIR KIND DYING. AND GUNS ARE STILL COOL AND GAYS STILL AREN'T AND WOMEN JUST WANT TO KILL THEIR BABIES SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THEM OWN THEIR BODIES ANYMORE AND IT'S GOOD TO CHEER FOR THAT SORT OF THING.

              This line of yours is the answer:

              Over the past six years...they have seduced any number of Americans into embracing totalitarianism...under the name of "unitary exec" in order to protect "der homeland."  

              and

              They will keep order by continuing to feed us bread and circus via American Idol, Survivor and lots and lots of commercials and by keeping us alive to the freedom of choice by giving us ever-more TV channels.

              and fear of the unknown, even of our own government from

              And...just in case things get outta hand...there's always black-water and the intelligence networks we haven't even heard of yet.

              Again the question

              How to stop it?

              Watch out for the giant ground sloths.

              by cskendrick on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:54:11 AM PDT

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  •  I for one admit to some suprise (3+ / 0-)

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    FireCrow, I am suprised that the administration has continued with their agenda after the the '08 elections. Is it stupidity to continue the "hijinx" or is is humbris or maybe it is pure power drunkiness? Amazing, just amazing.

    If it is spelled correctly---it's a typo

    by alasmoses on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:02:25 AM PDT

  •  Everything you say (2+ / 0-)

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    is perfectly true - but I am suddenly superstitious, afraid to vote. Can't imagine why.

    I told you the meek were getting ready!

    by DvCM on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:03:21 AM PDT

  •  I am also no longer...... (4+ / 0-)

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    surprised by anything they do.

    Acceptance is the key.  I accept they are lying.  That does not mean I condone it; but I do accept it and expect it.

    So, when it happens, it just makes me that more tenacious about doing what I can in my neck of the woods to promote the healing of this country.  I am one person; I more than likely will not be changing the world by myself, but what I can do will be better than doing nothing.

    And if each person thought that......well how powerful could that be?

    Change happens at the speed of thought. --Anonymous

    by DeannaHawk on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:24:44 AM PDT

  •  media control and sock puppets (3+ / 0-)

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    You have it exactly right FireCrow. They have achieved what they set out to do and more. 9/11 proved to be a boon for their control. As Rove has stated; 'we saw opportunity' and they seized it.
    The recent chasticising being done by Repug's and the press, that they were incompetant, is actually akin to a parent's dismissal of his kid's tantrums.
    You are right they haven't forgotten a thing, they think that they can get away with everything.

  •  FireCrow...... (3+ / 0-)

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    Most excellent and stirring essay this morning!  

    Can we all stop acting so damn surprised at whatever new revelation or scandal is next revealed? Expect it. It's what they do. They have been planning this for decades and have been incredibly efficient.

    I really wish I could, but the depth, breath, and scope of their audacious scandals still takes me by surprise.  I keep wondering what they want that is so important to them that they want to destroy our country to get it.  They are rich, powerful and greedy, yet still they want more and more.  Why? What is that they don't have yet that will satisfy their empty, soul-less selves?  These are the questions that make my eyes pop open in the middle of the night and worry about the future of my children, grandchildren and so on.  How can anyone wish this sort of a world on our children?

    Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

    by Cronesense on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:39:36 AM PDT

    •  g'morning Cronesense (3+ / 0-)

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      my thoughts about why you personally have a hard time understanding is because you are completely incapable of doing anything even remotely as mean and ugly as these people. You have a giving loving spirit and from what I know about you your values are centered around your love of life, love, family, literature and peace to name a few. You get great pleasure from and have great talent for arranging words in a way that bring joy and kindness to people. These rat bastards couldn't be more different from you if they tried, total polar opposites. No wonder you and so many have a hard time comprehending the depths of their malicious souls. It's a completely alien world they exist in.

      The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." Carlos Castaneda

      by FireCrow on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:48:42 AM PDT

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      •  Well. FireCrow....... (3+ / 0-)

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        you are certainly right about my lack of comprehension as to how their minds work.  I have a hard time coming to grips with rapacious greed and its place in our society.  I see so much goodness and potential in people as it is always the thing I look for first.  It hurts my heart when powerful people, people in a position to do something for the greater good of mankind, turn such a blind eye to that possibility.  

        I found a Latin quote for you this morning:

        audemus jura nostra defendre - we dare defend our rights

        Thank you for your kind words, FireCrow.  I will continue to do my best to balance the negative while you move the fulcrum.  

        Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

        by Cronesense on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 10:05:06 AM PDT

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    •  Since we are all a part of this great group..... (3+ / 0-)

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      called humanity, I am going to attempt to answer this question you pose.

      They are rich, powerful and greedy, yet still they want more and more.  Why? What is that they don't have yet that will satisfy their empty, soul-less selves?  

      I'm going to do something.......something that can be difficult regarding this administration.......if I look at them as human beings, as part of that group of humanity, I see them as individuals whose souls are lost, whose greed for more money, more power, more, more, more....that never gets satiated because they continue to look for it outside of themselves....like an inflated variation of "keeping up with the jones'". " I'm better than you if I have more, spend more, have bigger everything than you".
      If they once attempted to look inside of themselves at the real deal, their humanity might allow a small piece to be revealed to them and they just are not courageous enough to feel it.  It's ugly, painful, miserable.

      So, they keep feeding it.......feeding it.....what we see is not what they see........that's why its called a shadow.

      Strictly my judgement.

      Change happens at the speed of thought. --Anonymous

      by DeannaHawk on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 10:23:43 AM PDT

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      •  DeannaHawk....... (3+ / 0-)

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        the two of you must have some wonderful philosophical conversations around your house.

        So, they keep feeding it.......feeding it.....what we see is not what they see........that's why its called a shadow.

        Not only that but I suspect they are blind to the goodness in mankind and see that as a weakness to be defeated.  They seem to have such overweaning hatred and distain for 'libruls' as if caring for one another should be the last thing they would want to do.  Sad, so very sad.

        Give FireCrow and Chuck a big hug for me and tell FireCrow to give one back.  You both are very special people in the 'community'  :-)

        Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

        by Cronesense on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 10:36:46 AM PDT

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  •  oh poop, lol (3+ / 0-)

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    I just looked at the front page. A Gore Diary, Carnacki, Jerome A Paris, OC115, Kagro X, Jotter and Troutfishing.
    Poor FireCrow's dairy is doomed. lol

    The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." Carlos Castaneda

    by FireCrow on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 09:56:02 AM PDT

  •  'It's not incompetence, it's a plan.' (4+ / 0-)

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    Just moment ago I wrote that sentence to a friend.  I was talking about the Gonzales inquiry, but as you so ably point out, it applies to every aspect of the BushCo agenda.

    Thank you so much for writing this!  We have to stop accepting and promoting the GOP 'incompetence' meme!

    My one-woman HUD civil rights enforcement activism site: http://acitizenprose.wordpress.com

    by CroneWit on Sun Apr 22, 2007 at 10:19:38 AM PDT

  •  My political fantasy... (0+ / 0-)

    ....involves Bush holing up in the White House, refusing to leave after the new (hopefully Democratic) President is sworn in. Then, Howard Dean leads a citizen's brigade to batter down the front door of the White House and Bush is escorted out in handcuffs.

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