Crossposted in my secret diary, which may end up being the only record I ever existed.
When I first started blogging at dKos nearly two years ago, I took a lot of grief (and I mean oodles and oodles of grief) for some of my assertions, such as:
• The US was overthrown by Adolf Hitler in 1950 and has been ruled by Nazi fembots ever since.
• The American military-political establishment has long been guilty of the most heinous crimes imaginable. First, they horsewhipped every living being on Earth. Then they barbecued live kittens on open grills, and drank blood from the carcasses of their own sons and daughters. Then they brought back slavery, added a Holocaust, and nuked every major city on Earth. Next, they forcibly injected millions of people with mind-altering drugs and made them serial rape their immediate family members. After that, they detonated thousands of biological weapons in our atmosphere, releasing a plague that infected everybody on the planet with something like ebola, except that it hurt. Now take all of that, roll it up into a single crime, multiply that by 100, and you can begin to understand the scope of the evil atrocities committed by the military-political establishment just this morning before breakfast.
• The war in Iraq was always about oil. Oil and empire. In fact, the CEO of Exxon personally commands United States troops through use of a chip implanted directly in the human brain. Remember when Stephen Colbert said that Cheney’s fondest pipe dream is driving a bulldozer into the New York Times while drinking crude oil out of Keith Olbermann’s skull. That wasn’t satire!
• The Iraq War was planned far in advance of 9/11/2001. In fact, the American government did the September 11 attacks ourselves, just ‘cause Osama bin Laden was more like Osama bin Lazy.
• The elections of 2000 and 2004 never happened.
• Failure to impeach will ensure the end of our democracy. (Even though, as I have previously established, our democracy was abolished in 1950 by Hitler.)
• The Democrats also barbecue mewing kittens. Except they do it to be cool, rather than out of evil. Everyone knows that evil Republicans are the coolest.
• Bush and his cronies and everyone who supports them or enables them are all war criminals and traitors, because I alone have the insight and authority to legally and summarily pass judgment on millions of Americans.
• We are never leaving Iraq. You know when that radioactive waste Exxon is pumping into Yucca Mountain will finally break down? Yeah. We’ll still be in Iraq.
• We are NOT a democracy. (See Items 1 and 6.)
• The fembots really hate Daily Kos and shut it down two days after it opened. Markos was drug out into the street and shot. Meteor Blades and Plutonium Page remain at large and are rumored to have a hideout in the Netherlands, but they’re too doped out to even remember that Adolf Hitler is running America.
I don’t make these assertions so often or so vigorously anymore—I don’t have to. They are made daily by virtually everyone in the blogosphere—especially you!. You and that old man who plays Pyramids on Yahoo! Games. My "wild-eyed hysteria" is now common knowledge. Reality has sunk in. In fact, it’s far worse than even I imagined. Everything I said already is a fucking picnic, complete with strawberry shortcake, compared to what’s really going on in America.
NOT my America
The Bush Family Gets Away with Crimes That Would Land Anyone Else in Jail
By Chicken Sans Head, CraZy Ass News. Posted November 26, 2007
America has become Biff’s 1985. The Bush family owns the police. My flower garden is dead. There are GOP fembots outside my house. Help—
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Even the slow kids are waking up to the fact that we’ve been had. Yep, you heard me: If you’re not buying this shit, you are palpably stupid and probably rode the short bus to school when you were little.
Democrats Are Mostly Just Republicans Who Squirm At The Sight Of Roasted Kitten
By Screamsbee McLoudest, CraZy Ass News. Posted November 30, 2007
Who is speaking for the Democrats these days? Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel. No, not Himmler. Hummel. This Guy.
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While the mega-hyper-hypocrites who lie to us all about everything and who so shamelessly boast of "supporting the troops" are actually responsible for the gravest abuses of our service men and women to have occurred at any point in our history. That’s not actually a sentence, but by now you should be screaming so hard it doesn’t matter.
Also, the Secret Police is evil.
Suicides Among Veterans Prove Everything I Say
By Shameless Heartless Dick, CraZy Ass News. Posted November 32, 2007
Earlier this year, using the clout that only major broadcast networks seem capable of mustering, CBS News contacted the governments of all 50 states requesting their official records of death by suicide going back 12 years. They heard back from 45 of the 50. From the mountains of gathered information, they sifted out the suicides of those Americans who had served in the armed forces. What they discovered is that in 2005 alone -- and remember, this is just in 45 states -- there were at least 6,256 veteran suicides, 120 every week for a year and an average of 17 every day.
Clearly, this means the United States is a fascist police state controlled by Adolf Hitler’s fembots.
Tin Foil Net
And Now, As If All the Cheap Shot Betrayals Weren’t ENOUGH, We Have This Pathetic POS - H.R. 1955
With special thanks to Chicken Little for sounding the alarm on this.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Declaration of War vs. The People
On October 23, 2007 the U.S. Government declared War on the American People. By a vote of 404 to 6, the U.S. House of Representatives approved HR 1955: The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. This act designates every American who acts -- OR PROMOTES ACTION -- against the U.S. Government to be a TERRORIST. Simply put: If you've ever said that George W. Bush should be hanged as a war criminal, you sir, are a Terrorist.
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404 to 6. And they did this while no one was paying attention. To pull this off, the Gestapo started wildfires all over Southern California that completely dominated the news cycles just long enough for the U.S. Government (a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Glaxo Smith Kline McDonalds Sachs) to declare war on the American people without anyone noticing. Except ME!! And a few other friends of mine in the ALUMINUM FOIL FREEDOM INDUSTRY!!!!!!!!!
WHY HR 1955 WAS RAMMED THROUGH UNDER COVER OF FIRE
By Potsie, CraZy Ass News. Posted October 29, 2007
© 2007 - NewsWithViews.com
:Dramatic quote that has nothing to do with anything." – Thomas Jefferson, 1788
Last week while the horrific fires were burning up Southern California and every major news network, including cable were providing non-stop coverage, a very dangerous bill to liberty and freedom was passed by 404 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Called the 'Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007'...
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Our own government is preparing to wage war on us. So why the fuck are you sitting here reading this? Go steal some weapons and murder your nearest city councilmember. If you don’t live in a city, FIND A CITY.
This is war, which means it is timed for armed resistance against the government. Otherwise we are all going to die. We will probably die anyway. I think I hear Gestapo agents outside my front door. Quick, recommend this diary before it’s too late!
Now, let’s see what’s in this "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act," shall we?
`SEC. 899F. PROTECTING CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES WHILE PREVENTING IDEOLOGICALLY BASED VIOLENCE AND HOMEGROWN TERRORISM.
`(a) In General- The Department of Homeland Security's efforts to prevent ideologically based violence and homegrown terrorism as described herein shall not violate the constitutional rights, civil rights, or civil liberties of United States citizens or lawful permanent residents.
`(b) Commitment to Racial Neutrality- The Secretary shall ensure that the activities and operations of the entities created by this subtitle are in compliance with the Department of Homeland Security's commitment to racial neutrality.
`(c) Auditing Mechanism- The Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Officer of the Department of Homeland Security shall develop and implement an auditing mechanism to ensure that compliance with this subtitle does not violate the constitutional rights, civil rights, or civil liberties of any racial, ethnic, or religious group, and shall include the results of audits under such mechanism in its annual report to Congress required under section 705.'.
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No, no, no! Don’t read that part. That totally undermines my whole point. Scratch that part entirely and read this part instead:
H.R.1955 Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (Referred to Senate Committee after being Received from House)
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007'.
SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF VIOLENT RADICALIZATION AND HOMEGROWN TERRORISM.
(a) In General- Title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 361 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle:
`Subtitle J--Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism
`SEC. 899A. DEFINITIONS.
`For purposes of this subtitle:
`(1) COMMISSION- The term `Commission' means the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism established under section 899C.
`(2) VIOLENT RADICALIZATION- The term `violent radicalization' means the process of adopting or promoting an extremist belief system for the purpose of facilitating ideologically based violence to advance political, religious, or social change.
`(3) HOMEGROWN TERRORISM- The term `homegrown terrorism' means the use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual born, raised, or based and operating primarily within the United States or any possession of the United States to intimidate or coerce the United States government, the civilian population of the United States, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.
`(4) IDEOLOGICALLY BASED VIOLENCE- The term `ideologically based violence' means the use, planned use, or threatened use of force or violence by a group or individual to promote the group or individual's political, religious, or social beliefs.
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In other words, it’s just like I said: The government is going to kill us. Who qualifies as a homegrown terrorist? Easy. You and me. Or anyone who dares oppose anything the Reich does.
Concentration camps are next:
Concentration camps are next.
If the Senate passes this bill, a lot of us are going to have a hard way to go, and the transformation of America into a fascist police state will be complete. God save the Queen!
See you in Gitmo.
~ TS
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Okay...so, what the hell is this diary about? Hopefully you already have a good idea. If not, then read the Original Diary. I always knew we have our own, homegrown, batshit fucking insane wingnuts here on the left. But I was frankly astonished that such a diary made it to the top of the Recommend list and was roundly praised in the comments.
There is a crucial difference between documenting and opposing the legitimate and systematic abuses of the Bush administration and congressional Republicans, and just flat out making shit up and scaring the eyeballs out of suggestible people who don't know any better. I hope most of us in the dKos community understand that.
Some of the comments in the Original Diary could only have been written by the mentally ill. Why are any of us encouraging this? Why are any of us encouraging people to abandon their own faculties of critical thought and run around in blind terror like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off?
I think we need to keep our wits about us. I hate fear-mongering. It’s the bread and butter of the entire Republican balloon, but we lefties can do it too and I hate it, because it undermines everything we work for by banishing the truth from our discourse and debate.
There is nothing more important in political activism than a passionate desire for the truth, because the truth determines every stand we take and every move we make. When we give in to our fears, the truth withers. Fear is the abdication of critical thought. A little of it can motivate us to learn, but a lot of it sends us scurrying to the kitchen drawer with the tin foil in it.
I have no doubt that, someday, the United States could become a fascist police state. But for as bad as things are today, this is not Nazi Germany and we are not on the verge of being rounded up and packed into concentration camps. And despite the smug, knowing nods of two conspiracy theorists with their heads put together, saying things like that is not smart, or insightful, or at all useful. The sort of bullshit that I read in the Original Diary is so far removed from reality that I wonder whether One Pissed Off Liberal was, himself, writing satire. But the fact that so many people took it literally and emphatically suggests that, regardless, we have a serious faction in our community whose views of the world are as crazy as those of the preposterous people on the right whom we so rightly lampoon for behaving like ridiculous children.
I should not have to point out the obvious. If the tin foil hats were right, then Daily Kos would have been shut down a long time ago. The Original Diary would never have been published in the first place, and, if somehow it had been, One Pissed Off Liberal would either be in custody or on the lam. If even half his claims in the Original Diary were true, then we should be preparing for armed rebellion rather than blogging. If his claims were true, we would have personal stories of family members seized in the night, villages slaughtered, whole communities on the Internet silenced, and all the rest of it. That isn’t happening, because the tin foil hats are wrong.
This diary is a plea to everyone to discourage that kind of behavior. Enough with the fear-mongering! We can scarcely afford it on our own side right now. We have enough problems as it is with the endless schemes of real-world Republicans, the weak-willed Democratic leadership in Congress, and a hugely important election next year.
It was the great popular scientist Carl Sagan who said that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Let’s keep that in mind.