actofrage.com — Naomi Wolf, apparently one of the most active feminist writers of our time, explains the similarities between the worst fascist and communist in history and the path the United States of America is on right now. She 'proves' this by writing about the 10 steps to creating a fascist society
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By not only not ending the breaches of the 4th amendment by SUPPORTING the warrantless wiretaps he is saying we will never regain our rights.By not pulling out of Iraq, he is perpetuating an unjust war that he promised to end. He LIED to us. He is pouring more money and blood into the sand.Who gives a s**t that thousands of Iraqi's will die if we just pull out? Thousands of Iraqi's will die if we don't, and already have died.If we would just get the f**k out of their backyards they would stop trying to kill us for being in their backyard!Also, we need to get the f**k out of Germany, South Korea, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and every other f**king military base we man 24/7 365 and let the rest of the world be their own policemen.I don't mind paying for my neighbor when he need's some food to feed his family, but why do I have to pay to park a tank in Germany to defend it from Russia? WTF?
mrfunstuffApr 27, 2009
@worldinmyeyesJust had to log in and say your Right, every f**kin word. It will be some time before the masses to figure that one out. I have just been focusing on exposing the banking scam because it's the must obvious, still a lot of people have trouble comprehending that too, let alone bring the Bloodlines or the Vatican in to the discussion.But what the hell! Obama's Elite Lineage<a class="user" href="http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=4461">http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=4461</a>The Power of the Vatican <a class="user" href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4675077383139148549&amp;hl=undefined">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4675077383 ...</a>Vatican Billions (by Baron Avro Manhattan) <a class="user" href="http://www.cephas-library.com/catholic/catholic_vaticans_billions_1.html">http://www.cephas-library.com/catholic/catholic_va ...</a>
billcstickersApr 27, 2009
I want to know how some of you got your hands on Sean Hannity's personal dictionary.mean while to the rest of the world.fascism |ˈfa sh ˌizəm| (also Fascism)nounan authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.• (in general use) extreme right-wing, authoritarian, or intolerant views or practice. Fascism tends to include a belief in the supremacy of one national or ethnic group, a contempt for democracy, an insistence on obedience to a powerful leader, and a strong demagogic approach.The term Fascism was first used of the totalitarian right-wing nationalist regime of Mussolini in Italy (1922–43), and the regimes of the Nazis in Germany and Franco in Spain were also fascist.lets see... Fascism tends to include a belief in the supremacy of one national or ethnic group[America], a contempt for democracy[self explanatory], an insistence on obedience to a powerful leader[GOD], and a strong demagogic approach[Rush limbaugh].No offense but pretty much all you right wingers who think america is top s**t and are against gay marriage and abortion are Fascists.
rogerstrongApr 28, 2009
>> 14 states have>> passed resolutionsSo easily passed "Freedom Fries" resolutions AGAINST any NAU are somehow proof FOR an NAU? C'mon.....Show me similar resolutions FOR an NAU. Even a failed one.>> NAFTA SuperhighwaysThis bit was a joke. Both the Trans-Texas Corridor (mega-highway in Texas only) and the NASCO corridor (harmonized truck regulations on *existing* roads) plans existed before the legislation. Despite nick-names, neither was called the "NAFTA Superhighway". And so the legislation affected neither.The TTC was a looney idea, and was cut down. NASCO is still going ahead.>> We have 12-20 million illegal>> immigrants in our country. Think about that for a moment. Those are workers who the corporations don't have to worry about paying benefits to, who won't unionize, and who will drive down the wages of legal American workers.Send the same vast number of jobs to Mexico, and they'd unionize and demand benefits. You'd have to pay higher wages for the jobs that couldn't be exported.The corporations - the very people fingered as wanting an NAU, much prefer the current sitution.>> We've increased our national>> debt and money supply by>> nearly 2 trillion dollars in 12 monthsYup. And if no other reason for Canada to pass on any NAU existed, that alone would more than do it.>> big corporations are getting>> rich while you're getting poorerAgreed. Their percentage of taxes keep going down, while yours keeps going up.
anarchist101Apr 28, 2009
"Sometimes elements of a society needs to be run in a fascistic manner because there are too many people either too lazy, stupid, or self-involved to make the adaptations necessary to promote real growth and capitalization of the available resources.."Bulls**t!YOU may not be able to handle the responsibilities entitled by freedom. But please do not try to take that away from those of us who are. By force, no less!I do not own any guns, but you would not like to be the one to tackle me in any physical confrontation, so do not threaten me with force.I will decide what is for my own good, now and in the future, thank you very much."It makes no sense to ensure a high standard of economic living now if it means that down the road our descendants live in ecological poverty"They aren't going to have to worry about this ecological poverty. They are going to be cursing us for the trillions of dollars plus yearly interest that we have left them to payWhat does that seem like to you? Seems like poverty AND slavery to me!You want to help the ecology? My advice is to work on breaking up the huge multinational corporations..who do most of the damage which is done and then leave the cleanup for the taxpayer to finance, if they possibly can.I think you are sincere, but you evidently have much to learn of the world and how it really is.The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.<a class="user" href="http://www.watchblog.com/republicans/archives/004377.html">http://www.watchblog.com/republicans/archives/0043 ...</a>Read it and think about it.
shanealeslieApr 28, 2009
@anarchist101"They aren't going to have to worry about this ecological poverty. They are going to be cursing us for the trillions of dollars plus yearly interest that we have left them to pay"Here's another First Nations expression for you to ponder... "Only when the last tree has withered, the last fish has been caught, and the last river's been poisoned, will man realize we cannot eat money."A large number of people seem to think that economic debt is a more important issue than ecological debt. I'd rather my descendants at least have the option of being able to give up the festering remnants of the cities once the debt economy finally implodes, and to go out and find themselves a couple of acres of unpolluted land that they can grow food on. I agree that the greed of corporate entities, and the half-wits that they own are royally screwing our species through their pursuit of ever growing profit margins and a desire to have economic material wealth. The vast majority of the world are already slaves, owned by their debts and desires. Many Westerners spend the majority of their time either commuting to and from or at work to pay for homes, toys, and vehicles that they rarely get to enjoy; and for many could lose at the drop of a hat. These people have indentured themselves to their cars, worthless golf lawns, riding mowers, a new cellphone every six months, $500 designer jeans, and so on and so forth. "YOU may not be able to handle the responsibilities entitled by freedom."I personally know people that have quarter million dollar homes filled with the latest gadgets, they have to spend 2 hours each way commuting to and from work, get a new vehicle every 2 to three years, go shopping on a regular basis to buy newer trendy clothing (throwing out the perfectly good 'out pf style' clothing), and go out for lunch every day - and then complain about how hard it is to make ends meet, their interest payments and mortgage, how rushed they are, how they never get to spend time at home with their family. These people make twice what I do and are absolutely f**king miserable and stressed most of the time. I on the other hand rent an apartment with just enough room for my family - we have no wasted space that we need to heat/cool/clean. I chose the location so that I would be across the street from a big park and my kids school, and walking distance to a perpetual farmers market. I ride an electric assist bike to work - it costs me six cents a day for my commute and takes me 45 minutes to get there (faster then both public transit or driving a car) and I have a contract with an electrical supplier that generates all of its power from hydroelectric and wind generators. I taught myself to repair my own gadgets, and learned for to repair and alter clothing so that it lasts for years, and don't give a flying f**k about being fashionable except when I'm taking the wife out on the town. We have an urban garden where we grow some of our own food, recycle everything - and I have loads of time to spend with my family and almost no debt. Yes, compared to those others I am not living the 'American Dream', but I am free, freedom is not having the 'right' to do what you want, freedom is having the 'ability' to do what you want; and there is a difference. I choose the freedom of not being a slave to fashion, materialism, and playing 'keep up with the Joneses'."The road to Hell is paved with good intentions."Nope, its paved with lawyers.RespectfullyThat weird eco-geek that everyone makes fun of.
hippyinasuitMay 1, 2009
That is a s**tty definition of fascism. Democracy should be held in contempt, our founders organized us as a republic because pure democracy is "tyranny of the majority." A better definition of fascism is when corporations and government blend and have common interests. We've been a fascist nation for a LONG time.
anarchist101May 3, 2009
@shanealeslie,Sorry I did not see your response until today.An articulate and reasoned response. I salute you!"Only when the last tree has withered, the last fish has been caught, and the last river's been poisoned, will man realize we cannot eat money."I could not agree more. I am not a friend of big government, big business, or lawyers. I would rather that the financial corporations had been allowed to fail with no interference from government. To me, "too big to fail" means that they should not have been allowed to exist."..freedom is not having the 'right' to do what you want, freedom is having the 'ability' to do what you want; and there is a difference. I choose the freedom of not being a slave to fashion, materialism, and playing 'keep up with the Joneses..'"Again, I could not agree more. I myself do not have much in the way of these material goods you speak of and never really desired much of them like many seem to. My freedom to live, learn, and grow without interference is more important to me than any material possession could be. This is why I am an ardent supporter of computers and the internet without any form of government or business interference.I merely objected to your expressed opinion that fascism of any kind is necessary or desirable. Just as there should be no merging of interest or sanctioning of religion by government, so there should be no merging of interests between the government and corporations/businesses, much less a merger of all three's interests.Through my grandfather and grandmother who adopted and raised me, I know what virtual economic slavery really is. My home state is West Virginia. My grandfather (and some of my other relatives) was a coal miner for 39 years and served for the duration in the infantry in WW2 fighting under the command of Gen. Patton (who was truly hated but in some ways respected by his troops even more than is generally acknowledged) fighting against the forces of fascism in Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Normandy and others.Having worked in the mines since he was a child and experiencing first hand the slave like conditions imposed by the mine owners and operators who had the paid for support of state legislatures and others and then fighting against the same philosophy to protect America, was an irony that was not lost upon him."A coal miner in West Virginia generally lived in a company town. He woke up in a company bed situated in a company house. He washed himself with water drawn from a company well and ate breakfast prepared with food bought at the company store. Everything consumed or used by his family came from the company, purchased on credit. The credits used during the pay period only rarely failed to add up to less than the paycheck (paid not in United States currency, but company script.) In debt from his first day on the job, the entire system was geared towards keeping him and his family that way."<a class="user" href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/coal-mine.htm">http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/coal-mi ...</a><a class="user" href="http://www.as.wvu.edu/engl01/users/students/kmoore/public_html/minewar2.htm#ntro">http://www.as.wvu.edu/engl01/users/students/kmoore ...</a><a class="user" href="http://www.wvculture.org/hiStory/minewars.html">http://www.wvculture.org/hiStory/minewars.html</a><a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_Coal_Wars">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_Coal_Wa ...</a>And many other sites are available. Cabin Creek was where my family lived until I was in second grade.Oh, and having seen first hand the damages of strip mining to the environment, I do have sympathy for environmental policies which are balanced with a concern for the welfare of the people as well.
anarchist101May 8, 2009
@shanealeslie,I do not think this "Environmental Sustainability Act" would work or even be a very good idea right now, for a variety of reasons. Government itself must be corrected somehow before it could work.The main reason is that it relies on the power of government to force these things. We all know that government is for sale to the highest bidder. If this were not so, then there would not be such an abundance of special interest groups lobbying for their own causes, and making political campaign contributions and gifts to elected officials with the power to affect those interests to their advantage. They would simply buy their way out of these rules and regulations in some fashion and pass the cost onto the consumer. It would be a nightmare to enforce.If government only did what is just and in the interests of the public welfare, then such groups would not exist. But..they do exist.I do not know how to effectively do what you want, but I do know that the environment, like all things, obeys the entropy law. Entropy must increase. Resources will be consumed and will become scarcer and less desirable ones will be used as a general rule. Less desirable, in the sense of it taking more and more resources to get a return of usable energy which is increasingly smaller in total.Solar is less economically desirable than oil, for example, in that it takes a high investment in technology, materials, and labor to harvest the "free energy" of the solar spectrum. This cost of investment is very high initially, but it will get better and better in its returns over time. All renewable energy schemes share this trait and must be coupled with recycling to be truly effective (witness life itself, everything is renewable and recycled to the maximum).In the end though, I think the scheme likely to fail just because it seems to "top heavy" in that all power and control would rest in central hands. Government is neither efficient nor wise. This is merely the illusion they wish to convey.Merely providing incentives and informing the public of environmental misdeeds and taxing all unnecessarily environmentally unfriendly activity would seem to be enough. This is a danger in itself though, because.."The power to tax is the power to destroy."<a class="user" href="http://www.bartleby.com/73/1798.html">http://www.bartleby.com/73/1798.html</a><a class="user" href="http://mises.org/story/1853">http://mises.org/story/1853</a>In the end, that the environment will be exploited is not one which is open for debate. All recorded history says it will be. The question becomes..will it be exploited responsibly with due care shown to limit the harmful consequences to ourselves and future generations?
chefgroovySep 2, 2009
But could just as easy be talking about Obama. Probably even more soHeck, almost any article talking critically of Bush could be rewritten only by replacing Bush with Obama and still make sense. Meet the new boss...