Monday, February 26, 2007
We keep waiting on the world to change but it must begin with us doing different things. Citizens cannot “vote” for what they wish, but only against what they fear.
If right wing idiots find my opposition to them unpatriotic or treasonous, I take that as a complement. Bullies always attribute hostile intentions to others. They see provocation where it doesn’t exist to justify their aggressive behavior. These children act aggressively because they process information inaccurately. They can't calm themselves down. They have grown up believing that aggression is the best way to solve a problem. This breeds contempt for those who have empathy, and can interact calmly with others. Germans said of the Nazi years we didn’t like it but we went along because it was easier. Kissinger said America doesn’t have friends but it does have interests. Bullies don’t have friends either. What happens is the anger of one reduces us all to the level of bullies. If you hate those who hate you then you destroy yourself.
We tell ourselves our national lie that we are the world’s friend. America is loud in praise of the democratic ideal, but restrained in applying what it claims. It appears so to any but the true believers. In America, when we start some wacky war like Vietnam, or Iraq it's called weakness, rather than wisdom, to read the handwriting on the wall. Why’s that? Do we call someone a “defeatist” who, when he sees he's got a losing hand, folds rather than increasing his bet?
The useless bag-check wouldn't deter any bad-guy with a brain, but its conditioning children to accept searches of their personal effects without special suspicion; doing the terrorists' job for them.
Your plans for the evening have changed. You are now on federal radar, listed as a potential threat. Your name is part of the FBI's Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File. Will you go home, or to a jail cell? Protesters against the war in Iraq were placed on the list. A federal audit of VGTOF in 2005 found an error rate of 40 percent based on a small sample of records. Are you on the VGTOF list?
Working for the common good is the only sustainable way to govern. What we have experienced is the opposite. The silver lining to the bush absurdity is that it is clear display of the lies of the mythologies of American gov’t.
If right wing idiots find my opposition to them unpatriotic or treasonous, I take that as a complement. Bullies always attribute hostile intentions to others. They see provocation where it doesn’t exist to justify their aggressive behavior. These children act aggressively because they process information inaccurately. They can't calm themselves down. They have grown up believing that aggression is the best way to solve a problem. This breeds contempt for those who have empathy, and can interact calmly with others. Germans said of the Nazi years we didn’t like it but we went along because it was easier. Kissinger said America doesn’t have friends but it does have interests. Bullies don’t have friends either. What happens is the anger of one reduces us all to the level of bullies. If you hate those who hate you then you destroy yourself.
We tell ourselves our national lie that we are the world’s friend. America is loud in praise of the democratic ideal, but restrained in applying what it claims. It appears so to any but the true believers. In America, when we start some wacky war like Vietnam, or Iraq it's called weakness, rather than wisdom, to read the handwriting on the wall. Why’s that? Do we call someone a “defeatist” who, when he sees he's got a losing hand, folds rather than increasing his bet?
The useless bag-check wouldn't deter any bad-guy with a brain, but its conditioning children to accept searches of their personal effects without special suspicion; doing the terrorists' job for them.
Your plans for the evening have changed. You are now on federal radar, listed as a potential threat. Your name is part of the FBI's Violent Gang and Terrorist Organization File. Will you go home, or to a jail cell? Protesters against the war in Iraq were placed on the list. A federal audit of VGTOF in 2005 found an error rate of 40 percent based on a small sample of records. Are you on the VGTOF list?
Working for the common good is the only sustainable way to govern. What we have experienced is the opposite. The silver lining to the bush absurdity is that it is clear display of the lies of the mythologies of American gov’t.
