Reply #19: When they amp the war footing with a war on Iran come back and talk some.. [View All]

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Hell yea, :crazy:

But really, understanding what you are seeing and where it is going is what it is all about. At 46, a good portion of my life has been lived. The people at the helm running around in the white house have shown no sign of gearing down, so why should I and the rest of us crazies. (fire at will, I am being defensive)
(These post will probably be delete soon but I will write anyway)

Yea, everything is okay, no need to think about the $1,000.00 per capita that Bush just spent on a frivolous invasion of Iraq, or 9/11 or how these folks took over the government or thousands of others things that they are going to be screwing all of us over later with, yea, don't worry, be happy.

My brother always told me that shit too, I feared for him, but he is now passed away(long story).

My message, don't be stupid, wake up, look around and smell the coffee

ON Edit: Are you ready for the draft?

September 20, 2002
Chomsky on Loss of Civil Liberties
Always so clear in his analyses of the way things are, Chomsky almost sounds a note of hopefulness in an Interview with Noam Chomsky by Dimitriadis Epaminondas at Zmag.org. And hopefulness is not something you hear a lot of from Chomsky.

When Chomsky sounds a note of hope, you know it is based on a hard cold look at the facts and the processes that are at work.

Here's what he says in answer to the question "How far do you belive will the US sacrifice its basic civil liberties for a greater sense of security?"

It is doubtful that the current attack on civil liberties has much to do with security. In general, one can expect the state to use any pretext to extend its power and to impose obedience on the population; rights are won, not granted, and power will seek any opportunity to reduce them. The current incumbents in Washington are at an extreme of reactionary jingoism and contempt for democracy. The question we should ask, I think, is how far citizens will allow them to pursue their agendas. So far, they have been careful to target vulnerable populations, like immigrants, though the laws they have passed have much broader implications. My feeling is that popular commitment to the rights that have been won in hard struggle is too deep to allow the attack to proceed very far. -- Noam Chomsky July 3, 2002 Interviewed by Dimitriadis Epaminondas

The Bush administration, the representatives of the hardest core corporate ruling class, has been putting intense pressure on the population since it took over in December 2000. They are now amping up their war plans, their thirst for blood has has only been whetted by their exploits in Afghanistan. They are moving forward with their plans to attack Iraq -- plans that have been in place, in writing, since before the coup in December 2000.

So far most Americans have been able to proceed with their lives as though nothing had changed, even though the administration has told them the nation is at war. But as the administration moves inexorably forward with its war agenda, people will have to make more and more sacrifices. As the oligarchy increases its need for manpower to fight wars, it may try to institute a draft. Gradually more and more people will be affected directly by the war agenda. Eventually it will hit its limit and the people will resist. That moment could be approaching.

-- By David Cogswell
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http://www.davidcogswell.com/MediaRoulette/ChomskyLiberties.html

With another 4 years the possibilty of someone in another country blinking (provacation for war) will probably happen and then speaking against a draft will probably be mute. They want to scare you, so you do thier will. Denial of reality often brings reality into your lap, watch and see