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05-20-2003, 04:28 PM
Is Everything We Learned a Myth?
April 26, 2003
By Ronald Gerughty
Remember when you were a child and your parents told you that
everything happens for the best? It was a way to soothe the hurt
of something gone wrong - to ease the pain of a loss of something
or someone dear.
Throughout our formative years, we were taught that might does
not make right, crime doesn't pay, cheaters never prosper, and
the guys in the white hats are always the winners. We were led to
believe that justice would prevail, that good conquers evil.
Peace and solace were gained by clinging to those beliefs. Our
lives became more manageable when we believed in these
principles.
However, hovering in the background, out of sight and out of
mind, were everyday examples of the myth of those glorious
beliefs. Now, today, these beliefs are shattered beyond repair.
The Bush administration has stolen not only an election, but also
the very essence of our American being. A small group of
delusional fanatics has formed a cabal aimed at dominating the
minds of the American public and directed toward world
domination. They have laid waste to our fundamental beliefs. They
purloin many of our hollowed personal freedoms while they
desecrate our Constitution. They arrogantly wage war, both
foreign and domestic, against the weak, defenseless, poor, and
aged. They spread fear and intimidation, while killing
indiscriminately as their minions carry out the illegal savaging
of the innocent. The world is held hostage, the people impotent,
and the carnage continues unabated.
What is happening to our nation? We are slipping quietly and
rapidly into the abyss of fascism, yet there is no outrage from
the populace. Sitting peaceful beside their television screens,
they, like sponges, absorb the drivel served up by the corporate
media and consider it gospel. Too stupid or complacent to
challenge the sanitized version presented, they think everything
is A-okay and George is doing just fine. Dissenters are
pinko-commie bastards, anti-American traitors who deserve to be
jailed or shot a la Kent State University. They know the score;
so don't bother them with the facts. As law-abiding, flag-waving
patriots, they have nothing to fear from the Patriot acts and any
other blatant infringements on our Bill Of Rights. It's only
those lousy rabble-rousers; leftist weirdoes, who are concerned
with the loss of personal freedoms. Obviously, they have much to
hide.
So, what do we tell our children? What lessons are they to derive
from this narcissistic fraud that leads a coalition of the
coerced against humanity, against all that is decent, against the
poor, the weak, the defenseless? Our children aren't stupid. They
know the difference between rhetoric and actions. They see what
works and how goals are obtained. After all, the media serves up
its daily plate of consumables for all to watch and listen.
May we honestly say that might doesn't make right? No! The
arbitrary use of the overwhelming power of the United States
military against anyone who dares to disagree or fails to be
subservient to the Bush cabal belies that statement, for
obviously, might does make right in the eyes of ignorant
Americans and some of its allies. So let's be honest, change the
books and the sermons to reflect the new world order according to
Bush. Tell your children that when you have the power, might
makes right. That is a lesson learned from the neoconservative
right wing fascist government of the United States of America, so
it must be true.
We can also tell little Johnny and Susie that under the
circumstances crime does pay, and cheaters do prosper, if you
have the right connections. It is all right to lie, cheat, and
manipulate, if it serves to obtain your goals. After all, the
ends justify the means, so don't be concerned with what you have
to do to get there, do anything and everything you can think of
to grab your piece of the pie. Obviously, the Bush regime
criminals have profited immensely from their illicit activities
and plan to continue to do so as they expand their illegal forays
into yet to be determined nations. So little ones, lie to your
heart's content, cheat on all those exams, but make sure to get
what you're after. It's the end that counts, not how you got
there. Just emulate your government.
Nothing could be more evil than the Bush regime and the enablers
(the media and pundits) who mete out death and destruction in
accordance with their hegemonic desires. Killing, like lying and
cheating, is just another way of reaching their goals. Life is
cheap, especially when it belongs to someone else. Color it
anyway you wish, it's racism, pure and simple. It's genocide,
survival of the richest. So my children, you can see that handing
out death to those who oppose your desires is perfectly
acceptable - your government says so and your President practices
it routinely with the blessing of Congress and the majority of
the American people. It must be the way to go or it wouldn't
receive such overwhelming support from the media.
So, where is justice? Does good triumph over evil? Given the
climate of fear and intimidation in this country, the answers are
obvious: justice does not exist and evil thrives. As long as the
American public continues to be duped by the Bush cabal, our
children will suffer the maelstrom that passes for democracy in
the United States, unless they belong to the privileged class.
Wake up America before it's too late. Find your voices and
protest this subversion. Return our country to a nation of laws
and protect our children from the soul-consuming hatred spewed by
the Bush regime. As Theodore Roosevelt admonished: "To announce
that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are
to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only
unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the
American public."
[ May 20, 2003, 05:29 PM: Message edited by: david mancuso ]
April 26, 2003
By Ronald Gerughty
Remember when you were a child and your parents told you that
everything happens for the best? It was a way to soothe the hurt
of something gone wrong - to ease the pain of a loss of something
or someone dear.
Throughout our formative years, we were taught that might does
not make right, crime doesn't pay, cheaters never prosper, and
the guys in the white hats are always the winners. We were led to
believe that justice would prevail, that good conquers evil.
Peace and solace were gained by clinging to those beliefs. Our
lives became more manageable when we believed in these
principles.
However, hovering in the background, out of sight and out of
mind, were everyday examples of the myth of those glorious
beliefs. Now, today, these beliefs are shattered beyond repair.
The Bush administration has stolen not only an election, but also
the very essence of our American being. A small group of
delusional fanatics has formed a cabal aimed at dominating the
minds of the American public and directed toward world
domination. They have laid waste to our fundamental beliefs. They
purloin many of our hollowed personal freedoms while they
desecrate our Constitution. They arrogantly wage war, both
foreign and domestic, against the weak, defenseless, poor, and
aged. They spread fear and intimidation, while killing
indiscriminately as their minions carry out the illegal savaging
of the innocent. The world is held hostage, the people impotent,
and the carnage continues unabated.
What is happening to our nation? We are slipping quietly and
rapidly into the abyss of fascism, yet there is no outrage from
the populace. Sitting peaceful beside their television screens,
they, like sponges, absorb the drivel served up by the corporate
media and consider it gospel. Too stupid or complacent to
challenge the sanitized version presented, they think everything
is A-okay and George is doing just fine. Dissenters are
pinko-commie bastards, anti-American traitors who deserve to be
jailed or shot a la Kent State University. They know the score;
so don't bother them with the facts. As law-abiding, flag-waving
patriots, they have nothing to fear from the Patriot acts and any
other blatant infringements on our Bill Of Rights. It's only
those lousy rabble-rousers; leftist weirdoes, who are concerned
with the loss of personal freedoms. Obviously, they have much to
hide.
So, what do we tell our children? What lessons are they to derive
from this narcissistic fraud that leads a coalition of the
coerced against humanity, against all that is decent, against the
poor, the weak, the defenseless? Our children aren't stupid. They
know the difference between rhetoric and actions. They see what
works and how goals are obtained. After all, the media serves up
its daily plate of consumables for all to watch and listen.
May we honestly say that might doesn't make right? No! The
arbitrary use of the overwhelming power of the United States
military against anyone who dares to disagree or fails to be
subservient to the Bush cabal belies that statement, for
obviously, might does make right in the eyes of ignorant
Americans and some of its allies. So let's be honest, change the
books and the sermons to reflect the new world order according to
Bush. Tell your children that when you have the power, might
makes right. That is a lesson learned from the neoconservative
right wing fascist government of the United States of America, so
it must be true.
We can also tell little Johnny and Susie that under the
circumstances crime does pay, and cheaters do prosper, if you
have the right connections. It is all right to lie, cheat, and
manipulate, if it serves to obtain your goals. After all, the
ends justify the means, so don't be concerned with what you have
to do to get there, do anything and everything you can think of
to grab your piece of the pie. Obviously, the Bush regime
criminals have profited immensely from their illicit activities
and plan to continue to do so as they expand their illegal forays
into yet to be determined nations. So little ones, lie to your
heart's content, cheat on all those exams, but make sure to get
what you're after. It's the end that counts, not how you got
there. Just emulate your government.
Nothing could be more evil than the Bush regime and the enablers
(the media and pundits) who mete out death and destruction in
accordance with their hegemonic desires. Killing, like lying and
cheating, is just another way of reaching their goals. Life is
cheap, especially when it belongs to someone else. Color it
anyway you wish, it's racism, pure and simple. It's genocide,
survival of the richest. So my children, you can see that handing
out death to those who oppose your desires is perfectly
acceptable - your government says so and your President practices
it routinely with the blessing of Congress and the majority of
the American people. It must be the way to go or it wouldn't
receive such overwhelming support from the media.
So, where is justice? Does good triumph over evil? Given the
climate of fear and intimidation in this country, the answers are
obvious: justice does not exist and evil thrives. As long as the
American public continues to be duped by the Bush cabal, our
children will suffer the maelstrom that passes for democracy in
the United States, unless they belong to the privileged class.
Wake up America before it's too late. Find your voices and
protest this subversion. Return our country to a nation of laws
and protect our children from the soul-consuming hatred spewed by
the Bush regime. As Theodore Roosevelt admonished: "To announce
that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are
to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only
unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the
American public."
[ May 20, 2003, 05:29 PM: Message edited by: david mancuso ]