So I read an article this morning about the fall of democracy in relation to a democratic government focusing on imperialism.
"Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic"
This follows after several months of my researching current political climate domestic and international. (A hard thing to do considering the state of our "mainstream media") The article parallels much of what I have read and seen.
So how does this make you feel?
The current direction of our administration (imperialistic actions) is the inevitable decline of our constitution and democratic way of life.
We have already been witness to the undermining of our basic rights as detailed by the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Just look at what civil rights have been circumvented by the Patriot Act and it's subsequent continuation. Hmm, giving up civil rights for "freedom", guess what, our civil right ARE our freedom. Thank you Orwell for coining the term "doublespeak" in your book "1984". We had a label before they started to use it on us.
It makes sense that a government cannot maintain a democratic status when it chooses to spread it's love at the end of a rifle. By spreading our focus to the conquest of new lands (Iraq and just around the corner Iran) we loose what we once considered our greatest possession as a people, our government OF the people BY the people.
We are witnessing the evaporation of what was a transparent government. By that I mean the current trend of our government is to suppress, to diminish, basically end the people's ability to see into what our leaders are doing and HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
When a government acts like ours does it ceases to be a democracy. It becomes a Tyranny. The heads of state currently act as if they are above the law, and don't need to reckon their actions with the will of the people. Sounds like a dictatorship, to which I quote George W Bush: "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." _Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2000.
Not to mention: "I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job." _to a group of Amish he met with privately, July 9, 2004
My skin is crawling.
"Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic"
This follows after several months of my researching current political climate domestic and international. (A hard thing to do considering the state of our "mainstream media") The article parallels much of what I have read and seen.
So how does this make you feel?
The current direction of our administration (imperialistic actions) is the inevitable decline of our constitution and democratic way of life.
We have already been witness to the undermining of our basic rights as detailed by the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Just look at what civil rights have been circumvented by the Patriot Act and it's subsequent continuation. Hmm, giving up civil rights for "freedom", guess what, our civil right ARE our freedom. Thank you Orwell for coining the term "doublespeak" in your book "1984". We had a label before they started to use it on us.
It makes sense that a government cannot maintain a democratic status when it chooses to spread it's love at the end of a rifle. By spreading our focus to the conquest of new lands (Iraq and just around the corner Iran) we loose what we once considered our greatest possession as a people, our government OF the people BY the people.
We are witnessing the evaporation of what was a transparent government. By that I mean the current trend of our government is to suppress, to diminish, basically end the people's ability to see into what our leaders are doing and HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
When a government acts like ours does it ceases to be a democracy. It becomes a Tyranny. The heads of state currently act as if they are above the law, and don't need to reckon their actions with the will of the people. Sounds like a dictatorship, to which I quote George W Bush: "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." _Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2000.
Not to mention: "I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job." _to a group of Amish he met with privately, July 9, 2004
My skin is crawling.
you and your anntics