[syndicate] From Bush to Bonaparte

[April Mo(u)rning]

not sure why a posting about totalitarian take-over is ok and then an
elaboration is "telling the wrong person"

veterans of the list -> post whatever they want
newcomers -> must stick to unspecified topics (thought control by
veterans)

group think is a charateristic of totalitarian regimes

> http://www.furtherfield.org/mgarrett/reality/documents/mgr/uzzi.htm
"sometimes a cigar is just a cigar"
Sigmund Frued

go fuck yourself -- and i don't mean that in a bad way :-)

--- "marc.garrett" <marc.garrett at furtherfield.org> wrote:
> Yes there is difference - but I think you are telling the wrong
> person.
> Nothing
> like a big juicy ooozi to keep that confederate flag waving.
> 
> http://www.furtherfield.org/mgarrett/reality/documents/mgr/uzzi.htm
> 
> marc
> 
> 
> > there is a big difference between a 18th century peasant and a 21st
> > century american peasant - firepower.
> >
> > i believe it is important to understand alternate points of view so
> it
> > is with some interest that i note that many liberals don't address
> the
> > reason that "patriots" are so passionate about their weapons. It is
> > exactly for the fears expressed in your email.
> >
> >
>
http://www.keepandbeararms.com/newsarchives/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articlei
> d=379
> >
> > "What makes the liberal believe that they will continue to enjoy
> the
> > right of free speech or that their home is safe from government
> > invasion if they don't have the means to defend that right. Our
> > founders knew that any would-be tyrant must first take away the
> second
> > amendment before they could systematically take away the rest.
> > "
> >
> > my neighbor bought his and her's m-16's for their anniversary (a
> > logical choice given his world view). i know of someone else, a
> > "collector", who has an arsenal of 50 weapons. there are 200
> million
> > guns in america, some 10 million capable of firing automatically
> with
> > simple modifications. .50 caliber rifles (!) are in fashion now
> > according to news reports.
> >
> > Chuck Heston - "they will have to pry it from my cold dead fingers"
> >
> > these people are on the net. they are vigilant. they are ready. and
> > when the government comes they are ready...
> >
> > no, hostile takeover is passe and improbable. someone said
> somewhere, i
> > can't find the exact quote, "the best way to enslave a people is to
> > make them believe they are free"
> >
> >
> >
> > www.shotgunworld.com
> > http://www.calssportingarmory.com/AssaultRifles.htm
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- furtherfield <info at furtherfield.org> wrote:
> > > Reign of Terror Redux: From Bush to Bonaparte
> > >
> > > Here's the situation: The nation's leadership is taken over by a
> > > secretive
> > > group of elitists who profess democracy while dragging the
> country
> > > into a
> > > totalitarian nightmare. Confusion and fear take hold, civil
> rights
> > > are
> > > eroded in the name of fighting a terror war, and impersonal
> > > governmental
> > > bodies with names like "Committee of General Security" start
> labeling
> > > dissenters as enemies of the state. Secretive courts with limited
> > > accountability punish civilians who object. Tightening its grip
> on
> > > power,
> > > the government creates public crises it can later be seen as
> solving,
> > > and
> > > military service is made mandatory for young men. The ongoing
> terror
> > > war
> > > drains the country's resources, foreign relations hit rock
> bottom,
> > > and the
> > > economy slides even further. But since fear is the government's
> most
> > > effective weapon against its own population, the terror war is
> > > expanded.
> > >
> > > Sound familiar?
> > >
> > > The Reign of Terror, in late 18th century France, lasted only one
> > > year but
> > > left the country in chaos and ripe for Napolean's despotic rule
> soon
> > > after.
> > > Unless we learn from history, we could suffer the same fate.
> > >
> > > http://www.heatherwokusch.com/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
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