...from a fan of Democracy: All is well...

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

All is well...

President Bush assures us that we have nothing to worry about with the economy tanking, continuing his tap dance while America burns.

According to an article in today's Houston Chronicle, Bush said, "One thing is for certain: We're in challenging times," Bush told TV cameras just as stock trading opened Monday morning. "But another thing is for certain: that we've taken strong and decisive action."

That doesn't make me feel any better, considering he said similar things about his biggest failure, Iraq, and his second biggest failure, the Katrina mess.

It's getting harder to keep after this guy, knowing he'll be gone in "only" 307 days, but it is even more important to keep an eye on his antics now because he'll be desperate to get in a last few favors for his friends and to make last ditch efforts to burnish his legacy.

Incidentally, I don't think he has to worry about his "legacy", which, to this liberal, is as secure as the legacy of Nixon. He will be known as the worst, most corrupt, misled, misleading, lying president in American history, including Nixon!

How bad is it? So bad that he already has an escape plan... I've commented on his apparent plan to escape to Paraguay when things get too hot, but it bears repeating. This jerk should be watched even after he leaves office. Unfortunately, the threat to him will likely not come from an American court. More likely he will be forced to flee when it becomes apparent that he can't travel anywhere BUT America, and finally some President will be forced by international concerns to quietly advise Bush to get out of Dodge. This is one reason McCain can't be allowed to win the presidency.

I do plan to visit his presidential library when it opens, for two reasons. To spit somewhere appropriate, and to make sure there is a copy of "The Pet Goat" on the shelves. I urge all true Americans to do this. Can you imagine if there were dozens, or even hundreds of copies of the book on "his" shelves? It would certainly keep alive the debate over who is responsible for the situation in America. There will be no forgetting, as time crawls by, exactly who is responsible for the
state of America.

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The 14 Points of Fascism

1.) Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
2.) Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
3.) Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
4.) Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
5.) Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.
6.) Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
7.) Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses
8.) Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.
9.) Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
10.) Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.
11.) Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free _expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.
12.) Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations
13.) Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.