Are There Any Limits to the Propaganda of Goebbels W. Bush?
01/07/05
Remember the question that I asked at the end of my last post on Bush Propaganda?
Well, the answer is... we haven't even begun to see the extent to which this administration will go when it comes to asserting their agenda. And why should we? They committed atrocities beyond compare in their first term and the American electorate gave them a free pass.
I don't blame the Republicans one bit for relentlessly pursuing their agenda. When you beat someone down to get what you want and they say..."hey, that's ok"...then you give them another beat down and take even more. In a sense, the beaten are being punished for being so damn pitiful. That is the 'strict father' way.
And politically speaking, if my opponents rolled over for my agenda, you better believe I would not hesitate to steamroll them again and again. Constraint would be foolhardy. This would be a one-time opportunity to assert my values on the world – values to which I’m sure some would object. But frankly… I don't care.
My values are those that I perceive as being in the best interest of my family, my nation and the world. For what reason could I justly mitigate actions that would promote those values? To do anything else would be to allow an inferior or even a destructive policy to entrench itself where I would have otherwise been able (in my perception) to provide great benefit. To do anything else would be to abandon my values and principles.
I'm sure that the right sees things similarly. They want to do what they think is the correct thing to do. I would want to do the same. I don't blame them one bit.
As you might expect, however, there is always room for blame.
To start, I blame myself -- for my naivety -- for my lack of sufficient action in promoting the progressive ideology – for any time I have ever backed down to a conservative or otherwise conceded an inch in their favor. Never again.
I blame the gullible, willfully ignorant, easily cowed electorate who fell for the administration’s innumerable and vast injections of propaganda -- the cleverly crafted framing, the misleads, lies and distortions.
I blame the media for failing to uphold any sense of journalistic integrity -- for not presenting the news, for not challenging the centralization of power, and for not asking the hard questions or investigating the issues that truly effect us.
But most of all, I blame the non-existent opposition party for their gross lack of courage -- for abandoning their values, for cowing to Bush, and for refusing to take a stand.
It is a pitiful state of affairs when the greatest institution of democracy -- our right to vote -- barely escapes oblivion because the opposition party just barely scrapes out a single, tearful senator to hold the reigns of protest. If the rolls were reversed, Republicans would have had legions upon legions of conservatives and neocons joining the forces of protest.
So where is this all coming from?
Well, it seems that some steam must be vented. This morning, I posted a bit about the GAO finding the administration in criminal violation of peddling propaganda FOR THE SECOND TIME!
Then I read Stu Finkel's post and asked myself if there is truly any check on this administration. Increasingly, I find myself led to a single conclusion... no.
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I wish our representation felt the same as you do. But then I guess you couldn't harness the angst that naturally arises from following a 'non-existent' opposition party.
Yes Telly, but then we wouldn't need the angst as much becasue we would have someone pushing for our best interests.
"I don't blame the Republicans one bit for relentlessly pursuing their agenda."
Maybe not, but I do blame them for having the hateful views that they hold.
Easy, Tom. You sound like you're about to kick someone's ass.
On second thought, give me a call and I'll join you.
Nothin like a good republican ass-kicken'
Goeb·bels (P)Pronunciation Key
(Paul) Joseph. 1897-1945.
German Nazi propaganda minister (1933-1945) who exploited the German media to launch propaganda against the Jews and other groups. He killed his family and himself after Germany's defeat.
hmmmmmmmmm. That sounds about right to make a point, but maybe a touch over the edge. naahhhhhhhhh. FTA
You know, I read this and for the first time since Kerry literally gave in and gave up so he could muster his politics for 2008 (my take, anyway!), I FEEL LIKE A FIGHT! Thanks, Tom, where do we meet up. THERE IS NO ONE TO STOP THE IDIOCY! NO ONE TO STEP UP. WHAT DO WE DO? Some of REALLY DO LOVE OUR COUNTRY AND WILL GIVE IT OUR ALL!!!!!!!!!!
You know, I read this and for the first time since Kerry literally gave in and gave up so he could muster his politics for 2008 (my take, anyway!), I FEEL LIKE A FIGHT! Thanks, Tom, where do we meet up. THERE IS NO ONE TO STOP THE IDIOCY! NO ONE TO STEP UP. WHAT DO WE DO? Some of us REALLY DO LOVE OUR COUNTRY AND WILL GIVE IT OUR ALL!!!!!!!!!!
Voting is like driving a car:
D = go forward
R = go backward
Bush wants to take Social Security back to 1928 ... when there wasn't any!
And speaking of driving, what did Jesus drive? The Bible says he rode a DONKEY, not an ELEPHANT!
No more waiting for the CCM (Conservative Corporate Media), the DNC, or the Congress to represent Citizens' interests and general welfare.
We will be vocal, active, truthful, and relentless in our defense of democracy against the onslaught of King George's transgressions.
I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you, that anybody could be surprised by the machinations of the Dark Side. All issues become "crises" under the Bushits, and yet they accuse Dimmycrats of scaring the American people. Welcome back from the grave, Goebbels.
I'm sick and tired of all of these off-the-mark comparisons between George W. Bush and Adolph Hitler. When he ran for Chancellor, Hitler ACTUALLY WON THE ELECTION.
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