Politics - 23 June 2006

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2006-06-23 13:31:48 · 4 answers · asked by kucitizenx 4

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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.

September 11 Freedom Walk

New Majority Leader: Iraq War “May Be The Greatest Gift That We Give” Our Grandchildren

Headstones of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan are inscribed with the Pentagons war-marketing slogans

White House and the RNC are going to make a habit of using uniformed military personnel as props at Republican political rallies, despite the fact that it is a plain violation of military regulations banning politicization of the armed forces.

"You must glorify war in order to get the public to accept the fact that your going to send their sons and daughters to die." The inside story of the cozy relationship between big box office American war movies and the Pentagon

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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.
Bush threatens to veto $442b defense bill if Congress investigates detainee abuses.
Guantanamo Judge: “I don’t care about international law. I don’t want to hear the words ‘international law’ again. We are not concerned with international law.”
Rumsfeld to approve new guidelines that will formalize the administration's policy of imprisoning without the protections of the Geneva Conventions and enable the Pentagon to legally hold "ghost detainees,"
US 'preparing to detain terror suspects for life without trial'
U.S. oks evidence gained through torture
July 1, 2003: U.S. Suspends Military Aid to Nearly 50 Countries: because they have supported the International Criminal Court and failed to exempt Americans from possible prosecution.
US has at least 9000 prisoners in secret detention
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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.

Congressman: Muslims 'enemy amongst us'
SB 24, Ohio law to muzzle "liberals"
World history textbook used by seventh-graders at Scottsdale’s Mohave Middle School was pulled from classrooms mid-semester amid growing right criticism of the book’s unbiased portrayal of Islam
Rallies planned against 'Islamofacism': Event to 'unify all Americans behind common goal'

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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.
If you haven't seen the Oreo flash animation yet, see it here

Bush’s Domestic Program Hit List

Bush slashes domestic programs, boosts defense. Arlen Spector calls it "scandalous"

Funding for job training, rural health care, low-income schools and help for people lacking health insurance would face big cuts under a bill passed Friday by the House

Pentagon to spend 75 billion for three new brigades


Three cable channels now feed news, information and entertainment about the armed services into millions of living rooms 24 hours a day, seven days a week: The Military Channel, the Military History Channel and the Pentagon Channel.
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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.
It's legal again, to fire gov't workers for being gay
Bush calls for Constitutional ban on same-sex marriages
Bush refuses to sign U.N proposal on women's "sexual" rights
W. David Hager chairman of the FDA's Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee does not prescribe contraceptives for single women, does not do abortions, will not prescribe RU-486 and will not insert IUDs.
The State Department has awarded an explicitly anti-feminist U.S. group part of a US$10 million grant to train Iraqi women in political participation and democracy.
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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.
FBI Acknowledges: Journalists Phone Records are Fair Game
Report shows U.S. government has been engaged in illegal propaganda aimed at its own citizens and the story gets only 41 mentions in the media
Free Press details recent governmental propaganda efforts, from faux-correspondent Jeff Gannon to paid-off pundit Armstrong Williams, and from the demise of FOIA to video news releases passed off as news. also... See a Whitehouse fake news release here (opens realplayer)
US seizes webservers from independent media sites
Bush's war on information: US editors forbidden to publish certain foreign writers

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7.) Obsession with National Security: Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses
Bush Aides ADMIT 'stoking fear' for political gain: Bush adviser said the president hopes to change the dynamics of the race. The strategy is aimed at stoking public fears about terrorism, raising new concerns about Kerry's ability to protect Americans and reinforcing Bush's image as the steady anti-terrorism candidate, aides said.
The Bush administration periodically put the USA on high alert for terrorist attacks even though then-Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge argued there was only flimsy evidence to justify raising the threat level.

Keith Olbermann: "The Nexus of Politics and Terror."
Cheney warns that if Kerry is elected, the USA will suffer a "devastating attack"
GOP convention in a nutshell (quicktime)

Rove: GOP to Use Terror As Campaign Issue in 2006
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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.
Jerry Falwell cleared of charges that he broke federal election law by urging followers to vote for Bush
NC congressman proposes law making it ok to preach politics from the pulpit
Texas Governor Mobilizes Evangelicals
Family research council: Justice Sunday
Thou shalt be like Bush: What makes this recently established, right-wing Christian college unique are the increasingly close - critics say alarmingly close - links it has with the Bush administration and the Republican establishment.
Park Service Continues to Push Creationist Theory at Grand Canyon and other nat'l parks
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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.
The K Street Project is a project by the Republican party to pressure Washington lobbying firms to hire Republicans in top positions, and to reward loyal GOP lobbyists with access to influential officials. It was launched in 1995, by Republican strategist Grover Norquist and House majority leader Tom DeLay.
American Conservative Magazine: One U.S. contractor received $2 million in a duffel bag... and a U.S. official was given $7 million in cash in the waning days of the CPA and told to spend it “before the Iraqis take over.”
There are 6 Congressional Committees investigating the Oil-for-Food (UN) scandal, yet not a single Republican Committee Chairman will call a hearing to investigate the whereabouts of 9 billion dollars missing in Iraq
Bush money network rooted in Florida, Texas: Since Mr. Bush took office in 2001, the federal government has awarded more than $3 billion in contracts to the President's elite 2004 Texas fund-raisers, their businesses, and lobbying clients
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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.
Labor Department warns unions against using their money politically
President Bush Attacks Organized Labor: Bush attacked organized labor Saturday, issuing orders effectively reducing how much money unions can spend for political activities and opening up government contracts to non-union bidding.
March 2001: President Bush signed his name to four executive orders on organized labor last month, including one that cuts the money unions will have for political campaign spending.
Congress and the Department of Labor are trying to change the rules on overtime pay, eliminating the 40 hour work week, taking eligibility for overtime pay away from millions of workers, and replacing time and a half pay with comp days.
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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.
Bush's new economic plan cuts funding for arts, education
Artists from all over the world are being refused entry to the US on security grounds.
A group of more than 60 top U.S. scientists, including 20 Nobel laureates and several science advisers to past Republican presidents, on Wednesday accused the Bush administration of manipulating and censoring science for political purposes
Freedom of Repression: New ruling will allow censorship of campus publications
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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
American Gestapo is here: "There is hereby created and established a permanent police force, to be known as the 'United States Secret Service Uniformed Division.'"
America: secret jails, secret courts, secret arrests, and now secret laws
Snitch-or-Go-to-Jail bill will make pretty much anything short of reporting on everyone you see for doing just about anything a jailable offense. With minimum sentences, up to and including life without parole.
The problem with Gonzales is that he has been deeply involved in developing some of the most sweeping claims of near-dictatorial presidential power in our nation's history, allowing him to imprison and even (at least in theory) torture anyone in the world, at any time
Police officers don't have to give a reason at the time they arrest someone, the U.S. Supreme Court said in a ruling that shields officers from false-arrest lawsuits.
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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.
Bush Cronyism: Foxes Guarding the henhouse
Making Sense of the Abramoff Scandal
If Bush's pick is confirmed, that will mean the five top appointees at Justice have zero prosecutorial experience among them.
Iran-Contra Felons Get Good Jobs from Bush
Big Iraq Reconstruction Contracts Went To Big Donors
Bush Wars -- Crooks Get Contracts : The main companies that were awarded billions of dollars worth of contracts in Iraq have paid more than $300 million in fines since 2000, to resolve allegations of fraud, bid rigging, delivery of faulty military equipment, and environmental damage.
US Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) lost track of $9 billion
"Contracting in the aftermath of the hurricanes has been marked by waste, corruption and cronyism"
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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.
Rolling Stone does some investigative and rather exhaustive digging into public documents and says we’re almost guaranteed the 2004 election results were massively rigged
Powerful Government Accounting Office report confirms key 2004 stolen election findings
Conyers hearing in which Clinton Curtis testifies that he was hired to create hackable voting machines (.wmv)
The Republican Party has quietly paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to provide private defense lawyers for a former Bush campaign official charged with conspiring to keep Democrats from voting in New Hampshire.
The Conyers Report (.pdf)
No explanation for the machines in Mahoning County that recorded Kerry votes for Bush, the improper purging in Cuyahoga County, the lock down in Warren County, the 99% voter turnout in Miami County, the machine tampering in Hocking County
Less access than Kazakhstan. Fewer fail-safes than Venezuela. Not as simple Republic of Georgia. The 2004 Elections according to international observers.
This picture is what stopped the ballot recounts in Florida shortly after it seemed that legitimate President Gore had a lead. The "citizens" started what was later called "the preppy riot". Screaming, yelling, pounding on the walls, these "outraged citizens" intimidated the polling officials to halt the court mandated recount. A closer look reveals who they really were. They were bussed and flown in at Republican lawmakers expense. Some even flew in on Tom Delay's private plane.

2006-06-23 13:25:38 · 8 answers · asked by kucitizenx 4

2006-06-23 13:22:14 · 19 answers · asked by hero1 1

It's detrimental to the companies they will be working for when they are forced to hire less qualified people based solely on racial quotas. This isn't fair to caucasian people. Should we pass a law to protect caucasian people?

2006-06-23 13:18:07 · 17 answers · asked by Oliver Klozoff 1

2006-06-23 13:17:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

The dumped Cindy Sheehan like a hot potato, can't find any news about those four bumb broads from New Jersey now that the whining about the Ann Coulter book has died down, and the Dixie Chicks are old news to libs.

Why can't they be loyal to the people they use?

2006-06-23 13:14:52 · 12 answers · asked by Larry Zwiener 2

Why the US dont invade them, that guy is a threat for USA !!

2006-06-23 13:13:30 · 13 answers · asked by Jordan 3

I know that libs hold fast to the belief that only Republicans cause deficits because they have been fact-raped by the media into ignoring that the Democrat controlled Congresses for more than 40 years are who ran up the deficits.

Why don't they understand this?

2006-06-23 13:10:07 · 8 answers · asked by Larry Zwiener 2

1. globle cliemate change is only a theory, its not a fact
2. why should we wreck our economy for a myth
3. if he did. you libs would be calling for impeachment, becuase BUSH wrecked our economy.that billy boy had nothing to do with.
4. Please don't bring algore into this.I have no respect for that man what so ever, he just makes a bigger fool out of himself every time he shows up. most of the scientist that agree with him don't even specialize in that field.( climatology)

2006-06-23 13:09:53 · 7 answers · asked by tgmr 1

Combine the personality traits of those two boobs and you may have the right ingredients to make yourself an anti-Christ.

2006-06-23 13:07:35 · 8 answers · asked by Oliver Klozoff 1

And for that matter, if the conservatives are so "wrong" why are all of their books best sellers and all of their radio shows #1? And how does Fox News manage to get higher ratings than CNN & PMSNBC combined?

2006-06-23 13:05:45 · 16 answers · asked by Jacques LeStrapp 2

This is a controversial woman, but in your conservative eyes... how good can her judgement be if Bill Maher pounded her?

2006-06-23 13:04:05 · 7 answers · asked by frankramirez_81 3

Which political party controlled congress in 1983? was it the democrats or republicans?

2006-06-23 13:03:44 · 2 answers · asked by son_1997 2

Are they THAT ignorant of the Constitution or are they that hard-up for vtes?

2006-06-23 13:02:22 · 11 answers · asked by Jacques LeStrapp 2

2006-06-23 12:57:15 · 10 answers · asked by Menifeedave 2

2006-06-23 12:55:42 · 13 answers · asked by Menifeedave 2

2006-06-23 12:51:29 · 14 answers · asked by Menifeedave 2

I'm not talking about the same type of conservatism that is practiced by the president. I'm talking about getting true conservatives in power. Ones that will protect the traditional marriage. Ones that will crack down on people using the first ammendment to be obscene and just plain disgusting. Ones that will get the ACLU under control. Ones that will Reform welfare, so people will be rewarded for working, instead of being rewarded for having many fatherless childeren. Ones that will bring back morals to society. I think what we need as a country is the middle of the right wingers. Not klu klux klan members but not people that just want to give each other group hugs. Not religious fanatics but ones that have enough religion to realize not everything is about "ME". Just my two cents. Tell me how you feel. And please be respectful and no bashing to either side.

2006-06-23 12:48:43 · 8 answers · asked by stewbiscit 2

http://www.break.com/index/startswiththekids.html

2006-06-23 12:29:10 · 5 answers · asked by xxXJokerXxx 2

I know its a free counrty but gee.......

2006-06-23 12:19:44 · 32 answers · asked by Bubba 4

Get it, huh? Get it? Get it?

2006-06-23 12:11:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

...head in the White House?

2006-06-23 12:10:09 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

I say what is the point in being in a position of power if you can't help out your friends and family. I don't mean to the extreme, like get them out of trouble if they do something wrong. But I don't see a problem with helping someone you know get a job.

2006-06-23 12:02:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Even though Feminism itself has grown and adapted to include not just women but men as well, it still has the stigma of the "F" word. I am a feminist and I will be the first to say that the feminist movement is not perfect but there are people who look at it with disdain without even looking into it at all. Women have gotten somewhat far and some people think that women have achieved equality so what are feminists bitching about.? Well, not all women and men have achieved equality. There is still racism, classism, homophobia, ageism, ableism...you get the point. Hence why we have political movements like feminism and womanism (founded by Alice Walker). You may not agree with me. Who wants to start?

2006-06-23 11:32:12 · 10 answers · asked by Victoria R 3

would war end. kill all infedels is why we had 9-11
prohabitions on alcohol drugs is the result of the bible and has created a network of criminals .
homosexuals are discriminated against
and the list could go on forever of examples and rules that the bible has given man for 5000 years that are wrong slavery holy wars crusades child molesters hidden and many crimes to numerous to list
with out the hate that comes with religion would we be better off.
we have found trible people who live peacefull lives and know no wars wars! .SO i must ask would we be better of with the truth that it is wrong to kill to steal and to lie and no examples of gods handy work like sodom and gamora or floods destroying all men religion has forever given man hate and war and no one see this .end the bible and all other problems go away with it .
declare war on the bible the true enemy of peace.
the bible ultimite terrorist guide? or holy word of GOD you tell me.

2006-06-23 11:25:12 · 13 answers · asked by playtoofast 6

We (Republicans) have no candidate for 2008!! How did that happen?

2006-06-23 11:20:04 · 18 answers · asked by nicolasraage 1

2006-06-23 11:17:46 · 11 answers · asked by The Riddler 3

And A Waist Of Time???
And Money???

2006-06-23 11:09:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I see him posting around here. I just want to know if its true

2006-06-23 11:04:46 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

as the memory of 9/11 fades and no further attacks have taken place , are we being lulled into a false sense of security

2006-06-23 10:39:34 · 7 answers · asked by pat o 2