Ya' know, I used to think Rich was just a crackpot. Well, in all honesty, I
still think he's a little off in some ways. But then, who's not?
Now I'm starting to see some real potential here. Think of this within the context of all that's going on w/ all the Büsh cronies. Will the commander in thief be indicted prior to the next regular election? Who will sweep it? What will happen in the aftermath?
I seriously think this particular band of political crime families is the worst of the worst that America has ever allowed to come to power. Look back to the history of Brown Brothers & Herriman, Union Banking and Prescott Büsh. Certainly, they had an awsome political and economic power thing going. And the dirty details of their funding and coddling the Nazis before, during and after WWII is shocking to the sensibilities of any decent American; tragic betrayal on the order of a Greek tragedy to anyone who ever loved a veteran of that war.
But they weren't playing with a fully stacked deck, were they? They did get some resistance in the form of having their assets siezed under the Trading w/ the Enemy Act. And then there was good old Smedly Buttler (whom, like all good things, came from Pennsylvania :wink: ).
This is a bit different. A generation or two later, they've had time to plan and to place their men more broadly throughout the administration. And oh what a mess they've made!
I think that in coming years, books will be written and the next generation will be telling their children unbelievable (to the kids) stories of oppression and cruelty on the order of that other generation of Nazi war criminals.
It'll be an interesting area of enquery for some time to come. And, call me an idealistic, Qujotean patriot, but I honestly believe we'll squash this evil cabal before they attain anything close to the level of control in our country that they had over Germany.
So it's not for nothing that all of us got a potent and toxic slice of the Büsh/Nazi ideal. No need for revenge. I remain most untrusting of
all in whom the impulse to punish is too strong. It'll be vindicating enough if I get to watch the next generation grow up fed on tales of caution about what can happen when you follow orders from on high w/o first consulting your own concience.
On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning of the world to this day, have been quarreling, fighting, burning and torturing one another for abstractions unintelligible to themselves and to all others, and absolutely beyond the comprehension of the human mind.
--Thomas Jefferson, U.S. President, author, scientist, architect, educator, and diplomat
