Comments on: How about now? http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html Poise! Poise! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:57:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Raven http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6820 The Raven Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:10:28 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6820 Could it happen here? Damn straight it could, and it's happening right in front of our eyes: The Rise of American Fascism. Some analysts have couched it in slightly different language, e.g., neo-oligarchism, crypto-totalitarianism, but what they describe is indistinguishable from a dictatorship. The Bush signing statements effectively nullify Congress, and the Judicial branch is being loaded with rubber-stamping puppets. An awful lot depends on this November's elections. A Democratic majority in the House or Senate - preferably both - might allow us enough breathing room to survive the next three years. But if we fail to do that, civil resistance and revolution are thinkable options. Doing nothing means we watch our country turned into a peon state of plebian serfs toiling beneath the... Fergawdsake, just describing it forces one to adopt "class struggle" terminology. Something very strange is happening. Could it happen here?

Damn straight it could, and it’s happening right in front of our eyes: The Rise of American Fascism.

Some analysts have couched it in slightly different language, e.g., neo-oligarchism, crypto-totalitarianism, but what they describe is indistinguishable from a dictatorship. The Bush signing statements effectively nullify Congress, and the Judicial branch is being loaded with rubber-stamping puppets.

An awful lot depends on this November’s elections. A Democratic majority in the House or Senate – preferably both – might allow us enough breathing room to survive the next three years. But if we fail to do that, civil resistance and revolution are thinkable options. Doing nothing means we watch our country turned into a peon state of plebian serfs toiling beneath the… Fergawdsake, just describing it forces one to adopt “class struggle” terminology.

Something very strange is happening.

]]> By: ookh http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6819 ookh Sun, 12 Feb 2006 14:59:04 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6819 And now Billmon's website is not responding. These guys are thorough. And now Billmon’s website is not responding. These guys are thorough.

]]> By: LizDexic http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6818 LizDexic Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:18:42 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6818 <i>It's the standard panoply of generalissimo powers, issued in emergency decrees after every Latin American coup or African power-grab.</i> I am not making this up: the other day I heard Bush start a sentence with, "I proclaimed..." Did anyone else notice this? It’s the standard panoply of generalissimo powers, issued in emergency decrees after every Latin American coup or African power-grab.

I am not making this up: the other day I heard Bush start a sentence with, “I proclaimed…” Did anyone else notice this?

]]> By: lightly http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6817 lightly Sun, 12 Feb 2006 11:45:40 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6817 Yeah. Add me to the list of folks who miss Billmon's voice. I hope he is doing well. Yeah. Add me to the list of folks who miss Billmon’s voice. I hope he is doing well.

]]> By: Nell http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6816 Nell Sun, 12 Feb 2006 04:13:53 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6816 Billmon's a human being. Probably a lot like the rest of us: a bit overwhelmed, tired, not seeing much effective pushback, and has had his outrage meter overloaded. He's also a little prone to take things personally. It's a shame. He's a great analyst and writer. Billmon’s a human being. Probably a lot like the rest of us: a bit overwhelmed, tired, not seeing much effective pushback, and has had his outrage meter overloaded.

He’s also a little prone to take things personally. It’s a shame. He’s a great analyst and writer.

]]> By: fish http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6815 fish Sun, 12 Feb 2006 03:09:24 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6815 Yeah, what did happen to Billmon? I think he earned a one-way ticket to Egypt. Yeah, what did happen to Billmon? I think he earned a one-way ticket to Egypt.

]]> By: c u n d gulag http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6814 c u n d gulag Sun, 12 Feb 2006 01:50:00 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6814 Welcome to Shrub's and Rove's dream about Amerika's future. Voting machines that don't tally votes correctly... Mediums that bend over backwards to try to be "fair and balanced" and not seek the truth... Government helping churches in "Faith-based" initiatives that will make churches follow the money (that's why the Founders separated Church from the State, boys and girls!)... Demonization of populations both internal and external... 'Don't throw the Constitution in my face. It's just a God-damned piece of paper!!!' Fear!!!! Terror!!! Torture!!! Endless WAR!!! WAIT!!! Future??? We're here NOW!!! Welcome to Shrub’s and Rove’s dream about Amerika’s future.
Voting machines that don’t tally votes correctly…
Mediums that bend over backwards to try to be “fair and balanced” and not seek the truth…
Government helping churches in “Faith-based” initiatives that will make churches follow the money (that’s why the Founders separated Church from the State, boys and girls!)…
Demonization of populations both internal and external…
‘Don’t throw the Constitution in my face. It’s just a God-damned piece of paper!!!’
Fear!!!!
Terror!!!
Torture!!!
Endless WAR!!!

WAIT!!!
Future???
We’re here NOW!!!

]]> By: lambert strether http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6813 lambert strether Sun, 12 Feb 2006 01:49:59 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6813 Chicago Tribune: <a href="http://www.correntewire.com/its_official_were_a_threat" rel="nofollow">Government "Cyberstorm" wargame treats bloggers as threats</a>. Of course, they would never do that in real life.... Chicago Tribune: Government “Cyberstorm” wargame treats bloggers as threats. Of course, they would never do that in real life….

]]> By: nannerbs http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6812 nannerbs Sun, 12 Feb 2006 01:01:34 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6812 more proof!!! http://pbrennan.net/wordpress/index.php?p=87#comments more proof!!!

http://pbrennan.net/wordpress/index.php?p=87#comments

]]> By: Marq http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6811 Marq Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:11:56 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6811 <blockquote><i>I knew it was a teh job. Chapeau is a teh l4m3â„¢ spesh.</i></blockquote> Yeah, geeze, teh, I halfway thought it was another lame-ass "ventriloquist's puppet." Though, admittedly, "chapeaux" isn't much like him....

I knew it was a teh job. Chapeau is a teh l4m3â„¢ spesh.

Yeah, geeze, teh, I halfway thought it was another lame-ass “ventriloquist’s puppet.” Though, admittedly, “chapeaux” isn’t much like him….

]]> By: parsec http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6810 parsec Thu, 09 Feb 2006 11:30:09 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6810 I lose track: are we Oceania or Eurasia? I lose track: are we Oceania or Eurasia?

]]> By: Yosef http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6809 Yosef Thu, 09 Feb 2006 06:56:55 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6809 <i>You forgot the final step... they launch the bombs so baby Jesus comes back. It`s all about the Jesus. Posted by: profbacon </i> No way. The Jesus thing was just a ploy to get them elected. And if you think they'll need to disapper voters, and use the Diebold to get incorrect vote counts in the next election, then I'm just shocked that you actually believe they'll even agree to hold the next election. You forgot the final step… they launch the bombs so baby Jesus comes back. It`s all about the Jesus.

Posted by: profbacon

No way. The Jesus thing was just a ploy to get them elected.

And if you think they’ll need to disapper voters, and use the Diebold to get incorrect vote counts in the next election, then I’m just shocked that you actually believe they’ll even agree to hold the next election.

]]> By: Sixpack Chopra http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6808 Sixpack Chopra Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:55:47 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6808 Anybody creeped out by the GWB Stalinist personality cult? Anybody creeped out by the GWB Stalinist personality cult?

]]> By: Gee Dubya Boosh http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6807 Gee Dubya Boosh Thu, 09 Feb 2006 02:12:05 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6807 Ein Volk Ein Reich Ein IQ point... Ein Volk
Ein Reich
Ein IQ point…

]]> By: teh l4m3 http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6806 teh l4m3 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:12:13 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6806 *wink* *wink*

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6805 Anonymous Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:37:10 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6805 I always had the Minutemen pegged as the future paramilitary of the Republican party. I always had the Minutemen pegged as the future paramilitary of the Republican party.

]]> By: profbacon http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6804 profbacon Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:33:24 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6804 You forgot the final step... they launch the bombs so baby Jesus comes back. It`s all about the Jesus. You forgot the final step… they launch the bombs so baby Jesus comes back. It`s all about the Jesus.

]]> By: celticgirl http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6803 celticgirl Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:13:19 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6803 teh, I knew that was you...but you really have to watch it these days. I think we're getting a little paranoid *Note to doc/neocon* around here lately... teh, I knew that was you…but you really have to watch it these days. I think we’re getting a little paranoid *Note to doc/neocon* around here lately…

]]> By: Cedwyn http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6802 Cedwyn Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:10:17 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6802 they've been gunning for posse comitatus for a while - i wrote about it here: http://dembloggers.com/story/2005/10/7/0383/64546 pt. 1 is about katrina & martial law, pt. 2 is about their history of animosity towards posse comitatus. oh, and speaking of voting reform: http://actionalert.blogspot.com/2006/02/save-vote.html mark crispin miller is an excellent resource! they’ve been gunning for posse comitatus for a while – i wrote about it here:

http://dembloggers.com/story/2005/10/7/0383/64546

pt. 1 is about katrina & martial law, pt. 2 is about their history of animosity towards posse comitatus.

oh, and speaking of voting reform:

http://actionalert.blogspot.com/2006/02/save-vote.html

mark crispin miller is an excellent resource!

]]> By: Pinko Punko http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/2332.html#comment-6801 Pinko Punko Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:01:18 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/002332.html#comment-6801 I knew it was a teh job. Chapeau is a teh l4m3â„¢ spesh. I knew it was a teh job. Chapeau is a teh l4m3â„¢ spesh.

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