Americans Awakening from their slumber?

♠Bangkok-Bob♠ @ 1:

Americans Awakening from their slumber?

You mean awakening from their coma?

Not quite

L.A. Confidential @ 2:

♠Bangkok-Bob♠ @ 1:

Americans Awakening from their slumber?

You mean awakening from their coma?

Not quite

Damn, I keep hoping.

conservative = fascist (just more syllables)

CoIntelPro against “Boiled Frogs” @ 4:

conservative = fascist (just more syllables)

And uh, different letters. Will somebody please look up the definition of “fascist”, these days it seems like it has come to mean simply “anything bad”.

Huh, being a merc starting to lose its lustre??? Hmmm, we’ll see..JD

It’s all for show. Once elected those Rethuglicans would kiss Blackwater’s ass.

For more info on the dynamics of Blackwater and the SD Mayor’s race see this post by Lucas over at Calitics.

Thanks to everyone for their support on this last week.

LindsayLohan’sButtFreckles @ 5:

CoIntelPro against “Boiled Frogs” @ 4:

conservative = fascist (just more syllables)

And uh, different letters. Will somebody please look up the definition of “fascist”, these days it seems like it has come to mean simply “anything bad”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

Fuck Prince and his band of mercs!

loading and refreshing is quite a challenge today…
keep getting “ERROR” pages… besides the snail’s pace…

C&L - check out the voter registration of your tech people!

just sayin’…

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LindsayLohan’sButtFreckles @ 5:

CoIntelPro against “Boiled Frogs” @ 4:

conservative = fascist (just more syllables)

And uh, different letters. Will somebody please look up the definition of “fascist”, these days it seems like it has come to mean simply “anything bad”.

Read this Freckles:

http://www.ellensplace.net/fascism.html

Woooooo! Let’s kills us sum Mezzicans!!!

casper46 @ 10:

Fuck Prince and his band of mercs!

I think “waterboarding” is the fashionable thing to do at the moment …….

Ruthless People @ 7:

It’s all for show. Once elected those Rethuglicans would kiss Blackwater’s ass.

Cynical though unfortunately probably right. Even though the Repugs are a bunch of dogs and well suited to feasting on shit and each other, I don’t believe the sincerity of it.

mudshark @ 9:

LindsayLohan’sButtFreckles @ 5:

CoIntelPro against “Boiled Frogs” @ 4:

conservative = fascist (just more syllables)

And uh, different letters. Will somebody please look up the definition of “fascist”, these days it seems like it has come to mean simply “anything bad”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

The point is the word is way too problematic now, it gets tossed around like the way O’Reilly uses the word “Nazi”.

LindsayLohan’sButtFreckles @ 5:

CoIntelPro against “Boiled Frogs” @ 4:

conservative = fascist (just more syllables)

And uh, different letters. Will somebody please look up the definition of “fascist”, these days it seems like it has come to mean simply “anything bad”.

fas•cism /ˈfæʃɪzəm/ Pronunciation[fash-iz-uhm]
–noun 1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fascism

Saint Augustine @ 12:

LindsayLohan’sButtFreckles @ 5:

CoIntelPro against “Boiled Frogs” @ 4:

conservative = fascist (just more syllables)

And uh, different letters. Will somebody please look up the definition of “fascist”, these days it seems like it has come to mean simply “anything bad”.

Read this Freckles:

http://www.ellensplace.net/fascism.html

That is helpful, and according to it conservatives do seem to espouse fascism.

Off Topic/sorry
Does anyone know if firedoglake.com has been hacked? I have been trying to get back onto their site since a few minutes past 4 PM. I get their February 13, 2008 page and not today’s page.
Thanks all :)

***Did I get a virus or is there really a f*#king page ad before making a comment?

“Was this a deliberate deception?”

I see they aren’t going to need Sherlock Holmes on this case…

You guys are gonna want to see my latest video…ok, my
third youtube upload. This one is the longest by far at 50
seconds. Got a minute to waste?

Hillary - Going Out of Business

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH0oJzT9WIg

Enjoy.

LindsayLohan’sButtFreckles @ 15:

mudshark @ 9:

LindsayLohan’sButtFreckles @ 5:

CoIntelPro against “Boiled Frogs” @ 4:

And uh, different letters. Will somebody please look up the definition of “fascist”, these days it seems like it has come to mean simply “anything bad”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

The point is the word is way too problematic now, it gets tossed around like the way O’Reilly uses the word “Nazi”.

Oh, I agree. but it does describe the GOP rather well.

Ruthless People @ 7:

It’s all for show. Once elected those Rethuglicans would kiss Blackwater’s ass.

if elected the democrats will to, chapstick should be a standard issue !

California Republicans have realized that the Green Revolution is going to be a gold mine for them. Most of them are businessmen. They see this new technology as a way to rejuvenate the economy of California. The Bush Administration is standing in the way of the Federal Legislation and Regulations that are needed to push green technology. It is not surprising that a California GOP member would push a company associated with the Bush Administration under the bus.

I’m glad that California is able to have some rare bi partisanship. Maybe it takes a progressive state like California for this to happen, either way, people there can obviously see how ugly it will be to have a bunch of mercernaries running around firing their guns in your backyard.

These Republicans would much rather these thugs stay in Iraq.

Hold me, I’m having a Scooby Doo moment: “huuuuh?”

Saint Augustine @ 12:

LindsayLohan’sButtFreckles @ 5:

CoIntelPro against “Boiled Frogs” @ 4:

conservative = fascist (just more syllables)

And uh, different letters. Will somebody please look up the definition of “fascist”, these days it seems like it has come to mean simply “anything bad”.

Read this Freckles:

http://www.ellensplace.net/fascism.html

You could get those to apply to fucking Somalia without trying. It has all of them, including the last. So, that list is almost gerrymandered. If America’s fascist, may I ask, why have you people posted this again and again without getting hauled off into the work camps? The stuff you types post again and again wouldn’t have been allowed if we were like Napoleonic France, much less Mussolini’s Italy, Hitler’s Germany, or Franco’s Spain.

This sort of ignorance is what you expect from Right-Wing True Believers, not the reality-based community.

General_Rennenkampf @ 26:

Saint Augustine @ 12:

LindsayLohan’sButtFreckles @ 5:

CoIntelPro against “Boiled Frogs” @ 4:

And uh, different letters. Will somebody please look up the definition of “fascist”, these days it seems like it has come to mean simply “anything bad”.

Read this Freckles:

http://www.ellensplace.net/fascism.html

You could get those to apply to fucking Somalia without trying. It has all of them, including the last. So, that list is almost gerrymandered. If America’s fascist, may I ask, why have you people posted this again and again without getting hauled off into the work camps? The stuff you types post again and again wouldn’t have been allowed if we were like Napoleonic France, much less Mussolini’s Italy, Hitler’s Germany, or Franco’s Spain.

This sort of ignorance is what you expect from Right-Wing True Believers, not the reality-based community.

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Good point, General. Except we were all talking about the GOP, not America in general. I agree with you, our system, and citizens like you and I, would never allow fascism to truly gain control of the country. But our discussion was about how Republican principles seem to align with fascism.

I look forward to Blackwater’s announcement of hundreds of strategically located “training facilities” around the US to better serve the government’s needs.

LindsayLohan’sButtFreckles @ 27:

General_Rennenkampf @ 26:

Saint Augustine @ 12:

LindsayLohan’sButtFreckles @ 5:

Republicans are the diet coke of fascism.

Read this Freckles:

http://www.ellensplace.net/fascism.html

You could get those to apply to fucking Somalia without trying. It has all of them, including the last. So, that list is almost gerrymandered. If America’s fascist, may I ask, why have you people posted this again and again without getting hauled off into the work camps? The stuff you types post again and again wouldn’t have been allowed if we were like Napoleonic France, much less Mussolini’s Italy, Hitler’s Germany, or Franco’s Spain.

This sort of ignorance is what you expect from Right-Wing True Believers, not the reality-based community.

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Good point, General. Except we were all talking about the GOP, not America in general. I agree with you, our system, and citizens like you and I, would never allow fascism to truly gain control of the country. But our discussion was about how Republican principles seem to align with fascism.

Peter G @ 28:

I look forward to Blackwater’s announcement of hundreds of strategically located “training facilities” around the US to better serve the government’s needs.

They’ll have do the cremation of care ceremony at Bohemian Grove this July before they kick that “product” off.

Well, they gotta do something if they want to stay electable.

LindsayLohan’sButtFreckles @ 27:

General_Rennenkampf @ 26:

Saint Augustine @ 12:

LindsayLohan’sButtFreckles @ 5:

Read this Freckles:

http://www.ellensplace.net/fascism.html

You could get those to apply to fucking Somalia without trying. It has all of them, including the last. So, that list is almost gerrymandered. If America’s fascist, may I ask, why have you people posted this again and again without getting hauled off into the work camps? The stuff you types post again and again wouldn’t have been allowed if we were like Napoleonic France, much less Mussolini’s Italy, Hitler’s Germany, or Franco’s Spain.

This sort of ignorance is what you expect from Right-Wing True Believers, not the reality-based community.

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Good point, General. Except we were all talking about the GOP, not America in general. I agree with you, our system, and citizens like you and I, would never allow fascism to truly gain control of the country. But our discussion was about how Republican principles seem to align with fascism.

You’re right, a lot of the Republican (and Democratic politicians) party’s principles since the fall of the USSR resemble what an American fascism would look like. The Religious Right, in particular has no difference in rhetoric on most areas from the Nazis. The secular conservatives resemble Mussolini’s version more.

Fascism is reaction on the march, but it has to be specific to each culture. I understand full well that Republican Party ideas are more and more resembling the fascists of the 1930s. However, despite a core commonality between all variations on fascism, owing to fascism’s key principle: nationalism (as opposed to Soviet and Maoist internationalism) the fascist movements must adapt to the local customs.

A full-blown American fascism, instead of the larval stage the Republican Party is, would be scary indeed. All it takes is for the nastier Jack Chick-types and the Militia types (despite some similarities, the Christofascists and the militia types are not always overlapping) to realize that it would better serve the agenda of destroying the Constitution to work together. William Buckley, damn him to Hell, got the moderates of both movements to work together, and created modern conservatism from scratch.

If a Christofascist, Plutocratic and Militia merger like Buckley comes along, we. are. boned. I will admit, now, that the Republicans are proto-fascist. We’ve (fortunately) not yet hit the full thing in movement form, much less institutionalized form. Dave Neiwert’s blog is a useful source for stuff like this.

Oh check this one out.

WASHINGTON - Cindy McCain says she will never make her tax returns public even if her husband wins the White House and she becomes the first lady.

“You know, my husband and I have been married 28 years and we have filed separate tax returns for 28 years. This is a privacy issue. My husband is the candidate,” Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain, said in an interview aired on NBC’s “Today” on Thursday.

Asked if she would release her tax returns if she was first lady, Cindy McCain said: “No.”

General_Rennenkampf @ 26:

Saint Augustine @ 12:

LindsayLohan’sButtFreckles @ 5:

CoIntelPro against “Boiled Frogs” @ 4:

And uh, different letters. Will somebody please look up the definition of “fascist”, these days it seems like it has come to mean simply “anything bad”.

Read this Freckles:

http://www.ellensplace.net/fascism.html

You could get those to apply to fucking Somalia without trying. It has all of them, including the last. So, that list is almost gerrymandered. If America’s fascist, may I ask, why have you people posted this again and again without getting hauled off into the work camps? The stuff you types post again and again wouldn’t have been allowed if we were like Napoleonic France, much less Mussolini’s Italy, Hitler’s Germany, or Franco’s Spain.

This sort of ignorance is what you expect from Right-Wing True Believers, not the reality-based community.

Try this page General, same 14 points with links to examples that have occured under the name of republicans:

http://www.oldamericancentury.org/14pts.htm

“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying the cross and enforced by Blackwater.”

There’s some controversy surrounding that actually having been writtern by Sinclair but I suspect he wouldn’t mind having it attributed to him and I doubt he’d mind my addition.

tyree @ 22:

Ruthless People @ 7:

It’s all for show. Once elected those Rethuglicans would kiss Blackwater’s ass.

if elected the democrats will to, chapstick should be a standard issue !

Not if it will get them thrown out of office.

LindsayLohan’sButtFreckles @ 15:

mudshark @ 9:

LindsayLohan’sButtFreckles @ 5:

CoIntelPro against “Boiled Frogs” @ 4:

And uh, different letters. Will somebody please look up the definition of “fascist”, these days it seems like it has come to mean simply “anything bad”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

The point is the word is way too problematic now, it gets tossed around like the way O’Reilly uses the word “Nazi”.

The sine qua non of fascism is the marriage of the state with the corporations, modern heirs to the 12th century Italian princes who started the factories and pushed out the tradesmen.

And applying the term “fascist” to the Bush Crime Family is not only 100% appropriate as their behavior fits the definition, but it is historically accurate. GW’s grandfather Prescott Bush and Prescott’s father-in-law George Herbert Walker were the Wall Street consultants who handled the financing of Hitler’s rise to power and profitted from the labor and death camps at Auschwitz.

LindsayLohan’sButtFreckles @ 5:

CoIntelPro against “Boiled Frogs” @ 4:

conservative = fascist (just more syllables)

And uh, different letters. Will somebody please look up the definition of “fascist”, these days it seems like it has come to mean simply “anything bad”.

perhaps if you are confused, it has a definite meaning and the bush administration
is totally fascist and the gop reichwingneocons are in there with bush/cheney.
and if you mean “anything bad” = bushco, then you are correct.

L.A. Confidential @ 33:

Oh check this one out.

WASHINGTON - Cindy McCain says she will never make her tax returns public even if her husband wins the White House and she becomes the first lady.

“You know, my husband and I have been married 28 years and we have filed separate tax returns for 28 years. This is a privacy issue. My husband is the candidate,” Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain, said in an interview