The core question is, are we riding the wave into an age of American Fascism, where the dreams of a Jeffersonian republic honoring the self-determination of an educated population iof citizens is steamrollered by other sorts of dreams altogether -- like being praised by Daddy for killing that nasty Saddam feller, and making lots of dough for the dynasty?

If that's the train we're on, fellas, shouldn't somebody jump for the emergency brake cord about now??

If our half-elected Pretender offered half as much real information to the Great American Public as he does rabble-rousing in one form or another, we'd all be world-class diplomats instead of dumbstruck marks for the Great American Sting operation.

I would like to add one thought: being a deer in the headlights is perfectly natural to a deer. Being unable to perceive the inconceivable is a normal human reaction. It froze good Germans at the stick on Krystallnicht, and allowed Brown Shirts to terrorize their own kind. It did the same thing to the Japanese people who were smart enough to know that war was the last hting they really wanted, but they were trained ot keep their mouths shut and respect authority. Are we now also so conditioned?

It would pay us to examine whether or not we are suffering from Bambi-meets-Big Rig syndrome. And shake ourselves out of a stilled silence before we lose the last shred of Jefferson, Paine, Adams and , yes, even Hamilton's vision of what our human existence could become if managed with decency and care.


"Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be
purchased at the price of chains and
slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! "

Regards,


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