I was awakened and inspired today by two DUers, Protagoras "Outing myself as a Conservative" and LynnTheDem "The Case of the Missing US Media Headlines."
I finally realized the source of a ceaseless sensation of loss combined with danger, a sensation that began on the morning of December 9th, 2000 and was amplified significantly in the wee hours of November 3rd, 2004.
I realized that the source of those sensations is the reality that "America" is gone. I am now identified, internationally, as a citizen of an imperialistic, criminal, ruthless nation aggressively pursuing world domination.
It's what I think all those Democrats who stood together on the steps of the US Capitol must also know.
I now understand what it must have been like for many Germans at some point after August 2nd 1934 when they realized that "Germany" was gone.
As with the nazification of "Germany" during the years 1934 up to the beginning of WWII, since December 9, 2000 we have steadily undergone the neconification of "America."
As I responded to the 'confused and scared' Protagoras:
You awoke confused because you are in Bu$h's neoconster regime.
You are no longer in "America."
The past you describe, accurately, is the past.
You now live in a fristian-valued plutocracy that is building military installations from Tallil in Iraq, to multiple sites along the coast of Africa, to ...........
You now live in a rapidly expanding police state ....
You now live in a country that has authorized the torture of other humans, that has "detained" (aka imprisoned) countless individuals, without any form of due process, within the continental boundaries of Bu$h's regime.
You now live in Bu$h's regime.
You're not confused, you just didn't get the memo from homeland security informing you that "America" no longer exists.
We are, now, more than 4 years into the neoconification process. If we ever want to experience "America" again, we must indict and prosecute Bu$h and his fellow war criminals, NOW.
Reference links:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3685490http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3686694*CNM = Corporate News Media
Peace.
www.missionnotaccomplished.us - Be it MNA Day 3 or 8 or 15 or .... the day will come when 10s of millions of Americans and others stop their typical activities for 24 hours and urge 10 times that many to join should another MNA Day be required. On that glorious day what we once called "America" will emerge.