How the Ship of State Became the Ship of Fools

[bemildred]

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I am sick to death of tedious debates about the conduct of the war of aggression against the people of Iraq. The "conduct" of the war is not the issue. Why we continue to stay is! Why we haven't impeached, tried, removed and imprisoned George W. Bush is! Why a grand jury has not been convened to investigate the GOP crime syndicate is! Why corporations rule the US government is! The validity of the electoral process is! Why bother going through the motions until paper trails are mandated at the polls?

I am sick to death of Congress kowtowing to a President who has the support of little more than 25 percent of the American people. Carl Jung predicted our malaise in 1957 in his "The Undiscovered Self", decrying "...apocalyptic images of universal destruction" brought on by WWII and an atomic age ushered in when the United States dropped weapons of mass destruction on two cities in Japan. In its wake, Jung was fearful that 40 percent of the population —called a "mentally stable stratum" —might not be able to keep the lid on mass psychosis; it might be unable to restrain the spread of "dangerous tendencies", presumably: fascism, fanaticism, militarism, and intolerance. Jung seems to have been less concerned with external threats. The more dangerous tendencies he feared were home grown. There are some real issues to be addressed but all have taken a back seat to punditry.

The theme of collapse seems to have reverberated around the world, now manifesting its symptoms in the scientific community’s latest dramatic reports on global warming, the issue of Peak Oil coming further out of the closet — being discussed openly in mainstream media, and the bursting of the US housing bubble that now finds 1 out of every 264 homes in the nation facing foreclosure as each day the value of the dollar decreases and the value of precious metals soars.

--The Cycle of Time

In the meantime, Democrats have failed to challenge Bush's exploitation of the ultimate strawman: terrorism. Bush owns the issue of "terrorism" even if he had to make it all up. As long as Democrats buy into the paradigm, they have no place from which to launch a counter-attack. Democrats too easily conferred legitimacy upon an illegitimate usurper, credibility when, in fact, Bush lied about everything. They are now paying the price for having played Bush's game. The spectre of terrorism has been of greater benefit to Bush than "real" terrorists who share with O.J.'s "real killers" all the characteristics of a phantom menace.

http://existentialistcowboy.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-ship-of-state-became-ship-of-fools.html

[CanonRay]

1. If you think the * Admin are fools, you are sadly mistaken

They are winning. They have won every round against the Democrats. They have us exactly where they want us, thanks to our sheep congresspersons.

[Demeter]

2. They May Be Winning Their Battles, But They Are Losing the War

for the hearts and minds of the American people. The sheep will rise when sufficiently threatened. And the uprising is starting...

[reprobate]

3. They have us where they wnat us, thanks to the evil mind of KKKarl Rove.

I see no reason why this man should not be rotting in a dark and dank dungeon somewhere while awaiting execution for treason. This evil pig has almost successfully destroyed the nation and the constitution, all for power. He has a long history of illegal acts, but has never been held to account.

But let's face the facts. Rove could not have been successful had not the Democratic leadership been so weak as to empower him. I say a pox on Pelosi and Reed, and the rest of the enablers. History will not treat them lightly. I mean the history written by those offshore. Since history is written by the winners, the history written here will genuflect to Emperor W and his regent Carl.

Too bad. America was a wonderful idea while it lasted. And Nancy, I hope you'll be happy with your place as one of the destroyers of the Noble Experiment.