The Classic Bush/Hitler piece: "When Democracy Failed.." by Thom Hartmann

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Tue Jan-06-04 09:14 PM
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The Classic Bush/Hitler piece: "When Democracy Failed.." by Thom Hartmann

Edited on Tue Jan-06-04 09:55 PM by TruthIsAll

Spread this far and wide. This will be an education in past and current history for those who have been dumbed-down by the Bush/Rove whoremedia.

The fact that the people have consistently been lied to, manipulated and have had the truth hidden from them is proof enough: Nazism is Fascism is BushCo. Only an ostrich or tutu Democrats do not see it.

"A dictatorship would be a lot easier if I was the dictator"
Thank you, SCOTUS..

"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and those are the ones you have to focus on"
Thank you, Whoremedia..

"There should be limits to freedom"
Thank you, Ashcroft..

"Who cares what you think"
Thank you, Diebold..

- George W. Bush, convicted by his own words.

http://www.geocities.com/puhleeze_puhleeze/heilbush.html

When Democracy Failed:

The Warnings of History
by Thom Hartmann

The 70th anniversary wasn't noticed in the United States, and was barely reported in the corporate media. But the Germans remembered well that fateful day seventy years ago - February 27, 1933. They commemorated the anniversary by joining in demonstrations for peace that mobilized citizens all across the world.

It started when the government, in the midst of a worldwide economic crisis, received reports of an imminent terrorist attack. A foreign ideologue had launched feeble attacks on a few famous buildings, but the media largely ignored his relatively small efforts. The intelligence services knew, however, that the odds were he would eventually succeed. (Historians are still arguing whether or not rogue elements in the intelligence service helped the terrorist; the most recent research implies they did not.)

But the warnings of investigators were ignored at the highest levels , in part because the government was distracted; the man who claimed to be the nation's leader had not been elected by a majority vote and the majority of citizens claimed he had no right to the powers he coveted. He was a simpleton, some said, a cartoon character of a man who saw things in black-and-white terms and didn't have the intellect to understand the subtleties of running a nation in a complex and internationalist world. His coarse use of language - reflecting his political roots in a southernmost state - and his simplistic and often-inflammatory nationalistic rhetoric offended the aristocrats, foreign leaders, and the well-educated elite in the government and media. And, as a young man, he'd joined a secret society with an occult-sounding name and bizarre initiation rituals that involved skulls and human bones.

Nonetheless, he knew the terrorist was going to strike (although he didn't know where or when), and he had already considered his response. When an aide brought him word that the nation's most prestigious building was ablaze, he verified it was the terrorist who had struck and then rushed to the scene and called a press conference.

More. Much, much more..