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dixiegrrrrl

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18. Bush.....that was the time.

Wed May 16, 2018, 05:02 PM

May 2018

But Gore was smiling on tv and conceding and some of us were thinking well, maybe, we are being too alarmist.
That concern left me that very day they announced TSA program, and came up with "homeland Security" name.

Right then the alarms went off.

But, as the good Germans said, during Hitler's rise.." Well, there's a lot suddenly happening, one thing after another, new announcements and news, it is overwhelming, you just go from one happening to the next.
And besides, when you looked around, most people were not showing any alarm. Maybe some whispers here and there, but they soon disappeared under the events, and we were so busy going to work, family stuff, it was all just too much to take in."

All of that happened long before Hitler invaded his first country.

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Rebecca Solnit : the coup has already happened [View all] MBS May 2018 OP

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 May 2018 #1

Good article. Thanks for posting. Arkansas Granny May 2018 #2

Yeah, I thought so, too. n/t MBS May 2018 #3

Post coup, yes. Now they are trying to consolidate. dixiegrrrrl May 2018 #13

The message of the elimination of the cybersecurity post is troubling indeed. n/t MBS May 2018 #14

It shows a pattern where the connected dots start to make sense lunatica May 2018 #11

I wish there were more terrified people. dixiegrrrrl May 2018 #15

I just want to shake people and say, WAKE UP! MBS May 2018 #16

I am reminded of that scene in "BodySnatchers" where our hero is desperately trying to warn others dixiegrrrrl May 2018 #17

Yes, a sound reframing of our political reality. This is AFTER the coup. DemocracyMouse May 2018 #4

YES!!! n/t MBS May 2018 #6

That sums it up so well PatSeg May 2018 #5

They'll always have ignorance of the law, right???? czarjak May 2018 #19

Even with so many lawyers! PatSeg May 2018 #20

If we acknowledge a coup has taken place, then we must be willing to use the word "treason". rainin May 2018 #7

".. but we are long past the point at which it is too soon." erronis May 2018 #8

Bush.....that was the time. dixiegrrrrl May 2018 #18

Thanks - Good article. This summed it up well for me... KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #9

Look, we can do what we can do Cary May 2018 #10

Very good article Perseus May 2018 #12

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2018 #21

I'm very glad to see that it's gotten some traction. MBS May 2018 #23

I agree it's an excellent article. Uncle Joe May 2018 #24

kick Blue_Tires May 2018 #22