Who are these people and where did they come from? Developing minds want to know

[babylonsister]

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/7753

Who are these people and where did they come from? Developing minds want to know.
by Mark Drolette | May 29 2007 - 8:27am

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One shudders to think what unspeakable atrocity Bushco would have to perpetrate to finally get these Neanderthals’ disapproval. So we don’t waste unnecessary time pondering, here’s the answer: there is none. If the wiping out by Bush, Cheney and the rest of their despicable ilk of 655,000+ human beings (in addition to three thousand Americans x two) solely to pursue more power and wealth won’t convince them, then nothing will.

Yes, I know: the most consolidated, tightly-controlled media in U.S. history are a Goebbels wet dream and have done a bang-up job of dishing disinformation for many years now, thereby brainwashing tens of millions of Americans into endorsing the next purely-for-profit war with constant barrages of patriotic pablum, dulling their already dull minds to the effects of real violence by constant desensitization, assigning the ever-needed enemy brown faces and a false and threatening religion while the entire time conditioning their stunted psyches from day one to pursue the holy grail continuously held high by their fascistic masters: the attainment of self-worth through mindless consumerism.

Even so, ask yourself: Don’t you have an inner alarm, a gut feeling, a sudden jet of hot gas shooting painfully up your esophagus (though that could be the pepperoni pizza you ill-advisedly just had) -- an innate something, for crying out loud -- that alerts you when there’s trouble afoot?

Well, of course you do, because, being the intelligent, aware and clear-thinking individual you are -- one who has extremely good taste in columnists, too, I might add (yes, I am shameless) -- you instinctively know when someone is trying to pull the wool over your eyes.

You also have known from the beginning that Bush and crew are so obvious they don’t even bother with the shearing first and just toss the whole damn sheep at you (insert own GOP/ovine joke here).

For that staunch thirty-three percent of Bush lovers, however, it never flockin’ registers. They don’t see it, they don’t hear it, they don’t get it and they never will. The disconnect is breathtaking.

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[BlueJazz]

1. I've got about 10 European friends that I regularly communicate with and...

...they tell me that everyone THEY know and everyone THEIR friends know, think Bush is
the worst ruler in decades.
I wonder how many folks, here, can say that...

To be fair though, A lot of it has to do with the "more honest" Media across the sea.

[1620rock]

2. Funny...none of these people seem eager to enlist.

[zalinda]

3. Some people just don't pay attention

I am always amazed at people who say they aren't political, they really mean it. They don't vote, they don't even think about it. If they lose their job, they'll go get another one, and not see the bigger picture at all. If they can't find a job, then it "may" be governments fault, because ALL politicians are crooked. But there are truly people out there who never, never think about government. They don't even think about government when they go and apply for food stamps or unemployment benefits. These things are just here and it's always been here and so I'm using them when I need them.

I am constantly amazed at how many people just walk through life and never notice anything around them.

zalinda