ARTICLE SNIPPET:
"Instead, we have allowed ourselves to be kept asleep -- by the political and media systems by which public opinion is manipulated."
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I think we'll remove Irans' nuclear program by ourselves within 6 months. President Bush is not Neville Chamberlain.
And I think it will be very loud - loud enough to wake-up both the muzzies AND the USA.
That is my hope.............FRegards
LIFE DURING WARTIME
Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons
packed up and ready to go
Heard of some gravesites, out by the highway
a place where nobody knows
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance
I'm getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto
I've lived all over this town
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
this ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey
I ain't got time for that now
Transmit the message, to the receiver
hope for an answer some day
I got three passports, couple of visas
don't even know my real name
High on a hillside, trucks are loading
everything's ready to roll
I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nightime
I might not ever get home
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
this ain't no fooling around
This ain't no mudd club, or C. B. G. B.
I ain't got time for that now
Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit?
Heard about Pittsburgh, PA?
You oughta know not to stand by the window
somebody might see you up there
I got some groceries, some peanut butter
to last a couple of days
But I ain't got no speakers
ain't got no headphones
ain't got no records to play
Why stay in college? Why go to night school?
Gonna be different this time?
Can't write a letter, can't send a postcard
I can't write nothing at all
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
this ain't no fooling around
I'd love you hold you, I'd like to kiss you
I ain't got no time for that now
Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock
we blended in with the crowd
We got computers, we're tapping phone lines
I know that ain't allowed
We dress like students, we dress like housewives
or in a suit and a tie
I changed my hairstyle so many times now
don't know what I look like!
You make me shiver, I feel so tender
we make a pretty good team
Don't get exhausted, I'll do some driving
you ought to get you some sleep
Get you instructions, follow directions
then you should change your address
Maybe tomorrow, maybe the next day
whatever you think is best
Burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks?
They won't help me survive
My chest is aching, burns like a furnace
the burning keeps me alive
Try to stay healthy, physical fitness
don't want to catch no disease
Try to be careful, don't take no chances
you better watch what you say
"So I'll simply end by repeating my point: The real war hasn't even begun yet. Nothing will happen until the suffering of war reaches into the homes of the typical American. If that never happens, great. If it does, then plan now so as to be able to protect yourself, your family, and your property when everything goes to hell."
I've been saying for a while now that this "WAR" will come to our streets before we become serious about fighting it. Then, it will be up to those of us who seriously love our country to fight back.
Here's a link to some ads during WW2.
http://www.lileks.com/oldads/40s/1.html
The "new gas range" for Christmas that you WON'T get until the war is over! "Which Christmas?...What year?...Who knows? Buy War Bonds!
It's been a lonnnnng week...
...and the days are getting shorter.
War need not be a dreary, dragged our Vietnam-like nightmare. There's nothing particularly complicated about making war. You kill the enemy, destroy his ability to make war, co-opt his culture and religion, set up a puppet state in his homeland, indoctrinate his children, and keep your boot on his face until those children are old enough to take over. Then you station a garrison in each country and leave.
If the American nation were operating according to this common-sense policy, the War on Terror -- whatever that is -- would have been over by now: no more civilians getting killed by accident by our troops, no more Gitmo, no more ethnic cleansing, no more Sunni vs Shiite. If we'd reacted to September 11 like sane, awake, aware people, on September 12 we would have been at war -- REAL war. We would have cranked up the airplane, tank, and bullet factories, instituted gas rationing, sold war bonds, raised a huge army, invaded Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the small fry, crushed all resistance as quickly and brutally as necessary, and installed military governments in each for fifty years.
Bravo!