This is a series that's been running in Daily Kos, of which four parts have appeared so far, apparently with more to come.
There are numerous hyperlinks in the original. The author rejects the term "fascism," preferring the clumsy "bush authoritarianism." Vaquero says it's got to be "bushismo", which says the same thing, but comes more trippingly from the tongue and with fewer keystrokes.
What is most interesting in some ways that comes out of this series is how it links blackwater with amway. yes.
The series really doesn't hit its stride until part 3, getting to the "prosperity gospel" -- god wants you to be rich . . . that is muchly part of blackwater prince's doctrine.
From part 1:
[ ...the essence of fascist states, the binding characteristic that existed in all fascist system, was that the state was supreme, or at least had primacy over all other institutions. A company like Blackwater, which takes money from federal tax revenues and provides military services for profit would most likely not exist in a fascist system. Instead, Blackwater represents the extension of a highly authoritarian force that’s an extension of the government, but it exists to turn a profit, and is ultimately not accountable to the federal government. Thus, there’s a form of plunder in which the state exists not to embody a national essence or nationalist strivings, not as a product of laws, but as a means of transferring wealth from the citizens to corporations and individuals largely free of the oversight to which citizens and elected officials are supposed to be able to exercise over government employees and the agencies of the federal government.
I will name this new system Bush Authoritarianism, although George W. Bush is not it’s originator and probably could not describe it with much coherence. In fact, it’s not a coherent ideology as much as a hodge-podge of ideas and movements that have been grafted together, mostly out of political expedience (primarily the need to secure financial and electoral support), greed, and zealotry. Most of these trends pre-date the ascension to the Presidency of George W. Bush. Some of these characteristics explain how the Bush administration came about, and others are an extension of the Bush coalition and the administration’s practice of governance. ]
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/10/7/202253/460
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/10/14/214424/81
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/10/21/202247/19
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/10/29/101446/82
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Legislation of the week: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007
With little media attention, this bill passed the house of representatives by roll call vote on October 23. 404 ayes (219 D, 185 R), 6 nays (3 D, 3 R) , 22 no-shows. It was drafted by a democrat, rep. jane harman (D-CA). It now goes to the senate.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h110-1955
Does this mean you might be arrested for playing the Rolling Stones' "Street Fightin' Man?"
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
State Dept Fall Guy Resigns Over Private Contractors
i.e. over princeblackwatermercforces.
To be expected, the story doesn't say that.
That's o.k. though.
Because plenty of other stories DO say that.
We canNOT have mercenary military forces located within our national borders.
We canNOT.
[ NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. security contractor Blackwater said on Wednesday it supports recommendations by a State Department panel to boost oversight of contractors in Iraq. ]
Do you believe this for one second?
dems and all the rest of us really need to go after this over and over and over. It is an achilles heel that just about everybody understands.
If they don't just give 'em some of those grade b toga and sandal movies to watch.
She says.
Cynically.
To be expected, the story doesn't say that.
That's o.k. though.
Because plenty of other stories DO say that.
We canNOT have mercenary military forces located within our national borders.
We canNOT.
[ NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. security contractor Blackwater said on Wednesday it supports recommendations by a State Department panel to boost oversight of contractors in Iraq. ]
Do you believe this for one second?
dems and all the rest of us really need to go after this over and over and over. It is an achilles heel that just about everybody understands.
If they don't just give 'em some of those grade b toga and sandal movies to watch.
She says.
Cynically.
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