America in Chains
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 12:08 pm
There is a wonderful banner (which unfortunately can't be replicated in this forum) from an article called There's No Such Thing As Goodminton by L. Neil Smith, sci-fi author of "The Probability Broach" and many other books. For the whole article (and banner download) click on the link above. Here are some excerpts:
Election 2006 has come and gone, uprooting Bible-thumpers, born again warmongers, xenophobes, torturers, and homo-haters, replacing them with what will soon prove to be endless hordes of food fascists, tree huggers, Luddites, energy Nazis, anti-smokers, animal rights (but never human rights) crazies, acid rain, ozone depletion, and global warming hoaxers, Sandalistas, and gun-grabbing victim disarmament zombies.
I realize that it needed to be done, but it's a lot like having a festering wound cleaned out by maggots. Somehow I don't really feel much better. It seems that Skull & Bones still wins, no matter what we do. ...
I have an exceedingly good political memory, too, and just now, I'm remembering that every single 20th century war America fought was started by the Democrats. George Bush had his imaginary Weapons of Mass Destruction, Lyndon Johnson had his imaginary Gulf of Tonkin incident.
The only reason fewer Democrats voted for the Patriot Act without reading it than Republicans is that there were fewer of them in the House and Senate. They went along, like so many Mussolinoid rubber- stampers, with Patriot II and the outrageously anticonstitutional Military Commissions Act. What happened on Election Day will change nothing. ...
And bap!—the birdie plops over onto the other side of the court. It's a grand old racket (if you'll kindly pardon the pun) and together, the Left and the Right have been working it for more than a century.
The thing to remember in all of this is that there's really only one "major" political organization, the Boot On Your Neck party, and that when everything else is said and done, you can forget about Right and Left, socialism and fascism, conservatives and liberals, Democrats and Republicans. All that government is about, all that government's ever been about, and all that government will ever be about is simply stealing. ...
left wing socialists have two glaring weaknesses that can easily be exploited to the advantage of individual liberty.
First, they are hypocrites who have spent the past six months or so denouncing policies they will now embrace as fully as the neocons did. Will the election, across the board, of Democrats stop the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? Will it repeal the Patriot Act and subsequent legislation? Will it shut down Guantanamo and other secret prisons and put an end to the torture? Will it bring freedom and dignity back to American airports? Will it restore the Bill of Rights and the rule of law?
Do you really need me to answer those questions?
Second, left wing socialists are fundamentally cruel and inhumane. Their vaunted platform, which traditionally offers peace, love, and understanding, is a charter for promoting conflict, hatred, and bigotry.