Dark Age Dawning
The so-called Dark Age began with the collapse of the Roman Empire in the 6th century. There was no more Pax Romana and no more Roman civil code. Disorder and civil strife resulted until people organized under various chiefs, petty kings, dukes etc., until the feudal system emerged. The new dark age that some people see coming will not be a result of the American Empire crumbling - this empire has a long way to go yet - but from the crumbling of American democracy.
There are large forces at work to subvert democracy. The most visible culprits are Bush, Cheney and their fellow thugs, who have made no secret of their desire to run the world as they see fit. They have the economic muscle and the guns, and as far as they're concerned we can all eat cake. (The reader can use his/her imagination to substitute another four letter word for cake.) They are truly brazen in this regard. Bush has let it be known that he will only obey laws that suit his purpose, all in the name of security of course. The Constitution is not worth the paper it's printed on. Their allies in the corporate world own the media which prints and shows only what they want the public to know. An instance of this is the media silence on the address by Stephen Colbert at the recent White House Correspondents' Dinner. It was a lash at Bush and at the toady media and was itself a most newsworthy event. Bush was furious and the press dutifully ignored it. The New York Times famous banner "All the news that's fit to print" should read "all that we see fit to print".
Those who look to the Democrats to save America are losing heart. These toadies have readily approved the most vile of Bush's appointments to the Supreme Court and elsewhere. Many people are wondering where they can turn. The November elections are a source of hope but no one is betting the farm on it. There is even speculation that the elections will be "postponed" due to some arranged crisis. I hardly think so, but the speculation alone is a sign. And if the Dems win control of Congress, what then? Will they continue to play dead?
Woe to America. Woe to the world.
The so-called Dark Age began with the collapse of the Roman Empire in the 6th century. There was no more Pax Romana and no more Roman civil code. Disorder and civil strife resulted until people organized under various chiefs, petty kings, dukes etc., until the feudal system emerged. The new dark age that some people see coming will not be a result of the American Empire crumbling - this empire has a long way to go yet - but from the crumbling of American democracy.
There are large forces at work to subvert democracy. The most visible culprits are Bush, Cheney and their fellow thugs, who have made no secret of their desire to run the world as they see fit. They have the economic muscle and the guns, and as far as they're concerned we can all eat cake. (The reader can use his/her imagination to substitute another four letter word for cake.) They are truly brazen in this regard. Bush has let it be known that he will only obey laws that suit his purpose, all in the name of security of course. The Constitution is not worth the paper it's printed on. Their allies in the corporate world own the media which prints and shows only what they want the public to know. An instance of this is the media silence on the address by Stephen Colbert at the recent White House Correspondents' Dinner. It was a lash at Bush and at the toady media and was itself a most newsworthy event. Bush was furious and the press dutifully ignored it. The New York Times famous banner "All the news that's fit to print" should read "all that we see fit to print".
Those who look to the Democrats to save America are losing heart. These toadies have readily approved the most vile of Bush's appointments to the Supreme Court and elsewhere. Many people are wondering where they can turn. The November elections are a source of hope but no one is betting the farm on it. There is even speculation that the elections will be "postponed" due to some arranged crisis. I hardly think so, but the speculation alone is a sign. And if the Dems win control of Congress, what then? Will they continue to play dead?
Woe to America. Woe to the world.
posted by puzzled @ 1:31 PM
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