Ahhh, 'Crimes of Aspiration' indeed, behold the omnipetence and power of
'we the peopl , er, of government nepotism for and by lawyers and the elite.
Associated Press: Gov't Break a Law? Change It
The White House is nearing an agreement with Congress on legislation that would write President Bush's warrantless surveillance program into law, the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman said Sunday.
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Lets never forget all this is legal, or is it? And quite endemic to the New xAmerica, BU$H's America. Also never forget these are mobile truth's.
Let's be clear: American fascism, if it comes will be in a different form, is not likely to come in the form of a charismatic leader pulling the political wool over the eyes of right-thinking Americans - for that, the common sense of most American citizens will do just fine in beating it back. But it is likely to come in the form of denigrated civil liberties in the face of governmental and corporate absolutism, coupled with expanded militarism, a structured class system, and an alienated, psychologically disenfranchised citizenry, among other characteristics. The day is hardly likely to come, then, when American jackboots parade down Main Street, but certainly could arrive in the light of day in no knock entries, National Security gagg letters and detainment without charge when that all government policy is centered on "national security" issues as defined by a narrow set of corporate self-interests and ideological perceptions about foreign and domestic policy, complete without any true recourse by the citizenry.
The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news and the courts to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power.
Mobile truth's,' or the reinterpretation of events law(revisionist history)etc.., a common feature on the Internet and in zealous internal political manuvering , of idealized (read: ideology) politics with no recourse by citizens which is increasingly becoming an entry point into the more conventional media; and everyday governing. A form of Psyops in support of operations, including spin control, after action reports, or informative accounts when the media the courts and public good is controlled by intelligence and law enforcement(read dept. of Justice) without asking the people;
Mobile truth: in the absence of public facts or lawful knowledge, these things are done in semi secret to cover your ass. As usual, everyone's favorite pet suspect emerges as justification--terrorists, National security.
" Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal. "
H.L. Mencken
"The government will make use of these powers only insofar as they are essential for carrying out vitally necessary measures...The number of cases in which an internal necessity exists for having recourse to such a law is in itself a limited one."
~Adolf Hitler