We Must Stand Against This "New World Order"; The Threat is Real

[babylonsister]

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/7979

We Must Stand Against This "New World Order"; The Threat is Real
by Timothy Gatto | Jun 8 2007


All of us in this country are finally starting to realize that George W. Bush and his right wing, corporate controlled, allies with their grandiose view of military dominance but not backed up by any actual military experience has brought this nation to what can only be described as the lowest point in our history. At no other time since we became an independent nation have we been so reviled by the people of the world. Americans themselves are ashamed of their own country except for the quarter of our population that believe America can do no wrong, if for no other reason than that we are America. This is the 25% that are ethno-centric, or people that don’t bother to actually read anything besides their local paper and have their televisions permanently pegged to FOX News. My country right or wrong, my country, is the mantra of these people. They can be found in China, Russia, Germany, England, Iraq, Iran …any country. Sometimes they are called patriots, sometimes extremists; it all depends on who is doing the reporting.

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We as Americans, have a tremendous job in front of us. This “New World Order” that has actually emerged from the shadows and proved itself to be a real and tangible threat to our system of representative Democracy comes wrapped in names like “The Project for a New American Century” and the “American Enterprise Institute” , “Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies”, “People For the American Way Foundation”, “Centre for Policy Studies” and the “American Enterprise Institute” to name a few, are the reason that the right wing can influence so many trusting citizens to their ultra right causes, while we on the progressive left usually work independently, favoring independent thought over “groupthink” dogma.

The basic principle that we must all learn to embrace is that there are shades of difference on the left and to learn to live with that difference. We must unite in a solid front and look at the larger, more important issues that are facing us. These issues, the gutting of the Constitution, pre-emptive war, the new imperialism, the class war between the haves and have-nots, the racism and the hatred of alternative lifestyles by the right, the weakening of Roe Vs. Wade, the actuality of the people in our nation with no health insurance, the turning of backs on New Orleans, these are the things we should be fighting for.

We are living in a nation that is in crisis. We cannot afford at this juncture to become side-tracked by minor differences of opinion. At this particular point the Democrats have a real chance to seize power from the right. No other party has that power at this particular moment. We all would like to find that perfect candidate that will be a true humanitarian, a person with a sense of vision, and a track record that bears that out. The trouble with this scenario is that there isn’t anyone like that who could win the nomination, or if they ran as an independent could get the monetary backing and the public support to win the Presidency. I believe that today, this is fact. It might not be fact in the future, but today it is fact.

So what are we to do to counter what has taken place in the time that the ultra right captured the White House and brought us to where we are today? The only choice we have is to support those people in Congress and in the Senate that oppose this President. In the near future, all we can do is to support the person that you believe will undo what the ultra right has done, and who can get enough support to be elected. We must also work to get those of a progressive bent into Congress as Representatives and Senators. We must rebuke all of those people that enabled the right to bring us where we are today. That doesn’t mean fighting with other progressives and liberals on minor issues, it means standing together in a united front.

As I see things, this is our only choice. This is not something we are going to achieve in two years; it will take a long time to put this nation back on track. When we have stopped this march toward corporate dictatorship, and put the nation on a firm course of real representation for all Americans, then we can argue the finer points. Until then, we must stand together and destroy the beast that the right has turned loose upon the world.

[blm]

1. Poppy Bush used the words New World Order publicly over 40 times and

yet some corporatist Democrats try to tell us that we are conspiracy theorists for pointing out the longrange plans and goals, some of which have already been met, thanks to the free pass Poppy Bush was given upon leaving office.

And still gets from his close allies who call themselves Democrats.


http://consortiumnews.com/2006/111106.html

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. So right, unfortunately.

Those of us on the progressive left would gladly ally ourselves with the moderates and centrists of the party, only those moderates and centrists continually deny the problem exists and claim it is all the product of the radical lefts' fevered imaginations.

Even after we have been proved right, time after time after time.

For fear of being called commies, the centrists allow the far right to continue their abuses. So what are we to do?

[BlackHawk706867]

2. That is a great and truthfully article... I think many of us here are guilty of

fighting among st ourselves on DU on many occasions... (By my posts, I certainly know I am and will try to refrain in the future). We really have but one choice, and that choice is to defeat the current Administration and take back power of this great nation.

ww

[blm]

4. I think it's important for us to weed out the Dems who also believe in New World Order

and have helped the Bushes along the way to share in that immense power.

And we shouldn't be too chicken to take them on and expose them, too, for ANY reason.