Clarke changes the Political World - Big Lie impossible With Free Speech

[Chicago Democrat]

Blessings and greetings dear fellow Democrats on this wonderful week. The arrival of the Spring Equinox and the New Moon has brought New Hope! Exactly one year after our beloved United States sinned so gravely and brazenly by making up reasons to invade a sovereign country. After one year of enduring Bush's BIG LIE.

Making up reasons to invade a country are long standing war tactics by despots throughout the ages, but they were of course perfected by the Nazis in the 1930s. Recall these tactics only worked in the 3rd Reich because the Nazis had a Propaganda Department and told the "Big Lie" and had complete control of the media. It worked because there was no freedom of speech and the Nazis literally killed their opponents and obliterated all dissent.

Blessings and Good News for America! We still have freedom of speech! We have a free press! It is so wonderful to be able to write this and know that our heritage and collective history of absolute freedom of speech has saved us from disaster. Our imperfect republic will survive only because we still respect individual freedom of expression. The Big Lie cannot work on us! We have TRUTH! And everyone recognizes it when they hear it!

Brothers and Sisters I rejoice today.

For an superb candid interview of Clarke, my favorite and most inspirational is the one conducted by the great Terry Gross. Here....

http://freshair.npr.org/day_fa.jhtml?todayDate=03/24/2004

[qb]

1. You are right - if the "BIG LIE" terminology makes it into the media

The whores at CNN will be forced to explain what it means.

[RandomKoolzip]

2. Yeah, we still got free speech....

With limitations.

We have all the power in the world to bitch and moan about how bad things are, but no power to actually change them for the better; revolution is still illegal.....

[klook]

3. 3 Priorities

communicated by the outoing Clinton administration:
- al-Qaeda
- Arab-Israeli conflict
- North Korea's nuclear weapons program

All pushed to the bottom of the list by the Bush admin.

"I don't want to just swat flies." -- George W. Bush to Condoleeza Rice, early 2001

"My impression is that the people around the president don't show him things that don't accord with their views or his views. This is not a White House that is interested in analysis, pros and cons, evaluation. They kind of have the conclusions, and they want only information that supports the conclusions. The conclusions are received wisom." -- Richard Clarke

Not exactly the kind of people I want holding my life in their hands. How about you?

[klook]

4. This IS an excellent interview

Thanks for posting the link.


“Those entrusted with protecting you failed you. And I failed you. We tried hard, but that doesn’t matter because we failed.” Clarke hugs a family member of a Sept. 11 victim after testifying before the commission.
(Reuters)

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-assess25mar25,1,689011.story?coll=la-home-headlines