Fed Up With Cowardice and Duplicity

[babylonsister]

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rowan_wo_070929_fed_up_with_cowardic.htm

Fed Up With Cowardice and Duplicity

by Rowan Wolf

I am fed up and more than ticked off by most of the Congress and by the Democratic Presidential candidates. Remember the expansion of the Bush's illegal wiretapping? Remember the temporary expansion of the FISA extension than Representative Harman was passed based on hyped security threats? WHY are the Democrats passing these attacks on civil liberties and Constitutional protections?

This just makes my jaws ache. For our elected representatives, and in particular the Democrats, to vote for these things is not an issue of "fear." If they are willing to destroy our rights because they are "afraid," then one must assume that they actually believe that Constitutional abridgements are "necessary" for our security. Bull. A total surveillance society (in other words not the one we thought we were living in) is not safer, and it certainly does not have the wall of privacy that is needed for a free citizenry.

While I appreciate Harman stepping up and speaking about this, it is just pure cowardice that our elected representatives would throw away our Constitution because they were scared. Apparently, that was a fairly self-serving fear, because the "hyped" threats were to Congress. COWARDS and fools.

How many times can the administration lie, deceive, obscure, cherry pick, and "hype" before the Dems wake up? What ever happened to "Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me?"

Or how about the Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007 that passed the House on September 25, 2007? That is the bill to declare Iran's Revolutionary Guard (their military) a terrorist organization. Excuse me? We want to declare a government's military as a terrorist organization? Seems to me that the U.S. is on very shaky ground there. What about the School of the Americas now known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation? You remember SOA is the one that trains Latin American military and police in torture, supression of "insurgency" and other means of controlling an "unruly" population? Since this is part of our military, should it be considered a terrorist organization? Or what about the CIA? The U.S. has an fairly long list of "helping" certain factions to power, arming "insurgents" to overthrow their government, etc. In fact, the U.S. has been aiding "dissidents" inside Iran to take over that government. Sounds like any of those might make the U.S. ripe for claims that we are state sponsors of terrorism. In fact, we are even arming and training "insurgents" (or those formerly labeled "insurgents") in Iraq.

The list could go on and on, but I'll just add one more that sticks in my craw - the hyped indignation about MoveOn.org's ad prior to the Petreaus report. What pray tell happened to free speech? Why are our elected representatives taking time to "condemn" free speech? Why did they not do the same for Max Cleland, John Kerry, or John McCain. Shall we really get into personal attacks and defamation of character? Yet a number of Democrats in both the House and the Senate somehow felt they need to spend time and breath on some sort of display of false patriotism.

I am tired of the cowardice of Congress. I am tired of Democrats supposedly taking a stand while too many seem to be voting right in lock step with the Republicans. I am tired of excuses that are totally off the point. They can all - Dems and Republicans - start representing us, or they can get the hell out of Washington. That same message needs to be sent loud and clear to the Presidential candidates. We (and by that I mean the almost 75% of citizens of the United States) do not want more of what we have seen and experienced for the last seven years.

[Mme. Defarge]

1. Another zinger.

You go girl!

[Benhurst]

2. Recommended #8

:kick:

[ixion]

3. kicked and recommended

for the Truth! :patriot:

[tom_paine]

4. K & R for the sad truth

[Joanne98]

5. I hope they're readin all of this! kr

[tbyg52]

7. Doubt it. That's part of the problem. nt

[Totally Committed]

6. K & R for the sad, but honest truth of it.

What a disgrace.

TC

[acmavm]

8. Who said 'cowards die a thousand deaths, the brave only die once'

or something to that effect? Because if the cowards in Washington are so afraid, they need to get the hell out of the halls of power and go hide somewhere. Let someone who isn't so gutless and weak take their place.

[reprobate]

9. babylonsister, I love you for your mind. Running the risk of beating a dead horse,

I'll just point out the connection between corporate election money and the way those who are supposed to protect our rights and vote in our interest actually do vote. There IS a movement among activists in the states to bring state financing to the offices that represent the states (Federal House and Senate), tho I'm not sure how far that has gotten by now.

As far as interference in Latin American affairs is concerned, I was amazed, tho not surprised to learn that we - The United States of America - a democracy, has invaded Latin American nations fifty two times since 1898. That's 'boots on the ground' American troops with guns, invading sovereign nations. Remind you of anything we're currently armpit deep in?

Each of those fifty two times of extending our military power was either to aid an American corporation or two depose a 'dictator' who was limiting American corporate profits in favor of his own citizens. Most of these were initiated by CIA or it's predecessors.

It seems to me that anyone who believes we are, or have been for at least a century, a democracy has swallowed the coolaid that the Masters have fed us. Everything in this country is, was, and always will be determined by those with the money. Kinda reminds me of something my Father told me way back in the mid fifties, and I quote: "Everything done in this state (Florida) is determined by the Real Estate industry". That, in fact is still true today. By extension it certainly applies to the nation, tho the industries in control are not just Real Estate, but any with large sums of money to bribe .....sorry, to contribute to the campaigns of....legislators.

Personally, I see little hop of change in the near future. Although, with the bushites in control as now, the economy may just implode as in the Great Depression. Should that happen I could see corporations becoming so weakened that they lose control of government and a new FDR steps into control. Or a new Hitler, and that's the danger.

OR.....insurrection. Damn, didn't I see a video game based on just that scenario?