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Laukev7:

quote:Originally posted by JanusChrist:
I wouldn't go so far as to say America is a police state in the way the USSR or Nazi Germany was. But do I feel it has the potential? Damn right I do!

Positive notes for recent times:

Ashcroft quit
Colin Powell quit
Michael Powell is quitting
Charlie Graner got 10 years for Abu Ghraib
George Bush can't run for re-election again

In a more oppresive society these things wouldn't happen. I appreciate my freedom and if worse comes to worse, I will kill for it and I will die for it. But at the same time, I'm not about to make mountains from mole hills.
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Ashcroft has been replaced by Alberto Gonzalez, who drafted the framework for Guantanamo, and is just as extremist in many respects.

The fact that Colin Powell had to resign is actually something to worry about, since he was one of the only moderates in the Bush administration.

That Michael Powell leaves the FCC doesn't mean anything. Many oppressive regimes switch people around once in a while to give an illusion of accountability. They are usually replaced with other people who arre considered more loyal.

Charlie Graner getting 10 years for Abu Ghraib is nothing but a facade. The real culprits are Donald Rumsfeld and Alberto Gonzalez, possibly with the permission of the president himself, as the memos from the ACLU have revealed.

As for George Bush, he has already violated constitutional laws by declaring an illegal war to Iraq and passing the PATRIOT Act. It is therefore not much of a stretch to expect him to consolidate more power in four years using the war on terrorism as an excuse.

The point is not that the US is like Nazi Germany in 1940, but like Nazi Germany in 1933 at its beginnings. You might want to check out the 14 characteristics of fascism by Lawrence Britt:

http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/britt_23_2.htm

JanusChrist:

quote:Originally posted by Refalm / BOB:


I've seen all Maddox pages already, but thanks. I like Maddox, except for his vegetarian, Smashing Pumpkins and 3rd Rock From The Sun (awesome comedy) bashing.
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No matter who you are, Maddox will offend everyone on at least one point.

cahult:
"I am not a crook"!

Anyone remember who said that and what party he represented?

Refalm:

quote:Originally posted by cahult:
"I am not a crook"!

Anyone remember who said that and what party he represented?
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Nixon, Republican Party.

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