A bloodless coup in AmericaThu Sep 15, 2005 06:2364.140.158.86
A bloodless coup in America
by Carol Rawle, Unknown News
June 28, 2005
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Sitting in front of our televisions, watching the latest bloody overthrow of some government in a far-off land on the evening news, most Americans are complacently smug that we are guaranteed such a thing could never happen here. Do we not have the greatest democracy in the history of the world with a strong constitution and carefully balanced branches of government? Besides, it'd be unthinkable for some extremist bunch of crazed zealots to storm the capitol and stage a forced takeover of our government.
But that's exactly what is taking place under our very noses, only minus the blood and violence.
After carefully laying the groundwork over a period of years, a radical wing of the Republican party is now in the process of pulling off a bloodless coup. Their mission, which has been quietly in progress over the past five years, is to steal complete and permanent control of the United States government.
By systematic and ruthless intimidation, sometimes by threatening to ruin the careers of those who dare to follow their own conscience, these radicals have succeeded in forcing most Republicans in Congress to march in lockstep with their plan. By intimidation and control of the mainstream media, and careful but insidious manipulation of the American public, they have managed to divert attention away from what they are up to. And by subverting and controlling the election process, they have come very close to infiltrating every level of government in the United States from school boards to the presidency.
Slowly but surely, policy and laws are being enacted to curtail freedoms we've always taken for granted, such as freedom of speech and personal property rights. We now have "free-speech zones" which "protect" politicians from ever being exposed to dissidents and protestors, and soon, if you choose to symbolically burn the American flag inside one of these zones, you will be immediately arrested. In some cases, people been turned in to law enforcement and even the FBI for being overheard by their neighbors speaking negatively about the president. And now, thanks to a decree by the U.S. Supreme Court, local governments may now legally seize your property to turn over to private developers for "economic development." Is the highest court of the nation on our side or the side of politicians and big business? That's a rhetorical question.
Of extremely serious concern are the laws being introduced and passed that are gradually concentrating the majority of governmental power in the Executive branch, slowly relegating the other branches to the role of doing the bidding of the president. The White House has been pushing for lifetime appointments of radical right-wing judges, in order to be assured that the Judicial branch will be dominated by those who will rubber-stamp whatever the White House wants to do. The Legislative branch is already there. This virtually assures that the White House will never be held to account for anything, no matter how illegal.
If there remains any doubt whatsoever that this bloodless coup is indeed taking place, that these self-serving radical ideologues are, in fact, attempting a permanent takeover of this great nation of ours, consider a bill -- HJ Res. 24 -- that was introduced in February, 2005, to repeal Article 22 of the U.S. Constitution, calling for the elimination of the two-term limit for the presidency. If this passes, it will all but insure that the president will rule for life.
You argue that we still have free elections? Think again. Florida and Ohio were proving-grounds for the wonder of computer voting and being able to engineer the outcome of an election.
So how is this more than just partisan majority politics? Just ask yourself these questions:
* Does this current United States government represent all that you have ever believed to be good and right about our nation?
* Is kidnapping people off the streets in foreign countries by our CIA and sending them off to other foreign countries to be tortured something that America stands for?
* Is permitting depleted uranium to be used in the manufacture of munitions that cause sickness and birth defects in the people they are used against as well as our own soldiers something America stands for?
* Is forcing religion into politics and into our laws so as to make all but one religious doctrine seem unpopular and even wrong something American stands for?
* Is bombing countries to smithereens who have not threatened us something America stands for?
* Is lavishing huge tax breaks on the richest citizens while health-care programs for the poorest children are all but eliminated something America stands for?
When our government no longer represents all of its citizens, but instead represents only the interests of big corporations as well as the very wealthiest in the land at the expense of the rest of us, then this is no longer the America of the people, by the people. It is a fascist regime.
Has it gone too far? Is it too late to rescue our democracy from this brink of disaster before we fall off the cliff into totalitarianism? I don't think so. After all, there are only a few of them, and millions of us Americans who love our country.
But what can we do? The answer is something so simple but at the same time not easy to do. We each need to speak the truth, despite our leaders trying to force us into thinking it's unpatriotic and un-American just because this happens to be a time of war. Saying the truth about what is wrong about our government is the most patriotic thing an American can do.
* If you believe the president is wrong, say so.
* If you believe war against people who haven't threatened us is immoral, say so.
* If you believe that shooting at enemy ambulances and blowing up their hospitals is not a noble way to fight a war, say so.
* If you believe that torturing prisoners in our custody is sadistic and wrong, say so.
* If you believe that denying any group of citizens in our society basic human rights is un-American, say so.
* If you believe that one small segment of society imposing their religious beliefs on the rest of us, in the process preventing the advancement of science that could cure the scourge of disease, is wrong and defies common sense, say so.
* If you believe that our government is wrong in protecting big corporations at the expense of the well-being of individuals, speak up and say so.
A hostile takeover of the United States government is underway, and it's happening from inside the capitol. But you don't need to join the resistance that, no doubt, will soon be marching on Washington. No arms need to be taken up, and no blood needs to be shed. All that needs to happen is for each one of us to stand up, right here, right now -- stand up for what is right, and dare to speak the truth. It won't be the whimper of one voice, but the roar of many that finally topples this unholy gang of thugs who want to steal America from us.
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