I think that we are now suffering the labor pains signaling the birth of a new form of government. Since many years ago, we have begun to lean further and further towards a state which condones the notion that the 'people' are to be 'handled' with deception in mind. Secret dealings which empower corporate entities versus private citizens. Consolidation of means of communication, criminalization of activities which threaten private economic activities basely exploiting the human condition. Threat of 'disappearance' and 'torture'. Adamant 'leaders' thrust into our lives which we are taught to love or hate - most of them telling us to go back to our little lives and consume. Dissenters humiliated or scandalized. Facts obtained by publicly funded means hidden for all time. Laws which now make you guilty until proven innocent. Federal law enforcement serving corporate interests full-time. Wholesale restructuring of formerly public agencies with new mission statements changing the focus to serve 'security' concerns. FEMA building 'holding camps' all over the country while privately held prison contractors drool over the prospect of more wealth. Money issuance by fiat, our country using ALL income taxes to cover interest on the debt incurred for expenses NO CITIZEN voted for. We slip closer and closer to losing national sovereignty as moneylenders construct new profit schemes made available by economic manipulation on an international scale. No one seems to want the citizens to be educated anymore, only entertained. We are rife with a kind of proto-fascism here now. Freedom is shrinking - even within our own homes. And still the owners are not content. Still, they pursue absolute control. We need help, badly.
Slow down, saying that the creation of the DHS was a response to the horror of 9/11 is a terrible mistake! The creation of the DHS was a victory for a group of wealthy businessmen who reaped a lot of monetary benefit from the knee jerk reaction of a nation wounded. These things are often confused for some high-minded altruistic effort for the good of the population, I say guess again. THE ENTIRE DHS EPISODE OF OUR GOVERNMENT WAS/IS A COMPLETE DEBACLE! It was misconceived/misbegotten, ill planned, poorly executed, by people who were more concerned with the ends rather than the means. It appears to have been mostly a bold-faced marketing stunt to open a huge security/defense-contractor window of opportunity. I hate that our country (and media) is nearly all business-minded. History will bear me out. See you in 20 years.
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I think that we are now suffering the labor pains signaling the birth of a new form of government. Since many years ago, we have begun to lean further and further towards a state which condones the notion that the 'people' are to be 'handled' with deception in mind. Secret dealings which empower corporate entities versus private citizens. Consolidation of means of communication, criminalization of activities which threaten private economic activities basely exploiting the human condition. Threat of 'disappearance' and 'torture'. Adamant 'leaders' thrust into our lives which we are taught to love or hate - most of them telling us to go back to our little lives and consume. Dissenters humiliated or scandalized. Facts obtained by publicly funded means hidden for all time. Laws which now make you guilty until proven innocent. Federal law enforcement serving corporate interests full-time. Wholesale restructuring of formerly public agencies with new mission statements changing the focus to serve 'security' concerns. FEMA building 'holding camps' all over the country while privately held prison contractors drool over the prospect of more wealth. Money issuance by fiat, our country using ALL income taxes to cover interest on the debt incurred for expenses NO CITIZEN voted for. We slip closer and closer to losing national sovereignty as moneylenders construct new profit schemes made available by economic manipulation on an international scale. No one seems to want the citizens to be educated anymore, only entertained. We are rife with a kind of proto-fascism here now. Freedom is shrinking - even within our own homes. And still the owners are not content. Still, they pursue absolute control. We need help, badly.
Slow down, saying that the creation of the DHS was a response to the horror of 9/11 is a terrible mistake! The creation of the DHS was a victory for a group of wealthy businessmen who reaped a lot of monetary benefit from the knee jerk reaction of a nation wounded. These things are often confused for some high-minded altruistic effort for the good of the population, I say guess again. THE ENTIRE DHS EPISODE OF OUR GOVERNMENT WAS/IS A COMPLETE DEBACLE! It was misconceived/misbegotten, ill planned, poorly executed, by people who were more concerned with the ends rather than the means. It appears to have been mostly a bold-faced marketing stunt to open a huge security/defense-contractor window of opportunity. I hate that our country (and media) is nearly all business-minded. History will bear me out. See you in 20 years.