without screaming nazi, but who used the technique of the big lie? This is a classic example.
"Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering shrugged. "Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship." "There is one difference," I pointed out. "In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars." "Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country." Gustave Gilbert, Nuremberg Diary. Looks like their modern intellectual heirs are the republicans. larry On 7/1/05, Ken Ketsdever <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you spread the same shit long enough they'll believe it. Ask Karl > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:25 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: fun quotes > > I feel like stiring things up a but so... :) > > "If the Republicans were united on this and outspoken and > confrontational, we would be in a stronger position and speeches like > this last night would not even be necessary." > > "The president never linked Iraq to 9/11. He never linked Saddam to > 9/11. He linked Iraq to the war on terror. You know they know this. > The left just can't stand for the American people to be told it, > because it upsets their whole apple cart of defeating Bush." > > "If the left and the Clintons killed the Ed Klein book, and if there's > this huge backlash and Klein can't get on television, then who's > buying the book and who's reading the book? How can this possibly be? > How can anybody sell a book without going on the Today Show! How can > anybody sell a book without going on Good Morning America, CNN or > PMSNBC?" > > "Ah, we're back to this. There is no evidence that the US is keeping > prisoners on warships. It's simply a rumor, but the charge is so > serious that the nature of the evidence is irrelevant. We must > investigate it!" > > "Did you know that the USDA actually did an investigation into why the > tiger attacked Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy? At the end of it all, > they said, 'We don't know why the tiring attacked.' I have the answer. > It's just so overwhelmingly simple that people will reject it: A tiger > is a tiger." > > "One person within 184 square miles, and they can't find her. Maybe > Natalee Holloway was never there or this is all a stunt and a setup, > or maybe the people who say they saw her got it wrong. Maybe the > people who said she was there lied. My point is, isn't that's what > they're saying about weapons of mass destruction?" > > "They're now considering contempt lawsuits, civil lawsuits against > these journalists for putting out false information about Wen Ho Lee > from anonymous sources. I'm setting that one aside for potential use > by me down the road, folks." > > "Do you realize Chuck Hagel is upset that he's been quoted on > al-Jazeera? What does he expect? What do they expect when they go out > and talk about Iraq as a total failure and the president is lying to > people?" > > "If you can tamper with the First Amendment and come up with the folly > of McCain-Feingold it ought to tell everybody in the First Amendment > business that, hey, we're under assault." > > "The courts are now free to do as they please under a living and > breathing Constitution that's become meaningless, and if the courts > decide that journalists can't protect their sources, then that's it. > But it's kind of funny to listen to stuck pigs when they're the ones > getting stuck." > > -Rush Limbaugh > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162701 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
