--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This just shows that behind the madness there are a few good > americans. In my travels in that country I met all sorts of > weirdos and I realized what a great lie Hollywood is in > portraying the USA a populated with socalled "good people" > where the good always win and where "dad is the best dad in > the world", the main theme in the majority of films from > Hollywood.
While I agree with you about the false portrayal of America and Americans, Nabby, I feel compelled to point out that "Dad is the best Dad" is YOUR act as well. It's just that in your case, Dad is Maharishi or Benjamin Creme. You consistently go for the PR about them, while denying that the other sides of them even exist and portraying those who mention those sides as liars. > Then all of a sudden, you find yourself in an enviornment with > bright, normal people, you wonder where they all came from, and > you realize what a diversified and fragmented society it really > is. There is a swing away from the madness in that country, > which the above articles clearly shows. The power must be > retaken by the people which will not happen automatically and > without great effort. Personally, I have serious doubts about Americans' ability TO "retake" their country. I know that the French could, if they ever found themselves having to deal with something like the Cheney Cabal; they would just stage a general strike and bring the country to its knees, and keep it going until the government caved in. They've done it before, in recent times, and they'll do it again if it becomes necessary. But that requires a lot of things. First, it requires a belief that they still CAN make the government cave. I honestly don't think that most Americans have that belief any more; they feel an overwhelming sense of powerlessness. All you have to do to see this is the look at the voter turnout during important elections. Second, such actions take a certain amount of self- sacrifice, and that is the quality I find most lacking in mainstream Americans. The French aren't getting PAID during these general strikes; neither would the Amer- icans be if they staged one. But the French would find a way to keep the strike going as long as it took, making sacrifices in their lifestyles to do so. I don't see the majority of Americans even considering doing something like this anymore. They'll bitch and moan, and make awesome noises about the things they're going to do, but noise is all it is. In the end, given a takeover of the United States by a clearly authori- tarian govenment and all that entails, I see them just submitting and pretending to not notice and trying to "wait it out," exactly as they have been doing for the last seven years. I'm sorry if that pisses off some Americans on this forum or if they don't agree, but that is really my honest assessment of the situation. During the last seven years Americans have sat by passively and watched as a great number of their civil liberties and the reputation of their country has been pissed away, and all they've done is bitch and moan. I think all that they would EVER do is bitch and moan. It warms my heart when a few courageous individuals like these folks in the intelligence community stand up to the Neobrownshirts and Just Say No. But I really don't see the mainstream population of America doing so. If they started rounding up people and sending them off to concentration camps, what most people would do is change the channel and watch American Idol. Now that you've got me ranting :-), I honestly think that the best thing that could happen to America is to have OPEC switch to the Euro as the currency of oil. Without that falsity propping up the economy, its real status would be revealed and there would be a huge depression. And during a real depression, the country wouldn't have the MONEY to continue doing the things it's been doing to the world. After a few months or years of having no jobs and watching their kids go hungry, THEN Americans might do something about get- ting rid of the people who'd done this to them.
