Power of pride. D. Mindock wrote:
> "The point of public relations slogans like "Support our troops" is that > they don't mean anything... That's the whole point of good propaganda. You > want to create a slogan that nobody's going to be against, and everybody's > going to be for. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn't mean > anything. Its crucial value is that it diverts your attention from a > question that does mean something: Do you support our policy? That's > the one > you're not allowed to talk about." > : Noam Chomsky > > = > "If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate > executives, and > owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be > secure > in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We > will > control ourselves." > : Howard Zinn, historian and author > > = > Four sorrows ... are certain to be visited on the United States. Their > cumulative effect guarantees that the U.S. will cease to resemble the > country outlined in the Constitution of 1787. > > First, there will be a state of perpetual war, leading to more terrorism > against Americans wherever they may be and a spreading reliance on nuclear > weapons among smaller nations as they try to ward off the imperial > juggernaut. > > Second is a loss of democracy and Constitutional rights as the presidency > eclipses Congress and is itself transformed from a co- equal 'executive > branch' of overnment into a military junta. > > Third is the replacement of truth by propaganda, disinformation, and the > glorification of war, power, and the military legions. > > Lastly, there is bankruptcy, as the United States pours its economic > resources into ever more grandiose military projects and shortchanges the > education, health, and safety of its citizens." > : Chalmers Johnson, Sorrows of Empire > > === > Read this newsletter online http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/ > <http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
