Some Musings

As we close in on election day:

1. We are probably witnessing one of the greatest debacles for democracy in our nation’s history. This election will be known as the first under the Supreme Court’s lunacy, and monied special interests have flexed their power to unbelievable heights. Interestingly, candidates that spent their own wealth, Meg Whitless for example in California seem to be losing! But on average, special interest money had devistating effects on progressive candidates everywhere. Karl Rove, and his henchmen, were as usual very effective in fooling the American Voter using millions of dollars, some from foreign sources by the way. Money talks in American politics, especially from the radical right.

2. The middle class voter, scared, angry and poorly read, once again made a huge mistake and voted consistently against their self-interest. This will only encourage the radical right in the next election to use the same techniques to attempt to win the White House. The middle class (what is left of it), has shown no ability whatsoever to discern the B.S. that the right wing spews everyday. In short, Americans can be easily fooled and manipulated.

3. We are getting closer to fascism everyday. Some of the Tea Party and their Brown Shirt tactics, are fascist to the core by any fair analysis. America is not immune from the dangers of this radicalism. The election of 2010 proved that corporate money is more than willing to bet on a fascist agenda.

4. Government at all levels in under attack precisely at a time when government is needed the most. Corporations and Wall Street have gone “all in” to attack government regulation at all levels with mounting success. The result will be a larger gap between rich and poor and more liklihood of a real fascist movement developing in the United States. Democracy is in real trouble.

5. Stupid government is being actively advocated by the radical right. Palin is basing her Presidential bid in 2012 on “common sense over intellectuals” which means fascist theology. In Nazi Germany, intellectuals were the first jailed, books were burned, any rational thinking was attacked. This is the same approach of Palin and her henchmen. Intellectuals are called elitist, and good government is stupid government according to this approach. Of course, with the country on the brink of another Great Depression, this approach could be catastrophic. A catastrophe plays right into the fascist's hands.

6. We will be in another Depression by 2012. This will guarantee that the fascist tendencies of the Republican Party will win. The country will turn more away from democracy and more to corporate theocracy, with Palin leading the way as a Christian Fascist. She will run on a platform of common sense, and cutting government, with one hand in the pocket of the Christian fascists and the other in the pocket of big oil and corporate power. Palin has shown in her abortive career as governor definite fascist tendencies: reactionary, vindictive to a fault, non-democratic, willing to be bribed by corporate interests, theocratic; etc.

7. This may all sound far-fetched and reactionary, but these are just some of the dangers we face. If there is another successful terrorist attack, the above dangers will only accelerate toward becoming reality. America is turning hard right without any proof of external danger, I can only imagine if the terrorists get lucky again. Right now, even a minor threat, is pounced upon by the media, sensationalized, and plays right into the fascist hands. Hitler could not have asked for a better scenerio, of external threat and fear. What is very troubling to say the least, is in America we are seeing a hard veer to the right, without any external threat to speak of. This is proof that the country is ripe for a fascist takeover. And it all began in 2010!