George Orwell wrote: "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." Here and now, in the first years of the 21st century, we are living through the quintessential age of deceit. The telling of lies to the American people has become ubiquitous.
The conspiracy between Corporate America and our elected government views American citizens as adversaries to be suppressed through deceit.
Their untruths, aided and abetted by their public relations firm, the mainstream press, span such alarming flashpoints as taking us to war for oil, infringing on our personal liberties by invoking the usual cliche about national security, outing a CIA undercover agent and endangering the lives of her associates in the field in order to seek revenge, inventing esoteric over-the-counter derivatives that threaten the world's financial system and then bailing out those who should be behind bars. I could go on forever.
Each morning "W" wakes up unimpeached and Wall Street goes through another day "unindicted," it is a victory for the status quo over civil disobedience and for lies over truth. When will the American people wake up and take back their country? It won't be long before their savings, if they have any, are inflated away and their promised retirement becomes a nightmare. You don't create billions of paper dollars out of thin air to bail out your pals on Wall Street without there being dire consequences.
Although there are reports that sightings have been made of individuals actually thinking for themselves and not accepting the spin spood-fed to them by the press, complacency still rules the day. Put on your helmets, folks; there are more shoes to drop. Lies and deceit have consequences.
06/04/2008
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