American People: Leaving The World of Republican Myths for the World of Realities
If you have an opportunity read the current brief article in CommonDreams by Larrry Beinert author of Wag the Dog and other books. The article, "Old Myths From the Age of Idiocy (the One We're in Now) to Be Replaced by: New Truths for the Age of Reality (the One We Hope to Enter)" is a good read.
Here are just a few excerpts: "The Great Republican Disaster, from Reagan to Bush the Lesser, has been the Time of the Unreal...
"No matter how powerful a myth is, if it is essentially false, reality has certain methods fighting back. It uses Failure, If failure fails, it moves on, through Fiasco, to Disaster.
"Recently there have been signs of hope.
"Yes. Hope means Obama. He speaks of reality, whether it’s about race or a gas tax holiday.
"Let us seize the time and create New Truths, based on Reality, to replace the Old Myths based on Bullshit.
"Old Myth: 9/11 was an Act of War.
New Truth: 9/11 was a Criminal Act.
Worse, it created the wrong response. So wrong that he’s still out there. Proof that you can commit a mass murder against the United States and get away with it.
Only when we redefine it, will we be able to figure out a sane response to replace the current insanity.
"Old Myth: The War in Iraq was Not a War of Choice.
New Truth: The War in Iraq was a War of Choice.
At that point, going to war was like the police going into a man’s house to look for guns, then shooting him while he is sitting on the couch, because they couldn’t find them and were tired of looking.
Read the entire piece.
Here are just a few excerpts: "The Great Republican Disaster, from Reagan to Bush the Lesser, has been the Time of the Unreal...
"No matter how powerful a myth is, if it is essentially false, reality has certain methods fighting back. It uses Failure, If failure fails, it moves on, through Fiasco, to Disaster.
"Recently there have been signs of hope.
"Yes. Hope means Obama. He speaks of reality, whether it’s about race or a gas tax holiday.
"Let us seize the time and create New Truths, based on Reality, to replace the Old Myths based on Bullshit.
"Old Myth: 9/11 was an Act of War.
New Truth: 9/11 was a Criminal Act.
To elevate them to acts of war was to elevate him.
Worse, it created the wrong response. So wrong that he’s still out there. Proof that you can commit a mass murder against the United States and get away with it.
Only when we redefine it, will we be able to figure out a sane response to replace the current insanity.
"Old Myth: The War in Iraq was Not a War of Choice.
New Truth: The War in Iraq was a War of Choice.
Even if someone actually believed that Saddam Hussein was a dangerous man with weapons of mass destruction, the problem was solved the moment that the weapons inspectors got full access to all sites in Iraq.
At that point, going to war was like the police going into a man’s house to look for guns, then shooting him while he is sitting on the couch, because they couldn’t find them and were tired of looking.
"Old Myth: If We Leave Iraq, Chaos Will Ensue.
New Truth: Iraq is Now in Chaos.
George Bush, and his gang, created the chaos. They applied everything they believed in — force as foreign policy, that the whole world wants to be like us, free marketeering, no government, crony appointments — to Iraq. It demonstrates the bankruptcy of their entire theology.New Truth: Iraq is Now in Chaos.
"Old Myth: All Regulation is Bad. Remove Regulation and the Free Markets Will Make Everything Better.
New Truth: An Economy Without Regulations is like a Baseball Game Without Umpires.
New Truth: An Economy Without Regulations is like a Baseball Game Without Umpires.
The cheaters take over and chaos ensues."
Read the entire piece.
Posted by Kaz at 6/5/2008 3:48 PM 
Categories: Republicans, Global Engagement, Events and Premieres, Foreign Policy, Iraq, Repuglicans
Categories: Republicans, Global Engagement, Events and Premieres, Foreign Policy, Iraq, Repuglicans
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