For years my friends have considered my comparison of television imagery and recent political events as metaphors from the novel 1984 and the rise of the Third Reich foolish.
Remember Red Dawn, the beginning scene, outside the windows of a Colorado classroom, Soviet paratroopers glide silently in. As the students look on in fascination, the troops land and begin to deploy. The problem was, I could see this happening.
“Today Americans would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow they will be grateful. This is especially true if they were told there was an outside threat from beyond, whether real or promulgated, that threatened our very existence. It is then that all peoples of the world will plead with world leaders to deliver them from this evil. The one thing every man fears is the unknown. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well being granted to them by their world government.” — Henry Kissinger speaking at Evian, France, May 21, 1992 Bilderburgers meeting. Kissinger was unaware that his speech was taped by a Swiss delegate to the meeting.
Consider these statements:
“The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.”
“To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists, for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve.”
The first is Hitler’s right hand man, Hermann Goering at his war crimes trial giving details on how he and his fellow Nazis hijacked Germany’s democratic government. The second is Bush’s right hand man, John Ashcroft, defending the Patriot Act and explaining why dissent is unacceptable in the age of terrorism.
Hitler requested temporary extraordinary powers, powers specifically banned under German law. Hitler claimed he needed The Enabling Act (Ermchtigungsgesetz ) in order to deal with the “terrorists The temporary powers were granted, and once allowed lasted until Germany itself was destroyed. Here in America we now have the Patriot Act.
Well, ok, this is alright, after all our Presidents term in office is up in a view years. Well, not so fast, bills have already been introduced and deferred to sub committee.
Here are the links to HJ Res24 and HJ Res9
I am not saying that our President is a Hitler or a Nazi, rather, strange things are happening and I wonder how many are paying attention. Notice all backdrop imagery used when our government officials speak, there are lots of flags, emblems, and messages behind them.
Ummmm . . . Anytime we ignore history, it can repeat itself.
