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Grand Delusion: Resisting the Siren Song of Specialness
Chris Floyd
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2011-12-12 14:32:00 / Sott.net, too
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The U.S. presidential campaign is now in full swing. (In truth, it never actually ends; the savage grasping and grappling among damaged souls seeking their brief season of domination and death-dealing goes on daily without respite.) In the months to come, we will be subjected to an ever-growing, ever-roaring flood of rhetoric about the unique, unquestionable, divinely ordained goodness of America. (And how the “other side” would destroy or demean this precious moral specialness.)
This rhetoric will come both from the radical, society-shaking extremists laughingly called “conservatives” in our fun-house political system, and from the reactionary defenders of elite wealth and murderous militarism laughingly known as “progressives.” (And, of course, from the well-fed, milky mannered, comfortably numb burghers known as “centrists.”)
All Americans are marinated in this mindset from birth, and it is reinforced in them, every day, by the most powerful and pervasive media machinery in history, by enormous societal pressure, and by the dead heavy weight of tradition. Even the most hardened cynics might feel the stirrings of atavastic response to these siren songs woven into the fabric of the American psyche.
In such cases, I recommend a reading of the following two articles. They will help remind you of the reality being cloaked by the psyche-stirring, button-pushing bullshit of the grasping wretches seeking power.
The Republican-led Michigan House of Representatives is considering legislation that would prohibit public employees, such as teachers, from sending a political message using a publicly-owned email service.
Violating the law would result in a $10,000 fine for an organization, and a $1,000 fine and one-year imprisonment for an individual.
The House Oversight, Reform and Ethics Committee adopted the bill, HB 4052, by a 4 to 2 vote along party lines last week. It was first introduced by Republican state Rep. Al Pscholka in January, shortly after he was sworn in to his first term in service to the 79th House District.
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—–Ursprüngliche Nachricht—– Von: German-Foreign-Policy An: 11. September 2011 22:31 Betreff: Newsletter vom 12.09.2011 – Deutschland unantastbar (Bundesrepublik klagt in Den Haag auf “Staatenimmunität” gegen Entschädigungsforderungen von NS-Opfern) Newsletter vom 12.09.2011 – Deutschland unantastbar DEN HAAG/BERLIN (Eigener Bericht) – Begleitet von Protesten verhandelt der Internationale Gerichtshof in Den Haag diese Woche über eine Klage Deutschlands auf “Immunität” gegen Entschädigungsforderungen von NS-Opfern. Hintergrund sind Urteile der höchsten Gerichte Griechenlands und Italiens, laut denen der Rechtsnachfolger des NS-Reichs in Fällen schwerster NS-Kriegsverbrechen Entschädigungen zahlen muss. Der Versuch, die Bundesrepublik zu einer Verhandlungslösung zu bewegen, war zuvor gescheitert. Mit dem aktuellen Rechtsstreit in Den Haag will Berlin jetzt die Opfer unter Berufung auf angebliche “Staatenimmunität” zum Schweigen bringen. Gegenstand der Auseinandersetzung sind NS-Massaker an Hunderten Zivilisten, die schon in den Nürnberger Nachfolgeprozessen zur Verurteilung deutscher Kriegsverbrecher beitrugen. In der Bundesrepublik bleiben sie folgenlos – die Opfer wurden nie entschädigt, die Täter nie bestraft. Im Verlauf der Auseinandersetzungen komme es zu einer eigentümlichen Rechtsauslegung durch die internationalen Gerichte, bestätigt Rechtsanwalt Martin Klingner im Gespräch mit dieser Redaktion. Klingner vertritt Angehörige der Opfer vor Gericht. mehr http://www.german-foreign-policy.com/de/fulltext/58141
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