We Talk the Talk, Do Not Walk the Walk
Karl W B Schwarz
Frankly, if you watch that video, if anyone is out of line it is George Bush and Dick Cheney, et al.
Liz Cheney says we have to fight terrorism to the death in Iraq.
Okay, I submit that she and Dick (he has plenty of guns and knows how to shoot people), pick up arms and head right over to Baghdad and join the fray. They can take their two daughters along with them too, since they are so committed to the agenda.
For months I have been thinking about a particular way to say something and on January 25, 2007 it finally was able to come out in words.
One of the list members sent me a link regarding democracy in Australia and it rang the bell and struck the right chord to say this like it is. The author cited the work of anthropologist Ghassan Hage when he referred to Australia as a “phallic democracy” and the term fits there and it fits in America too.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/01/24/1169594360773.html
That is part of our problem in America. We are, at the government and corporate level, a pretense of a Superpower. Yes, we can level anything with Shock & Awe but we lack the diplomacy and honor and integrity to truly be leaders of this world.
The true indicator of Superpower status is Shock & Awe would not have to be used.
That is why we are losing the battle of Multipolarization because we seek to deny others the rights Americans have been taught that only they deserve and now take for granted.
We have many who have tagged and labeled themselves “The Honorable” when that word does not fit their character or deeds in the slightest bit.
Our leaders lead by fraud, coercion, lies, brute force and attempt to be the shining light of democracy at gunpoint, or financial / economic war, or covert war to get our way. The problem is that it is not the way of We the People, it is the way of those who lead us and those who manipulate the system for their own gain.
Our leaders point the terrorist finger at anyone that is in their way, while they refuse to admit that they committed acts of terrorism against civilian populations under Operation Gladio in Europe as a means of fighting communism.
I for one see no difference in a fascist terrorist and a communist threat, both being equally undesirable. Both being hateful to the very concept of freedom and liberty and even the concept God granted as Free Will.
The world used to look up to America and now looks down on America due to the sleaze that is so apparent in our government, the elected leaders and many of our corporations. They regularly prove they are unfit to lead and lack the honor, integrity and character to be respected leaders.
When I hear Hillary Clinton talk about family values and her love for children I want to kick the TV screen in because of the millions of children that were given Ritalin due to her sleazy, uncaring conduct. She and Lani Guanier created the nightmare in Arkansas and it was spread out all over America due to the Big Pharma people backing Clinton.
When I hear the Bush Family talk about Family Values I want to kick the TV screen in because I know of no other presidents in our history that have ruined, crushed, destroyed, maimed, killed and murdered more families than George H W Bush and George W. Bush and the lies they put forth to do so.
When I hear Clinton and Gore and Bush speak of rule of law and how much they stand for the rule of law, I want to kick my TV screen in because I know they are not men of honor, integrity, character and rule of law is the last thing they stand for in this world. I see shallow and hollow words for what they are. I see the false and empty light for what it is. When they speak those words the entire world laughs at their gall to tell such a lie.
We pollute with Depleted Uranium and industrial waste while pretending to care about the environment, clean air and water, health and quality of life.
We as a nation excel in undermining the value of life while pretending to be the moral authority to the world on that subject.
Hardly a day, week or month goes by without some scam, some misappropriation of funds, an abject demonstration of greed, or some foreign aid boondoggle coming to light. Should We the People be surprised when the leaders of foreign lands are sleazy because they take their lead from our sleazy leaders of the free world?
I hear Bush speak of energy independence and know that he does not mean a single word of it. It is just Sheeple food for the Sheeple to graze on.
Yes, we are the world’s most powerful nation in terms of military might and drowning in debt. We have evolved from the world’s largest and best producer to a nation of debtors that produce little and consume much. However, the more I look at that the more I see that our leaders cannot be trusted with power for they lack the character to use it wisely. They try to compel a corrupted Americanism on other peoples and other lands and cannot even lead here at home without screwing it up or screwing over America.
They would rather go to the ends of the Earth and ram the Phallic Democracy down someone’s throat or insert it anally rather than lead their own land with honor and integrity.
They offer freedom and democracy when the true agenda is commerce and subjugation. They talk about how much they honor culture and diversity while ramming Americanism down the throats of those that either do not want it or do not need it.
They scold others for human rights violations while it is they that show the world the true meaning of that crime.
They call others war criminals and then rush to change a law so they cannot be sued as war criminals.
They pretend to be the deliverers of freedom, when it is God that put the desire to be free in the heart and mind of every man and every woman.
They speak of regime change, and preemptive, presumptive rights and cannot even find a solution for anything at home.
America the Superpower, that cannot even feed its own people.
America the Superpower, that cannot shelter its own citizens in a home.
America the Superpower, that cannot see to it that every able man and every able woman has a job and the comfort of financial security.
America the Superpower, that cannot see to it that every man, woman and child has an education, health care, and dignity and quality of life. While Americans are denied basic services, just about any illegal alien has been entitled to what they have not earned in America.
Yes, we talk the talk but do not walk the walk. The entire world sees it and decided they would be better off if they led themselves.
They speak often of “our American values” yet Americans are seeing clearly that these people do not represent the values of We the People.
We as a nation of people are going to have to return to the true core values that are America. We have to find a way to dig deep and re-instill in our land the true values that America is, lest we lose it forever.
We have to be able to lead ourselves at home before we can pretend to be competent or worthy of leading others in foreign lands.
We demand respect when we have yet to earn respect within the ranks of our elected and appointed leadership.
We are a Superpower of lies, corruption, greed, belligerence and false pretenses. We offer subjugation and call it freedom. We offer totalitarianism and call it democracy. Rome learned long ago the same mistakes we make every day.
That is the true State of the Union.
Best regards,
Karl
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