tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25897493.post115579747945918214..comments2023-10-04T17:13:47.394+03:00Comments on future of my past: Made in USA?Anna MRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13801478271766064478noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25897493.post-1155979555659741612006-08-19T12:25:00.000+03:002006-08-19T12:25:00.000+03:00Hey kurt, you're welcome to "run your mouth" - tha...Hey kurt, you're welcome to "run your mouth" - that's what the comments option is for, no?<BR/>I agree with you with the leading democracy by the nose towards fascism - issue. People find it difficult to intellectually take on a world with no definite right/wrong, black/white set-ups. It is tempting just to go with one's own bias and believe it to be true. I am aware of this tendency in myself, too - I am, after all, only human (hah - so she's noticed!). Thing is, I would really *like* to believe that people who have suffered greatly, enormously, unthinkably under some oppressive regime or another, would in their future avoid committing the same atrocities unto others. However, the world seems to always disprove my naive wishes. Those who have suffered greatly seem to want to pass it on, sooner or later. It is dreadful. It makes me feel hopeless about the future.Anna MRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13801478271766064478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25897493.post-1155932255608439632006-08-18T23:17:00.000+03:002006-08-18T23:17:00.000+03:00I think you dropped a zero on the Iraq death toll,...I think you dropped a zero on the Iraq death toll, Anna. And I don't know that anyone in the US takes mainstream news at face value. <BR/><BR/>Bush and the GOP have done such a good job of cowing their opponents and undercutting the notion of a factual world that mainstream media has given up trying to find truth, and now people just skip straight to opinion that feeds their bias. Bush supporters watch only Fox News and listen to rightwing radio, and I understand a large percentage of them believe "we're winning" in Iraq, whatever that means.<BR/><BR/>It is spooky, because you can see how easy it is to slowly lead a democracy toward fascism, by playing off fear and resentment.<BR/> <BR/>As for money to rebuild Lebanon, just look at the state of "rebuilding" in Iraq. Bush needs that money for more tax cuts for the rich.<BR/><BR/>Excuse me for running my mouth; this is YOUR blog...KSxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08623746609059372431noreply@blogger.com