The Creeping & "Creepy" RIGHT
Hoping not to get those among us who are paranoid too excited; I point to a PEW poll reportedly taken recently in Russia, wherein a large majority favored a "strong economy" over "Democracy".
A recent TIME article on surveillance, notes the willingness of a large majority of our citizens who favor "safety" over "Democracy". Maybe Ted Cruz is not as insane as we'd like to believe.
We should all be concerned by the linkage of Cruz and Rubio (descendants from links to Battista's Cuba; who were brought into this country on a "pass" by Republicans) and their combined determination to scuttle our government and economy, by choking off funding this Fall. The Baby Boom and later generations are uniquely vulnerable to a threat from the Hard Right, due to their mis-education in post-WW-II America.
Was Hitler a demonic dictator, worthy of the combined might of the Allied Forces that defeated him?
Yes, he was. Was Joseph Stalin an equally demonic dictator who joined the Allied Forces to defeat Hitler? Yes, he was. Did the children in this nation, born after 1945, "get" this message? No, they didn't. The Cold War and the way it was waged in this country explains why this happened. Nevertheless, our extreme vulnerability to seductions from the Right (can u spell R-e-a-g-a-n?) have led us to these anarchic threats to our government; and to our way of life. They are posed by the likes of Ted Cruz, and Sarah Palin, and all of those who will go to any extreme to gain power. You don't have to be paranoid to see the careful steps taken by the Republicans and the Hard Right to get this country into the dire straits it is in today.
All of the "safeguards" promised to us by government at all levels, FAILED simultaneously, and miserably in 9/11. As an Air Force Officer in Lemay's Air Force, post WW-II, I know that our safeguards were extensive. Why they all failed on 9/11 has not been adequately addressed. We have little assurance that any proposed "non-transparent safeguards" will work, as promised, in the future. Just at O'bama, curiously, kept some tools used by Cheney/Bush, can you imagine what a Ted Cruz presidency could bring? We've all been having too much fun, asleep on watch, while the Hard Right stays up and plots.
Wikipedia can help those of you who are confused by terms like Socialism, Communism, Capitalism; and how these "isms" can be "mixed and matched". This confusion, widely shared in this country, goes a long way toward explaining why the Hard Right is so successful in our politics today.
Stay Vigilant! Compare the role of Corporations, Big Money, and Religion, in Hitler's Germany to the roles they play today in this country.
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