Thursday, February 23, 2006

J'accuse

Facilitating Fascism
by Zbignew Zingh
www.dissidentvoice.org

"What kind of doctors has the United States trained who stand by idly while prison guards force-feed prisoners in Guantanamo Bay with plastic pipes shoved down the noses of the shackled and tortured?

What kind of psychologists have we educated who assist the Pentagon inventing new ways to torture men and women, breaking their minds without breaking their skin; who help create government propaganda, plant false news stories, devise “psy-ops” to mislead us all?

What kind of lawyers are these who work for the Department of “Justice”, the “Defense” Department, the Pentagon or the White House, who waste their careers finding legal loop-holes justifying torture, deceit, eavesdropping and imprisonment without charge?

What manner of scientists, hardware and software engineers have we graduated who dedicate their intelligence and creativity to devising deadlier weapons, more secretive ways to snoop, and more innovative ways to kill?

What types of ministers, priests, rabbis, chaplains and reverends are these who mutter empty palliatives to their congregations, run through empty chants and mindless prayers and paeans to Love and Holiness in pursuit of a Life to Come, while today, right now, human carrion burns in their names, and naught do they do at all?

What types of writers, journalists, editors, reporters, actors, what types of men and women are these who slavishly say and write and do as they are told knowing that they spread lies and deception and blather?

Although this nation is led by a few, its actions are facilitated by many. We are the facilitators -- the professionals, the educated, the trained -- we are the ones whose skills and knowledge keep the whole machinery moving, the cogs oiled, the system operating smoothly. Without the collaboration of the entire class of facilitators, nothing happens. No invasions occur, no bombs drop, no one is tortured, no one is disappeared, no doublespeak is spoken. The minority of “Leaders” do not actually commit hands-on crimes. You will not find Mr. Rumsfeld's, Mr. Cheney's, Mr. Bush's fingerprints at the crime scenes in Iraq any more than you could find Mr. Kissinger's on the casket of Allende. The leaders lead, but their employees, the facilitator classes, do the deeds."

The rest of the world looks on while the fascists have their way and the sheep look in the other direction and pretend it's not happening.

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Darth was drunk as a skunk when he shot his lawyer friend

2 Comments:

Blogger LesleyinNM said...

One day Dick Cheney and a friend were hunting. Suddenly his friend fell to the ground clutching his chest then just went limp lying there on his back. Dick instantly grabbed his cell phone and called emergency services. "I think my friend is dead! What should I do?" The calm reply came back clearly, "Well, first let's make sure he is dead." There was a moment of silence broken by the repercussion of a single shot gun blast.

Returning to the cell phone Cheney said, "Ok, I'm sure he is dead. Now what?"

24/2/06 2:54 AM  
Blogger nolocontendere said...

Lol! Remind me never to go out in the field with the Dark Lord!

24/2/06 8:43 PM  

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