by dugoboy » Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:28 pm
link: <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/9/29/13314/2260" target="top"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>"I think you are far worse than a dictatorship. You are in a dictatorship but most of the population is still living in another time."[/</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->link]<br><br>this is a dailykos diary about <br><br>"a tiny African man named Bale who drives A Yellow Cab. he pulled up to the curb and the Air Port Taxi authorities pointed me to his taxi. I threw my stuff in the back seat and we headed out to the hotel. I was in Canada this week. It's a long ride to town and I had once again climbed into the cab of a man who had lived to see his country change from a calm pastoral British protectorate to a boiling horrible dictatorship. <br><br>His didn't happen in six years. His happened in four months."<br><br>bale says:<br><br>"What do you mean WILL happen? What hasn't happened yet? You torture in secret. You invade for what? The government reads your e-mail and listens to your telephone and makes you take off your shoes and pull out your computer. For what? Who do you need to protect yourself against? Is your computer going to attack you? Who should you be afraid of? Your government is more scary to most people than any terrorist. I feel for you really. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Because I don't think you have any idea how far down the road you already are."</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>welcome to the new America:<br><br>headline:<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/showoutarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2006%2F09%2F28%2Fnews%2Feconomy%2Fmiddle_class.reut%2F%3Fpostversion%3D2006092816" target="top"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Middle-class families in worse shape than ever, study </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>headline:<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Bush_Dems_argument_buys_into_enemys_0929.html" target="top">Bush: Dems' 'argument buys into the enemy's propaganda'</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>"Five years after 9/11, the worst attack on the American homeland in our history, Democrats offer nothing but criticism and obstruction and endless second-guessing," the president said.<br> <p>___________________________________________<br>"BushCo aren't incompetent...they are Complicit!" -Me<br><br>"Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act" -George Orwell<br><br>"When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it - always." -Mahatma Gandhi</p><i></i>