As It Will Be

[Owen Byrne]

> I'm more worried about the damned church than the goverment.  The
government
> gets elected at least, even if they do buy it.  They have to come up with
the
> money to do it first.  The church?  "God, save me from your followers."
>
> -Bill Kearney
>
It just seems to me that the church, and US corporations, and the
government, and military
contractors are all united more than they ever have been. Everyone is in
everybody's
else's pockets, and they're all determined to make sure democracy doesn't
stand in the way
of profits, and God, and the Republican Party. The war on drugs and the DMCA
are both
examples of  policies designed to restrict Americans, but which have spread
beyond their
borders(<extreme> been forced down our throats</extreme>). And I am appalled
at Afghanistan.

It doesn't really take a conspiracy to make bad things happen. As in WWI,
sometimes incompetents
can do a pretty good job of starting a war.

My nationalism is largely in response to some of the postings in this group.
I guess "reaction" is
a better word than response. One night I switched modes from FoRK-rant to
reading Dave Winer
saying "Sharon must go." Shut me right up.

 I do notice a pretty steady drumbeat of anti-American nationalism on
the news lately too.  Its mostly at the level of whining from politicians,
and probably
a jump in defense spending. Not that we think we can be a threat to the
alpha male, we
just want hime to notice us once in a while. Maybe we have dreams of being
at the front of the
pack somewhere down the line. Past military glory and war dead and all that.
Then there's the hockey - watch out for drunken Habs fans
on the rampage at the border crossings.
Owen