Thom Hartmann: Reclaiming the Issues: Islamic or Republican fascism?

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Published on Monday, August 28, 2006 by CommonDreams.org
Reclaiming The Issues: Islamic Or Republican Fascism?
by Thom Hartmann

In the years since George W. Bush first used 9/11 as his own "Reichstag fire" to gut the Constitution and enhance the power and wealth of his corporate cronies, many across the political spectrum have accused him and his Republican support group of being fascists.

On the right,The John Birch Society's website editor recently opined of the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretap program: "This is to say that from the administration's perspective, the president is, in effect, our living constitution. This is, in a specific and unmistakable sense, fascist."

On the left, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. specifically indicts the Bush administration for fascistic behavior in his book "Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush and his Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy."

Genuine American fascists are on the run, and part of their survival strategy is to redefine the term "fascism" so it can't be applied to them any more. Most recently, George W. Bush said: "This nation is at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means to destroy those of us who love freedom, to hurt our nation."

In fact, the Islamic fundamentalists who apparently perpetrated 9/11 and other crimes in Spain and the United Kingdom are advocating a fundamentalist theocracy, not fascism.

But theocracy - the merging of religion and government - is also on the plate for the new American fascists (just as it was for Hitler, who based the Nazi death cult on a "new Christianity" that would bring "a thousand years of peace"), so they don't want to use that term, either.

The complete column is at: http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0828-23.htm

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1. I call it "Terro - Fascism"

Using terror as an excuse to shred the constitution, break the law,
spy on people, manipulate the media, and steal elections.

BTW German claimed that Poland had WMDs too.

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2. Finally someone speaks up about the "Isamic fascist" nonsense.

Theocracy is what they have. But the fascism is corporate control of government and that is the good Ole US of A today.

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3. He's Been Doing so On His Talk Show

everyday. But our Dem leaders haven't "caught on" yet.

His show streams everyday from 12-3pm est.

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4. Damn! When even the John Birch Society calls you "fascist"

it's all gone way 'round the bend.

We really ARE in Bizarro World.

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5. True that...

Smoke 'em if ya got 'em. :smoke: