You must read this.

[LynzM]

It is long. It is also compelling, and absolutely worth the read.

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/interviews/077

Habeus corpus. Gitmo. Enemy combatants. Censuring MoveOn. And on and on the list goes. THIS is what we are fighting.

I am well and truly scared that America will not wake up until you cannot get cold beer or cable t.v., and we're still a long way from that. Please read this, and please email it to your friends and family. Wake up, America.

[Fridays Child]

1. Bookmarking for later reading.

Thanks.

[Mrs. Overall]

2. Just read through it quickly and am bookmarking for later tonight.

Wow! Thanks for posting this.

K&R

[blondeatlast]

3. Wow. This is my manifesto from now on:

You and I are in the same position -- and everyone on the Internet. We have to switch our model of leadership and return it to the Revolutionary American model of citizen leaders. The Congress is not going to save us. The mainstream media is not going to save us. The pundits are not going to save us. The U.N. is not going to save us. The European Union is not going to save us. There is not a force on earth that can save us, except for our own talking to each other, clearly and urgently, to explain and convey the nature of this threat, and then for us to take radical action NOW. So that's why I wrote it this way.

Edit: Proud to be the vote to place on the "Greatest" page.

[snappyturtle]

4. Have only read a dozen paragraghs...and I'm hooked!

Had to come back and Kick! and Kicked it must be. Here's a little sample. Sound like anyone you know?

"To the average person, is it just too much to comprehend, too much to think about, it's not what we're concentrating on, so in the end we're the frogs being boiled? We're busy entertaining ourselves, or working, or being with our families, or going out and having a drink. It's only people like yourself, or people who really follow this, who are aware that we're being boiled."

more:

"You and I are in the same position -- and everyone on the Internet. We have to switch our model of leadership and return it to the Revolutionary American model of citizen leaders. The Congress is not going to save us. The mainstream media is not going to save us. The pundits are not going to save us. The U.N. is not going to save us. The European Union is not going to save us. There is not a force on earth that can save us, except for our own talking to each other, clearly and urgently, to explain and convey the nature of this threat, and then for us to take radical action NOW. So that's why I wrote it this way."

[snappyturtle]

5. Kick!!!

:kick:

[bonito]

6. Needs a kick!

[ThomCat]

7. Yes, everyone needs to read this!

x(

[lordsummerisle]

8. A Great Read

I just ordered her book too.

[Richard Steele]

9. The Congress is not going to save us.

The mainstream media is not going to save us.
The pundits are not going to save us.
The U.N. is not going to save us.
The European Union is not going to save us.
There is not a force on earth that can save us,
except for our own talking to each other,
clearly and urgently, to explain and convey
the nature of this threat, and then for us
to take radical action NOW.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

10. k&r

[caseycoon]

11. Thanks for posting this! n/t

[LynzM]

12. You're welcome~

Kickin' it!

[Richard Steele]

13. Kick

[lligrd]

14. We've Been Talking About The Echoes For Years

Why can't everybody hear them? Thanks for sharing this.

[some guy]

15. k-n-r thanks

[Emit]

16. Kick. Thanks for posting. n/t

[Drum]

17. Will do. Thanks LynzM!

[Usrename]

18. I think she gets it.

One if by land, two if by sea...

[billyskank]

19. You'll always be able to get cold beer and cable tv,

for exactly the reason you mentioned.

[Senator]

20. Her Cranial-Rectoscopy Didn't Quite Take

The OP is quite correct in saying: "And on and on the list goes. THIS is what we are fighting."

True enough. But like with Al Gore's "Assault On Reason," Naomi Wolf may have finally woken up a bit but she's only "with us" right up to the point of actually doing or recommending any real fighting. (Yes, that means impeachment.)

I'm sure she means well, but (like most) she's still not woken up to the reality of "Rule By Signing Statement" and a regime that considers any legislative or judicial action to be merely "words on a page."

--

[truedelphi]

29. How is it that she has not woken up?

Please explain... Is she personnally supposed to direct an air attack on the WH?

Just what are you expectin' from her?

[Senator]

35. I said she has, a bit. Just not enough to be useful.

It's all well and good to reiterate the horrible state of affairs but when it comes to action she becomes oxymoronic.

She says "Congress is not going to save us." But what is her course of action? A "ten-point legislative agenda." All we need to do is "force Congress to restore balance."

Gosh, why didn't we think of that?

She asks "What did the Founders intend to have happen when there was a leader that systematically dismantled their checks and balances, and systematically dismantled our system of government?" Then claims they wanted a "debate" that we need to make "breathing room" to have.

No, the founders wrote down what they intended. They intended for that "leader" to be impeached and eventually removed. The "debate" happens between those two things.

Like Pelosi, she puts impeachment off the table. Like Leahy, she buys into "restoring" habeas corpus (or not) -- rendering it a fungible commodity, as opposed to an inalienable right. Like many others on the left, she's looking to "start a movement" -- instead of actually moving. Like many on the DC cocktail party circuit, she remains a member of the "bipartisanship" cargo cult.

And like the rest of the belway-blinded DC/Euphemedia Analstocracy, she has no real recognition of the "facts on the ground." That this regime is happy to dismiss even a unanimous act of Congress with a "Signing Statement Interpretation." That the same chuckling dismissiveness would greet a unanimous verdict of the (formerly) Supreme Court.

I would agree that as "an insider" her book might do some good to awaken others to the really real reality. But by her own description, it is at best a clarion call to deliberation, not action.

---

[snappyturtle]

21. Kicking ! Hope more will see this excellent post....I am so impressed

with this article I've just ordered Naomi Klein's book, End of America...on Amazon for $8.37! It's a 192 pages...good reviews.

[LynzM]

23. Kicking it again....

For the late-morning crowd...

[TheCentepedeShoes]

22. bookmarking for later

[riverdeep]

24. Kick for Naomi

[LynzM]

25. Read this!!

Seriously!

[Lucinda]

26. bookmarking and a kick n/t

[porphyrian]

27. Tangent: Naomi Wolf's a hottie.

Just sayin'.

[Cleita]

28. We will always have a beer and TV even when we don't

have anything else. Go to any shanty town in any third world country and they have TV and recreational beverages and drugs. That's the one thing the ruling class makes sure the proletariat has to keep them complacent. It goes back to the Romans providing the plebs with breat and games so they didn't get rebellious.

[snappyturtle]

30. Kick! nt

[Pawel K]

31. Bookmarking...

[WarhammerTwo]

32. G.R.I.P.

GRIP is how you get back to citizen leadership. Do you want to know what GRIP is?

Get
Rid of
Incumbent
Politicians

Never re-elect anyone. Ever. Ignore ever campaign ad. Never read one piece of literature. Simply go into that booth and pull the level for "the other guy" whoever that may be. Can you imagine what that would do to our political system? Can you imagine the fear that would run through every elected official? When those yahoos realize that no amount of money, no amount of spin, will secure their jobs, the paradigm will shift. Will they listen to the profiteering, high-roller campaign contributor? Or the little guys who line up in high schools and fire halls to pull a little level each November? the only way to take back our government is to take the politicians out of it.

GRIP!

Get Rid of Incumbent Politicians.

Spread the word. Fan the flame. Take back our country.

[Redneck Socialist]

34. Yeah, get rid of all those loyal Dems and replace them with pukes!

Yeah, that'll fix things!

[gollygee]

41. I think "straight party Dem" is the way to go at this point

We need a major shift of power but we need to keep what little we have.

[libodem]

33. OMG

this makes me dizzy and feel faint. It takes my breath away.

[LynzM]

37. I hear ya, libodem

It makes me want to get out and go to Europe, actually. Run while the running's still allowed, you know? /sigh

[ShortnFiery]

36. This fight is much more than "Democrats vs. Republicans" but The Unitary Executive

versus BOTH The Legislative & Judicial Branches. :(

[gollygee]

38. Not only am I going to buy this book, I'm going to buy a couple of extra copies

for members of my family.

[kestrel91316]

39. America is already a fascist state. The only thing left is for the fascist

dictator to assert full control and tighten the noose around our necks.

Meanwhile, all we as a nation care about is cheap hamburgers and beer, and plenty of shows on cable TV.

[Mike Nelson]

40. Minor exception...

The Bushjunta will always allow BEER and TV -- it's the only way they hang on to the brain dead minds they control.

[LynzM]

42. Yep...

See post #28... it keeps people complacent to think they've got a good life...

[toadzilla]

43. I'm so glad i read this.

I just ordered the book.

[LynzM]

44. Compelling, isn't it?

Kickin' it again!

[toadzilla]

45. scary is more what i was thinking...

[halobeam]

46. kicking