Comments on: Can America Handle a Little Truth? http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/03/17/can-america-handle-a-little-truth/ Your daily source for tech culture, internet phenomena, politics, interviews and entertainment Mon, 12 May 2008 07:14:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: bipolar2 http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/03/17/can-america-handle-a-little-truth/#comment-49440 bipolar2 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:46:50 +0000 http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/03/17/can-america-handle-a-little-truth/#comment-49440 ** Recessional: the Rotting Legacy of 43 to 44 ** 1. Better-defined imperial limits: in distance, treasury, internal unrest. 2. Pox Americana harassed at every frontier supply line. 3. Richer rich, poorer poor, dying middle. 4. Tyrannical social control at home erasing living memory of a democratic republic. Those wretched ephemeral babblers lusting after the purple in '08 notwithstanding, a slide into the abyss can only be slowed, not reversed. No reforming political force yet exists which can not be enslaved or aborted by MIXR: the military-investor & xian-right. Little Bush, our postmodern Caligula, vigorously catalyzes the rot of Empire. This is not necessarily a bad thing. "Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make demented." bipolar2 © 2008 ** Recessional: the Rotting Legacy of 43 to 44 **

1. Better-defined imperial limits: in distance, treasury, internal unrest.

2. Pox Americana harassed at every frontier supply line.

3. Richer rich, poorer poor, dying middle.

4. Tyrannical social control at home erasing living memory of a democratic republic.

Those wretched ephemeral babblers lusting after the purple in ‘08 notwithstanding, a slide into the abyss can only be slowed, not reversed.

No reforming political force yet exists which can not be enslaved or aborted by MIXR: the military-investor & xian-right.

Little Bush, our postmodern Caligula, vigorously catalyzes the rot of Empire. This is not necessarily a bad thing.

“Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make demented.”

bipolar2
© 2008

]]> By: Unlikely Words : More on the Wright/Obama “Controversy” http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/03/17/can-america-handle-a-little-truth/#comment-47570 Unlikely Words : More on the Wright/Obama “Controversy” Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:47:29 +0000 http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/03/17/can-america-handle-a-little-truth/#comment-47570 [...] are some words of wisdom: There are several ironies at work in conservative criticism of Wright. The first is that I have [...] [...] are some words of wisdom: There are several ironies at work in conservative criticism of Wright. The first is that I have [...]

]]> By: Ned Baker http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/03/17/can-america-handle-a-little-truth/#comment-45704 Ned Baker Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:33:47 +0000 http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/03/17/can-america-handle-a-little-truth/#comment-45704 Your final conclusion (apparently that America invades countries exclusively due to racism) is suspect, and your straw man conservative bashing sounds kind of lunatic. Nevertheless, the article is honest and thoughtful. Your final conclusion (apparently that America invades countries exclusively due to racism) is suspect, and your straw man conservative bashing sounds kind of lunatic. Nevertheless, the article is honest and thoughtful.

]]> By: Yobar http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/03/17/can-america-handle-a-little-truth/#comment-45052 Yobar Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:31:32 +0000 http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/03/17/can-america-handle-a-little-truth/#comment-45052 The US will bomb a country full of white people, when it suits them. They nailed Serbia, a former ally against fascism, in the 90's and will probably do it again for mini-Albania, I mean Kosovo. The US will bomb a country full of white people, when it suits them. They nailed Serbia, a former ally against fascism, in the 90’s and will probably do it again for mini-Albania, I mean Kosovo.

]]> By: Charles http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/03/17/can-america-handle-a-little-truth/#comment-44930 Charles Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:53:29 +0000 http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/03/17/can-america-handle-a-little-truth/#comment-44930 Great article. Unfortunately for America, the same people who've never been firehosed or mauled by police dogs on the way to school stand in the way of us confronting the reality of the US govt role in other countries, and at home. Everything you wrote is absolutely true, and is at the core of us not progressing as a nation and as humans. Great article. Unfortunately for America, the same people who’ve never been firehosed or mauled by police dogs on the way to school stand in the way of us confronting the reality of the US govt role in other countries, and at home. Everything you wrote is absolutely true, and is at the core of us not progressing as a nation and as humans.

]]> By: illlich http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/03/17/can-america-handle-a-little-truth/#comment-44907 illlich Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:37:40 +0000 http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/03/17/can-america-handle-a-little-truth/#comment-44907 Very rational, but too nuanced for the mass of men, who prefer simple answers about right and wrong, and are more than willing to let some angry shouting face on TV tell them what's right and wrong (whether that face is Rev. Wright, or Bill O'Reilly). Some of Wright's (or O'Reilly's) words are offensive, and wrong, but that doesn't automatically mean everything he says is wrong. "Critical thinking" these days seems to be more about finding ways to prove your side is right and the other side is wrong, rather than stepping back and looking at everything, and THEN deciding what's right and wrong yourself. Very rational, but too nuanced for the mass of men, who prefer simple answers about right and wrong, and are more than willing to let some angry shouting face on TV tell them what’s right and wrong (whether that face is Rev. Wright, or Bill O’Reilly). Some of Wright’s (or O’Reilly’s) words are offensive, and wrong, but that doesn’t automatically mean everything he says is wrong. “Critical thinking” these days seems to be more about finding ways to prove your side is right and the other side is wrong, rather than stepping back and looking at everything, and THEN deciding what’s right and wrong yourself.

]]> By: Linda http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/03/17/can-america-handle-a-little-truth/#comment-44757 Linda Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:47:03 +0000 http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/03/17/can-america-handle-a-little-truth/#comment-44757 One of the most balanced articles about the situation. A large percent of people have no idea what goes on outside the USA. One of the most balanced articles about the situation. A large percent of people have no idea what goes on outside the USA.

]]> By: j. paul stalin http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/03/17/can-america-handle-a-little-truth/#comment-44691 j. paul stalin Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:01:06 +0000 http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2008/03/17/can-america-handle-a-little-truth/#comment-44691 shut up and sit down. this was actually the most nuanced and intelligent synopsis that I've encountered regarding the wright scenario. so, accordingly, shut up and sit down. shut up and sit down. this was actually the most nuanced and intelligent synopsis that I’ve encountered regarding the wright scenario. so, accordingly, shut up and sit down.

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