tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post5760442965224465716..comments2023-11-05T03:25:20.581-08:00Comments on STOP THE MADNESS: CHAPTER EIGHTY SEVEN. A CIRCLE HAS NO LEFT OR RIGHTRick Staggenborg, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16587630200799702811noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-53464733899147967132010-10-17T11:28:20.659-07:002010-10-17T11:28:20.659-07:00I wrote this essay to promote the idea that if lib...I wrote this essay to promote the idea that if liberals remember that those who think of themselves as conservative are Americans also, we can rekindle a genuine patriotism that does not depend on fear of one's perceived enemies, which are traditionally determined by whoever holds power.<br /><br />Now that the government is clearly controlled by corporations, as highlighted by the Citizens United decision, it is easy to explain to Tea Partiers and other confused psuedo-conservatives that we have become a fascist government. <br /><br />Like Germany in 1936, our elected leaders have effectively propagandized to a dispirited and economically desperate people that America has a divine right to impose their Orwellian "democracy" on weaker nations, which of course will never give in, as our ancestors did not give in to British fascism in 1775.<br /><br />Republican and Blue Dog Democrats cynically state that our national destiny is "God's will," claim that we are a Christian nation but have so devastated the middle class here that our children often see little choice than to join the military to "earn" the right to a chance at success, when that opportunity should be a birthright of all Peoples of every nation.<br /><br />We are all Americans and citizens of the world. Ich bin eine Welter. Je suis de le Monde. Yo soy un persona del Mundo. All we need is love. We can save the world, if they only knew...Rick Staggenborg, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587630200799702811noreply@blogger.com