WAKE UP, 'Murka!
WAKE the FUCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"'Of course we will have fascism in America but we ..."
"The Prophecy Of Huey Long And Warning Of Frank Church
A couple of weeks back, Mike Power posted an article which included a quotation of the colourful and astute Huey Long, assassinated governor and senator of Louisiana back in the 1930’s. Whilst nobody would suggest that Long was an intellectual, he did possess political savvy and was king of the soundbite. And the particular Long quote that has such resonance in today’s America of The Shrub?
Of course we will have fascism in America but we will call it democracy!
I was reminded of this ‘prophecy’ when I read an item at Irregular Times yesterday quoting the words of a 1960’s/70’s senator from Idaho - Frank Church - who investigated abuses of government power and warned of the dangers of politicians who would use the National Security Agency without legal restraint:
That capability at any time could be turned around on the American people and no American would have any privacy left, such is the capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations, telegrams, it doesn't matter. There would be no place to hide. If this government ever became a tyranny, if a dictator ever took charge in this country, the technological capacity that the intelligence community has given the government could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back, because the most careful effort to combine together in resistance to the government, no matter how privately it was done, is within the reach of the government to know. Such is the capability of this technology.
I don't want to see this country ever go across the bridge. I know the capability that is there to make tyranny total in America, and we must see it that this agency and all agencies that possess this technology operate within the law and under proper supervision, so that we never cross over that abyss. That is the abyss from which there is no return.
Tagged: America, Liberty, Politics"
See ya, 'Murka!
