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September 11, 2006 at 01:05:06

Mr. Rove's Opus of Deception: 9/11 And The Lonesome Ballad of Blind Willie McMansion.

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I'm having this recurring vision of flocks and then more flocks of returning, roost-seeking chickens. There will be so many flocks of roosting, rampaging, revenge-reaping chickens (Also known as: the collective enmity of the people of the world beyond our shores ... peck, cluck, cluck peck; ad this to, our nation's financial insolvency (personal and collective) ... cluck, cluck, scratch, peck, scratch peck; those – combined that with the increasingly apparent realities of Global Warming ... peck, peck, peck, scratch, CLUCK!; as well as, our Nation's crumbling infrastructure; plus, the vast catalog of other ills looming over us ...CLUCK! CLUCK! PECK! PECK! PECK!) – Returning chickens, all ... thronging the streets, boulevards, Interstate highways, back roads, and private driveways of the U.S.A. Such a proliferation of barnyard fowl blowback -- it will look like Col. Sanders, OD'd on bad acid, having a vision of his eternal damnation to come.

Are we utterly defenseless against these pervasive and pernicious narratives? I don't believe so -- if we practice the imperative of the free: That being: Question everything -- from street signs to sacred assumptions; from the cant of local boosterism to the hagiography of the famous, both living and dead. There may be hope for us yet: If we face down and call out those everyday, soul-grinding, life-defying lies that begin the process of acceptance of -- hence complicity in -- the preventable tragedies that have come to define our times.

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Joel S. Hirschhorn is the author of Delusional Democracy - Fixing the Republic Without Overthrowing the Government (www.delusionaldemocracy.com). His current political writings have been greatly influenced by working as a senior staffer for the U.S. Congress and for the National Governors Association. He advocates a Second American Revolution, beginning with an Article V Convention to propose constitutional amendments. He is Chair of the Independent Party of Maryland.
Joel S. HirschhornJoel S. Hirschhorn is the author of Delusional Democracy - Fixing the Republic Without Overthrowing the Government (www.delusionaldemocracy.com). His current political writings have been greatly influenced by working as a senior staffer for the U.S. Congress and for the National Governors Association. He advocates a Second American Revolution, beginning with an Article V Convention to propose constitutional amendments. He is Chair of the Independent Party of Maryland.

Delusion, Cognitive Dissonance and Pain

There is an important aspect to public delusions and self-delusion: a prime reason why people do not destroy the delusions created by others and their own self-delusions is that doing so would create personal pain. The pain results from the difference between the delusional belief and the truth, or objective reality. In other words, the truth does not set you free; it causes considerable pain - so much that you will choose (mostly subconsiously) to stick with the delusion, lie or deceptive propaganda. In the American culture filled with lies, dishonesty and political propaganda, just imagine how much pain individuals would have to endure, if they let the Truth in. Their democracy is a sham, their elected political leaders are liars, crooks and traitors, the entire economy is rigged to screw working- and middle-class people. What a load of Truth to endure!! Better to self-medicate with borrowing and consumption, anti-depressants, and sleeping pills - all of which provide exactly the economic fuel for maintaing the status quo ruling class of elitists. What a system!

by Joel S. Hirschhorn (131 articles, 33 quicklinks, 60 diaries, 526 comments) on Monday, September 11, 2006 at 9:13:14 AM

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Ultimate Delusion

The problem is bigger than just one delusional nation a couple of hundred years old. Much, much bigger. The problem is a world-wide delusion thousands of years old: The delusion of male superiority, AKA patriarchy. I can only imagine the shame and pain it would cause the world-wide ruling class, men, to face their long-standing, vile treatment of women, necessary to shore-up this delusion of all delusions.

Patriarchy was dealt its death blow in the late '60s/early '70s when women rebelled. It is now going through the last throes of its long and painful demise, making these very dangerous times indeed since some boys would rather blow the planet away than get the hell off women's backs.

by Mar (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 155 comments) on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at 10:09:28 AM