But the super-rich, sheltered behind walls and zipping above it all in Gulfstream jets see, hear and feel little of this. They are the 1% who have it all – literally. And they really don't give a fig what's going on in your lives, so don't bother whining to them about it. They've learned something the super-privileged have known down through the ages -- it's good to be the king.
In the short term those walls and gates may keep the riffraff at a distance. But I doubt they'll do much good when those millions of WallMarters grab the guns they bought dirt-cheap at WallMart and turn into angry Walmartatistas.
The history of western civilization is chuck full of instances when just that happened. Whether it happens here depends on whether someone figures out how to more evenly redistribute the economic blood supply -- and does so before blood is spilled.
Stephen Pizzo has been published everywhere from The New York Times to Mother Jones magazine. His book, Inside Job: The Looting of America's Savings and Loans, was nominated for a Pulitzer.
Unless you have a basement full of ammo for the kids to play with, those guns are as useful as clubs. Gun owners right to bear arms doesn't include the ammo. 99.9% of the guns sold are expensive paperweights. In a time of "need" don't expect to run down the corner store and buy a box of shells because they won't be there.
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Bernard (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 53 comments)
on Friday, August 31, 2007 at 3:10:06 PM
Some images and thoughts came to mind while reading this
Some day,... the gated communities may not be using regular uniformed security guards but some fully armed mercenaries like BlackwaterUSA.
You know it's funny. There are people who believe firmly that the neo cons are out to round up ordinary citizenry and lock them up in Halliburton built FEMA run concentration camps. But, if an unarmed pliable populace is what the powers that be wanted.... then why would Bush refuse to extend the ban on the sales of assault rifles?
Aside from the obvious importance of an NRA endorsement... maybe its just a symbolic bone tossed. After all they don't need alot to pacify us or control us as they declaw the unions and de regulate industry. Working class and the middle class still vote for the people that shift all the monetary advantages to the super rich... they continue to vote against their own self interest based on facile pundit hype.
you don't need facts if you've got a punchline.
And they don't need tanks when they've got TV.
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chariotdrvr14 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 126 comments)
on Friday, August 31, 2007 at 4:46:10 PM
That's why "They" decided to turn us all into nuclear waste over 60 years ago.
We are the "Living Dead."
A Venusian by the name of Valiant Thor met with several employees of the Pentagon early on in the nuclear era. Mr Thor informed our newly created Nuclear war fighting elite that humanity had now reached the level of technical prowess, that to survive, would require a transition in behavior.
Mr Thor explained that to avoid an all out nuclear holocaust that the Elite would need to "Subordinate private profit," to the needs of "Social Justice."
The newly minted nuclear war fighting elite decided that "They" would rather "Fight than switch."
What we have been witnessing for over 60 years now, is how a high level cultural and technical power, can 'Vanquish' a low grueling brutal primitive gang of murderous imbeciles and simpletons, without hardly laying a hand on "Them. "
Our nuclear war fighting imbeciles have 'Smoked' us folks. We exist due only to the timely intervention into our world by a group that we have very little information about.
Our nuclear war fighting murdering rich are very frightened of you Wal-Martistas,' but there is little that "They" can do about it. "They" built the 'Trigger,' and 'They' pulled that same 'Trigger' on us.
"They" who have taken it upon themselves to immolate us all in an all out nuclear conflagration, appear to have a bit of 'Luck' on their side. The High level powers who have repeatedly blocked our extermination, appear to not want "Them" put to the ultimate punishment.
It seems that the High level powers want 'Their' fingers off of the nuclear 'Trigger' and the nuclear 'Trigger' itself, dismantled.
It is but a small group located within the City of London, the Bankers, who decided it was 'Their' right to exterminate humanity. 'Their' time has ended.
The Militarist Fraud; is ended.
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Patrick (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 391 comments)
on Friday, August 31, 2007 at 5:11:46 PM
Here in California you get fingerprinted and recorded every time you buy ammunition. I'm sure if you tried to stock up, you would get a visit from big brother.
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macdon1 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 91 comments)
on Friday, August 31, 2007 at 8:06:44 PM
I read that in the aftermath of Katrina, Blackwater guys were going around taking guns away from people who had them legally. So those fools who think the NRA is going to protect their "Second Amendment rights" are deluded. Obviously if the Fourth Reich wants your guns, they'll get them, NRA or no. Though I'm sure the rich will be able to keep theirs.
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teeem (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 41 comments)
on Sunday, September 2, 2007 at 5:43:55 AM
There is a very informative (and scary) book out on Blackwater by the independat journalist Jeremy Scahill. You probably will have to buy it as I am sure it isn't on the approved list at your local library.
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macdon1 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 91 comments)
on Sunday, September 2, 2007 at 7:36:37 PM
