- THOUGHTS ON
THE COMING "DISCOVERY" OF BIN LADEN
--The
Best Propaganda Money can Buy
- by
Eric A. Smith
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OpEdNews.Com
- Unless
preparations are made for its eventuality, the announcement of Bin
Laden's capture will be the death-knell for the 2004 Democratic
campaign. And, like the "heroic rescue" of Jessica Lynch or
the toppling of Hussein's statue by "jubilant throngs" of
Iraqis, it needn't even be real:
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- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/correspondent/3028585.stm
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-scheer20may20,1,2187120.column
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2838.htm
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- So
Democrats must have a pre-emptive strategy in place; the most obvious
being, early in the game, to accuse the White House of sitting on Bin
Laden for political gain.
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- A
better one is to launch an independent investigation to find Bin Laden
first and announce the discovery before Rove's political operatives;
this would be a huge coup.
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- In
case you haven't been paying attention, this election year,
Republicans are playing a deadly game of attrition -- death by a
thousand tiny cuts, so to speak: extreme reprimanding in Texas, the
recall of a governor in California, the installation of inauditable,
easily "preprogrammed" DRE e-vote machines in as many
counties as will allow them to be stuffed down their throats,
relentless and bloody character assassinations in a
bought-and-paid-for Murdoch-dominated media empire, absentee ballots
counted by an untouchable firm in Kuwait, stacked courts ready to
deliver decisions for which 2000's Gore vs. Bush set the precedent.
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- The
odds look dire for Democrats (and, by extension, the majority of
Americans, though they are as yet blissfully unaware of the slender
thread from which all our liberties hang).
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- But,
in case you haven't connected the dots, this time the GOP is playing
for keeps.
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- Once
the fix is in, there will be no turning back: by an invisible,
carefully planned coup, the neoconservatives will have transformed
America into an autocracy, and any remaining political opposition will
be window dressing.
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- And
so, I challenge you: this is a battle we perhaps cannot win, but, at
all costs, MUST NOT LOSE.
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- The
consequences of surrender will be incalculable: one by one, like
dominos, institutions we cherish will fall -- environmental laws,
social security, independent media, healthy advocacy groups,
assistance for the unemployed, impoverished and disenfranchised
-- and, foremost, the right to choose our leaders.
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- We
will be left with one remaining liberty: the right to choose which
products to buy to keep the militaristic money machine well-oiled, and
its minders well-heeled.
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- This
year, unless YOU act -- BOLDLY, DECISIVELY, PERSISTENTLY AND
INCESSANTLY -- the dream our forefathers nurtured to life will die.
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- Don't
let the dream die.
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- Stand
up and fight for America.
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- Stand
up and fight for the vote.
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- This
will be your last chance.
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- sincerely,
Eric A. Smith
Tokyo
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- About
the author:
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- Eric
A. Smith is a freelance journalist, editor and IT instructor living in
Tokyo, Japan. An activist for over 25 years, he has worked with such
diverse publications as the RTP Beacon, Common Ground and Adbusters
magazine.
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- Smith
is currently volunteering to assist Bev Harris of Blackboxvoting.org,
Attorney Phillip Berg in 9-11 widow Ellen Mariani's RICO suit against
Bush, et al, and is a charter member of the Open Voting Consortium.
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- Smith
earned his BA at the University of North Carolina in 1992, and holds
MCP, field service technician, A+ and Network+ certifications from
Microsoft, COMPTIA and the Control Data Institute.
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- He
can be reached for comment at 81-03-3959-5371 or snowdog@juno.ocn.ne.jp
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