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Report From Iron Mountain: Peace Would Be All Hell

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In 1787, Alexander Tyler of the University of Edinborough wrote that all democracies go through eight stages, two hundred years being the average cycle time. The stages are:

From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back to bondage.

As deeply as we have sunk into apathy, dependence is breathing down our necks. And the "New World Order" sounds like a euphemism for bondage.

Speaking of apropos...while Winston Smith is referring to their proletariat in 1984 ("proles"), our 99% sure seems a tidy fit regarding this entry in his diary:

"Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious."

Next time you hear the word "peace" squeak from between the lips of someone lying for your vote, remember "The Crazies", "The Vulcans", "The Bombers", "The Prince of Darkness".

And don't forget the Report from Iron Mountain.

References:

(1) Project for the New American Century:  http://www.newamericancentury.org/

(2) H.L. Mencken quotes:  click here

(3) Obama on the "killing of Osama bin Laden":  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8j8LpwDo7Q

(4) The book, The Report from Iron Mountainclick here

(5) Leonard Lewin:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_C._Lewin

(6) TopTenz.net list of most controversial books:  http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-controversial-books.php

(7) Complete text of the Report from Iron Mountain:  click here

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