‘Trust Us’ Government and Other Lies

‘Trust Us’ Government and Other Lies
Scott Horton - January 30, 2008 - http://harpers.org/archive/2008/01/hbc-90002282


If you review Bush’s State of the Union Address from Monday night, you will note that his fear-mongering served one consistent aim: to attack the privacy rights and expectations of American citizens. Be afraid. Be very afraid, he tells us. Be prepared to surrender your privacy. Trust us. Big Government will only use all your private secrets to protect you.

Will he get his way? All eyes are turned on the White-flag Democrats. Will they do what they usually do, namely buckle and run? Or will they stand their ground and show that their office as members of Congress, their pledge to the Constitution actually mean something?

In the last twenty-four hours, both the House and the Senate have approved a fifteen day extension of the Orwellian Protect America Act, a law which gives Bush plenary discretion to tap the phone conversations of Americans conducted with anyone beyond our borders. In both cases, the Congressional chambers acted by voice vote, so that the positions of the members are unknown. According to Majority Leader Harry Reid, a “deal is in the works” .....

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"Reagan delivered (these words) in accepting the nomination at the 1980 Republican Convention (and) are worth recalling:

“Trust me” government is government that asks that we concentrate our hopes and dreams on one man; that we trust him to do what’s best for us. My view of government places trust not in one person or one party, but in those values that transcend persons and parties. The trust is where it belongs–in the people."

There was a family friend who was in the Peace Core. He talked about Reagan falling asleep in meetings. Ya...that's great leader.

:rofl: George heard about Ron's dire warning, and he wants to save TX from the dreaded Sandinista pinkos.

Bush punishes border petrol who shoot drug dealers. Bush wants open border and we to be a 3rd world country. It's his and his father's dream...World Order Government (his disorder that is).

History: It is much like China when the Queen of England wanted control she sent drugs\Western religion to destroy them. The elite use drugs to destroy people (drugs in our cities to destroy Afro-Americans, the poor, etc.). The Western religious groups tried to destroy their culture.

The Western religious groups encouraged having large families. Their population was out of control and they were starving. Communism was a direct reaction to that type of Western intervention and profiteering. Only until they had control over their huge population has China made a come back.