On the way to work this morning I had a chat with a fellow from Africa who asked me seriously why our Generals had not initiated a coup against Bush and his gang. He said that when this happens in Africa, a coup happens and the gangsters are kicked out of power. He couldn't understand how we as a nation could tolerate this behavior.

We have been conditioned to accept it and a significant percentage of our population are heavily medicated and incapapble of grasping such abstract concepts such as honor, integrity, right and wrong.

Torture is acceptable, abroad and domestically. What happens when security guards and police use tasers, physical assault and summary executions on youngsters in this country? People just watch it and maybe a few brave souls will videotape it. No one stops it. Blaming the victim is a sure sign of psychopathy and that is what we are facing, psychopathic monsters that see others as prey and victim who know with certainty that their actions will go unpunished.

The country has gone nutz and the majority who are not psychopaths are not capable of dealing with the problem because dealing with human monsters is just too difficult and even thinking about it causes people to just freeze like prey that has noticed a predator eyeing them.

Predators understand and fear one thing. Becoming the prey. They have nothing to fear.

That link was to TPM's front page. Who knows what will be up in an hour. The permalink for the piece describing Freedom's Watch is: http://tinyurl.com/2tzz7n

I recommend this anxiety inducing (for me anyway) piece at Talking Points Memo: http://tinyurl.com/3tkl

09.29.07 -- 9:05PM // link

The most well-connected 'outsiders' in the country

The headline on the AP report on Freedom's Watch reads, "Outsiders aim to frame political debate." If there's a less accurate description of the powerful conservative activists behind this new group, I can't think of it.

"Freedom's Watch and MoveOn.org could be the left and right bookends not only on the war, but on a number of issues that will decide the 2008 elections and shape congressional debate beyond. Freedom's Watch organizers said they are considering whether to create a political subgroup, like MoveOn has, that could directly play a role in elections."

"Bookends"? Eli Pariser, the executive director of MoveOn.org Political Action, noted, "The main difference is that MoveOn is a group of 3.3 million. Freedom's Watch is a few mega millionaires."

What's more, they're incredibly well-connected mega millionaires. The AP's headline notwithstanding, Freedom's Watch includes some key establishment heavy-hitters. Bradley A. Blakeman, president and chief executive officer of Freedom's Watch, was a member the White House senior staff in Bush's first term. Mary Matalin, Dick Cheney's counselor until 2003, is helping set the group's agenda. Freedom's Watch's chief spokesperson is Ari Fleischer, Bush's first White House press secretary. The board and principal financiers include Bush administration ambassadors and party insiders.

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Is it too early to man/woman the barricades?

It's been going on for 7 years now.

The republicans just keep on whippin' on and humiliatin' the pathetic, sorry-assed, democrats. It's embarrassing! The repubs do anything, anytime they feel like it, and they not only do it with impunity, they just chuckle at the whining, cry-babyish, liberals. They are probably roaring over Fox New' attack on the generals because they are orchestrating it.

The sorry-assed liberals don't even try to fight back with any commitment. There is just token opposition. They are best represented by the democratic pundits who appear on Fox to defend them. True sorry-asses! These pseudo pundits are the the best representatives the democrats have against the republican powerhouse.

Kerry and Gore and Cleland, and probably hundreds of others have been made an example of, and these generals will also be diminished. They won't fight back because if they do they will only get hurt more-so, until they feel the pain.

"You don't mess with Texas" without paying a heavy penalty.

They have got the Supreme Court on their side. They have intimidated the democrats in congress to the point that they will vote in accordance with anything Joe Lieberman or Mitch McConnell desire.

What a joke! Fox News rules!

Does everyone here know that Petraeus has NEVER been in combat? He's a staff officer, a REMF. How can a man whose never been shot at lead others in war?

We should have seen some resignations -- resigning commissions -- to protest the malfeasant and illegal policies that the military is told to implement.

Anyone know for sure - or maybe it doesn't even matter. If I go to Wikipedia it refers to the Fox News Channel as part of the Fox Entertainment Group. Is it news? Or, is it entertainment packaged as news? No, No, I know. You can trust their "news" as far as you can (ahem) spit into a hurricane. But, is it legit for them to claim it's news?

I'm just one individual american patriot but I'm glad Fox had the gur=ts to call out these bad genarals for there unpatriotic and/or possibly treasonous behavior it's an outrage in the extreme to say the sodiers should come home and it's eben a worse outrage for a GENERAL to say it I'm so sick of wining generals and wining soldiers who "just want to cut and run" so they can come home to there family's well Boohoo!!! Cause nobody MAADE them join the militart inferastructures of this great nationa nd if there to coward to fight then they never shoulkd of joined but they did so Boo frickin HOO TO THEm they better just follow the commander in chief who's a brave and/or talented individual doing a tough job when or soldiers are in harms way at a time of war when our beave fighting troops are in harm's way and they better just SHUT UP AND DO THERE JOBS!!! you can bet your dollar if I was in the army you wouln't of wever heard me wining and complaining and running home to my mommy so you better get of my BACK!!!