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Skriven 2014-10-19 02:52:26 av Lee Lofaso (2:203/2)
  Kommentar till text 18894 av Bill McGarrity (11110.2fidonews)
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Hello Bill,

 TR>> Well.....different up to a point.

 TR>> Depends on who's being `different'. The rules apply differently to
 TR>> different people.

 BM> More proof of fascism still alive and well in SoCo.

All democracies have fascist tendencies.  That includes
every state in the USA, not just California.

If fascism ever came to be a reality in the USA, it would
most likely be fascism with a smile rather than having the
face of a madman with a funny-looking mustache.

FDR interned Japanese Americans.  George W. Bush interned
Muslim Americans.  Some future president will intern another
group of Americans.  It is not a question of if, but rather
a question of when.

Yes, the rules are different for various people.  That
is the way it has always been, in every land.  There are
more black folks in prison than white folks.  There are
more black folks on death row than white folks.  Men
get paid more than women.  Many other inequalities exist,
some obvious, others subtle.

"L'uso fa la legge." - Sicilian proverb

Custom rules the law.

That is the way it has always been.  In this land,
and in all lands.  When FDR took office as president,
and ruled until his death, he had no ideology of his
own.  His positions were all over the political map,
with seemingly no anchor in place.  How did he manage
to become the leader he was, gaining the trust of the
American people?  He told the American people one
thing -

"Make me do it." - FDR

And so they did.

The American people made FDR close the banks, and
end the great depression.  So he did.

The American people made FDR exact their revenge on
the Japanese for bombing Pearl Harbor.  So he did.

The American people wanted to make FDR enact a
universal health care system.  But before he could
do so he was poisoned by Winston Churchill and died,
so everybody had to wait until Barack Obama could
finish the job.

--Lee

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