Only thing missing is the search lights?

[wurzel]

Bush is supposedly going to give his convention speech from a small, centrally located, circular platform surrounded by a sea of adoring Republicans. This platform is built just for this speech alone. Just how far has the personality cult taken hold of the Republican party? Rather than any concern over what Bush is actually doing to this country?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. any concern over what Bush is actually doing

Study ancient Rome. Quite a few parallels here.

[HFishbine]

9. Enligthen us

I don't really have time to study ancient rome right now (so many other threads). Will you give us the abridged version?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

10. Will you give us the abridged version?

Our foreign policy as per the neocons.... mirrors the foreign policy of ancient Rome.... this should be aparrent to most.


http://www.bushwatch.com/empire.htm
>>To address the terrorism threat, the president's report lays out a newly aggressive military and foreign policy, embracing pre-emptive attack against perceived enemies. It speaks in blunt terms of what it calls "American internationalism," of ignoring international opinion if that suits U.S. interests. "The best defense is a good offense," the document asserts.

It dismisses deterrence as a Cold War relic and instead talks of "convincing or compelling states to accept their sovereign responsibilities."

In essence, it lays out a plan for permanent U.S. military and economic domination of every region on the globe, unfettered by international treaty or concern. And to make that plan a reality, it envisions a stark expansion of our global military presence.

"The United States will require bases and stations within and beyond Western Europe and Northeast Asia," the document warns, "as well as temporary access arrangements for the long-distance deployment of U.S. troops."

The report's repeated references to terrorism are misleading, however, because the approach of the new National Security Strategy was clearly not inspired by the events of Sept. 11. They can be found in much the same language in a report issued in September 2000 by the Project for the New American Century, a group of conservative interventionists outraged by the thought that the United States might be forfeiting its chance at a global empire.<<

[HFishbine]

12. Thanks

Yes, in that regard, it is apparent. I thought you had meant in regards to propaganda.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

13. I thought you had meant in regards to propaganda.

Oh no.... we are much better at that than they were... no comp.

Fox News is a fine example... the Romans didn't have cable... musta been terrible....

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=43312&d=18&m=4&y=2004
>>The American propaganda machine is trying to justify the killing of over 30,000 Iraqis and the destruction of their country (in order to rebuild it) by saying that: This is the tax of war. We are here to help. Just look down the road, the New Iraq is just around the corner. If you just wait a little bit longer, it will turn out just fine.

The Afghans were given that “round the corner” promise and are worse off today, with a government based only in the city of Kabul while the rest of the country is in the hands of gangs and drug lords.<<

[BlueEyedSon]

2. Only HE needs the bulletproof bell jar.

[BlueEyedSon]

3. Scratch that, it will be an auto-animatronic Bush, who can actually

speak English. All the contol stuff will be built into the "special" platform.....

[meegbear]

4. He'll make his appearance ...

while the PA blares Pink Floyd "In The Flesh".

Are there any queers in the theater tonight?
Get them up against the wall!
There’s one in the spotlight, he don’t look right to me,
Get him up against the wall!
That one looks jewish!
And that one’s a coon!
Who let all of this riff-raff into the room?
There’s one smoking a joint,
And another with spots!
If I had my way,
I’d have all of you shot!

[Paradise]

5. creative, meegbear! :) n/t

[liveoaktx]

6. Sounds like a beauty pageant!

[GalleryGod]

7. Somewhere...Albert Speer is jumping for JOY!

:bounce: "They rediscovered my Rally Blueprints!":bounce:

[HFishbine]

8. Ooooh! Shades of

Lionel Richie.

[MallRat]

11. All he needs is a gaggle of shrieking teenage girls, and he's all set.

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