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understandinglife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 11:54 AM
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II. Crushing the Coup: Purging "Bu$h theocratic NeoCON cabal" from America
Edited on Tue Feb-01-05 12:00 PM by understandinglife
Simple rules of engagement with our fellow citizens as we begin a Nation-wide “literacy program” to inform everyone of the treacherous, treasonous actions of the Bush theocratic NeoCON cabal.

Numerous DUers have contributed to this updated version. Their comments can be seen in this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=309782

The messages that we are attempting to deliver are quite calculated and meant to motivate and focus efforts to eradicate the criminal Bu$h organization that is attempting the overthrow of the American Constitution and that has been subverting the spirit of our Declaration of Independence since the 2000 campaign.

The messages are necessarily not devoid of emotion, but the purpose served goes well beyond eliciting an "emotional response." For instance, in the era of ‘search engines’ we want as many hits as possible to associate “Mr. Bush” with Bu$h, NeoCON, theocrat, PNAC, fraud, exploitation, lies, extremist, etc.

The near-term goal is quick, surgical isolation of Mr. Bush and his theocratic, NeoCON cabal from groups that must not be alienated, and, to whatever extent possible, need to be encouraged to become allies, e.g., Republicans, "conservatives," and Christians.

Thus, I urge that we avoid associating terms like 'Republican,' conservative, 'Christian,' neo-Christian, and any combination thereof with the name Bush (or any of his criminal minions and extremist, radical, unpatriotic collaborators).

I also urge caution in using terms like fascist, nazi, jihadist, and derogatory versions of Republican because they offer easy excuses for folk to stop listening and reading.

So, here’s the updated list:

1. Suggest you only use the term “Mr” or “Ms” for any member of the Bush organization. When convenient feel free to substitute an * or Bu$h for Bush.

2. Never use the term President or even a derogatory derivative thereof (e.g., preznit) when referring to Bush and avoid legitimizing phrases like Bush administration, Bush’ cabinet, etc;

3. Never use the term Vice President, SoS, etc when referring to co-criminals like Cheney, Rice, etc.;

4. Always refer to Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, etc as NeoCONS; or as members of Bu$h’s theocratic NeoCON cabal. And, always refer to ‘Project for a New American Century’ as the PNAC conspiracy or PNAC propaganda machine;

5. Occassionally, refer to Bu$h, Cheney, Rice, etc as failed Republicans or unworthy Republicans or as theocratic NeoCON enemies of the real Republican party;

6. Always refer to the national election of 2004 (and 2000) as a coup; never refer to it as an election;

7. Bu$h has never been inaugurated; he has only been illegally installed;

8. Always refer to the illegal, Un-Constitutional war in Iraq as Bush’s illegal, Un-Constitutional war in Iraq;

9. Always refer to those resisting the illegal, Un-Constitutional occupation of their Nation, Iraq, as ‘freedom fighters’ not ‘insurgents’;

10. Always refer to our troops as loyal to America; ruthlessly and illegally abused by Bu$h’s theocratic NeoCON cabal, subverted by the PNAC conspiracy;

11. Always refer to the media as Bu$h’s propaganda machine and only designate a media person as a journalist who oppose the Mr. Bush’s theocratic NeoCON cabal (e.g., Olbermann, Krugman, Dowd, Kristof, Horsey, Palast, etc. receive recognition as a journalists; most, however, should always be called propagandists, Bush’s media whores, Bush’s lapdog media corps, etc);

12. theocrats and their evangelical propagandists should never be referred to as Christians; we need to stop insulting the memory of Jesus by ever associating his name with bush's theocratic, evangelical hypocrites. (never capitalize ‘t’ in ‘theocrats’; and a current, pertinent to election reform DU thread that everyone should read is:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x312144#312189 )

13. Always call the people who believe that the election discrepancies were coincidence "coincidence theorists."

14. Always call the people who believe that the fact that it was not an accident that all the voting discrepancies favored Bu$h "reality theorists."

15. When referring to the events of 9/11 refer to them as having been allowed to happen by Mr. Bush’s NeoCON cabal. Say that said events have been shamelessly exploited to achieve the geopolitical and business objectives of the Bu$h NeoCON cabal.

16. Refer to states such as FL and OH, whose electoral process has been corrupted by bush loyalists, as failed states -- not unlike the former South Africa.

17. Refer to purveyors of paperless un-auditable voting machines and the boards of elections who purchase them as Bu$h anti-Constitution collaborators.

18. Whenever mentioning ‘the Draft’ always mention PNAC – try to have both PNAC and DRAFT appear in the same sentence, as much as possible.

19. Always refer to Bu$h and his cult followers as ‘pro-birth and anti-choice’ and never use ‘pro-life’ since they clearly are not ‘pro-life.’

In addition, you may want to adopt one or more of these phrases in introducing various topics to your fellow citizens:

Bu$h regime ______

Bush racism, as purveyed by sell-out collaborators _________ (e.g., Blackwell, Gonzales, Rice)

Bu$h’s extremist _______

Bush’s radical ______

Bu$h’s corporatist ______ (conveying Bu$h’s tightly coupled corporate control and political control without using the term ‘fascist’; if you use the term fascist it is important you explain the origin of the term and DavidGMills offers good advice in that regard in comment #20 in the DU thread listed above. Hootinholler, in comment #31, suggested corporatist and a neat variation, corporatista, as an opening to a discussion of what the original term ‘fascist’ was meant to convey.)

Call it the FOP instead of GOP (“F_____ Old Party” instead of “Grand Old Party”)


Please continue to contribute additional rules; or suggested modifications of any of the above.

I will compile and post an update by noon, PST, 8 Feb 2005.


BE THE BU$H OPPOSITION; 24/7


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understandinglife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 11:56 AM
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1. I have asked the DU moderators to lock the original thread and...
...they kindly and quickly have done so -- thank you moderators!!

That way we can avoid confusion as everyone considers the revisions and offers edits or additional suggestions.

Thank you everyone for your many contributions, already.


TBO;24/7
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 12:00 PM
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2. Here, Here!
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Helga Scow Stern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 12:06 PM
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3. I urge everyone to watch these reports by theocracywatch.org
project at Cornell:

What we are up against has a much more defined shape than many of us knew:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=312144#312335
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understandinglife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 12:11 PM
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4. You are so very correct in urging everyone to study that site!! Thank...
....you.

As I have repeatedly said, they may represent a 'minority' of those using the name 'Jesus' to justify their objectives, and the title 'Christian' as 'cover', but they ARE the 'vote counters' (and riggers of the touchscreen software).

Peace.

TBO;24/7
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demo dutch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 05:28 PM
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17. This stuff really scares me, like going back to the dark ages when
Edited on Tue Feb-01-05 05:28 PM by demo dutch
when the church ruled everyone's life and kept and everyone dumb. The church touched everyone's life, no matter what their rank or class or where they lived. With the exception of a small number of Jews, everyone in Europe was a Christian during the Middle Ages from the richest king down to the lowest serf.

I was educated in Europe, and I guess the lack of mandatory world history classes in the USA account for the fact that few Americans know that during Medieval Europe every person was required to live by the Church's laws and pay heavy taxes to support the Church. In return for this, they were shown the way to everlasting life and happiness while their lives on earth were often short and hard.

In addition to collecting taxes, the Church also accepted gifts of all kinds from individuals who wanted special favors or wanted to be certain of a place in heaven. These gifts included land, flocks, crops, and even serfs. This allowed the Church to become very powerful, and it often used this power to influence kings to do as it wanted.

Sounds familiar???!!!

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understandinglife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 05:53 PM
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19. Yes: 'faith-based' uses of tax dollars has quite 'medieval' roots.
And, a small number of fanatical religious hypocrites can gain totalitarian control of society even when the majority of a population is educated but unwilling to take a stand (Germany -- 1928 to 1938 comes to mind, quickly).

As to those "faith-based" uses of our Federal tax dollars, let everyone reflect on what Hitler said, on signing the Nazi-Vatican Concordat, April 26, 1933: "Secular schools can never be tolerated because such schools have no religious instruction, and a general moral instruction without religious foundation is built on air; consequently all character training and religion must be derived from faith . . ."

excerpted from:
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhitlerchristian.html


Peace.

TBO;24/7
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demo dutch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 06:53 PM
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20. Incredible! Since you're quoting Hitler, in his rhetoric and
the Lure of "Moral Values" he also said "God Is With Us", “I follow the path assigned to me by Providence with the instinctive sureness of a sleepwalker. Hitler also stated in February 1940, “But there is something else I believe, and that is that there is a God. . . . And this God again has blessed our efforts during the past 13 years.”

(http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/)

By the way, In 1938 Hitler was TIME Magazine's Man Of The Year.

It all sounds so familiar!

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electropop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 12:13 PM
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5. Need to work two ways.
On our web pages, we need to use keywords the righties will be searching for. We should use actual respectful terms for *cough* Bush and Co. Righties will instantly click out of any page that uses anything other than "President Bush" in referring to him. The key is, sound respectful, moderate, and careful. Politely present totally damning information on the cabal's activities.

Keywords: freedom, security, President Bush, family, pro-life, christian, decency, morality, patriotism, support our troops

Stories:

Valerie Plame
WMD
Alberto "Torquemada" Gonzales
Iraq as new terrorist factory, and lack of terrorist ties before.
low job approval, exit polls, Ohio irregularities (in that order)
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understandinglife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 12:24 PM
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6. Cool. I will definitely include your very smart tactic in the next version
Thank you.


TBO;24/7
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Vincardog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 12:57 PM
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7. What about referring to the Radical Right pundits as
The Radical Cleric Pat Robertson?
How about the American Taliban at the Moral Majority?
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electropop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 02:30 PM
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11. Not if your audience is wingers.
They're gone in a flash if you insult them or their gods too directly.
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 05:50 PM
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18. Not sure the target audience should be wingers -- their minds are made up
The target should be the overwhelmed majority, not the fringe. The majority who get their news from TV and suspect it isn't news but need that validation. The ones who already distrust Bush and want community. These are actually moderate and even liberal people, they've just been intentionally misinformed.
I agree the tone should be respectful to the office, but bluntly truthful with the facts on the office holders, and definitely not coddling to the fringe.
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electropop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 10:47 AM
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24. Fair enough
I suspect though that many of the people you describe (more realistically the targets) will be more receptive if we use a respectful tone. Many may have voted for Bushit but are now wondering if that was wise. They don't want to be called fools, but may be OK with being told it's not their fault, but yes Bush tried to pull a bait and switch on them. But they're too smart to fall for that, right?
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 01:03 PM
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8. Can we consider: THEO-CON ? besides being a combo of theocrat + neocon,
it also might mean that the cabal is conning the people of faith (ie faith based initiative money for African American churches when their civil rights agenda is deplorable.) comments?
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understandinglife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 05:04 PM
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16. Thank you and I will add "TheoCON" to the lexicon in the next release!

Peace.

TBO;24/7
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 01:05 PM
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9. also , shouldn't we leave the capital b out of bu$h, in protest?
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Joe Chi Minh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 02:09 PM
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10. I'm not one for
fawning plaudits, understandinglife, but I'm really in awe of your initiative, your ideas and your work on this theme.

Without wishing the above to embarrass you when deciding one way or another, but rather that you take it as my deferring to your judgemnt for the most practical of reasons, do you think that maybe "unreality (or perhaps even, "surreality") theorists", rather than "reality theorists" might be more appropriate in relation to your point 14, above?

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understandinglife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 05:03 PM
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15. Compliments always appreciated and I will work on clarifying..
...#14. "Reality theorist" is meant to describe those of us who know it was beyond chance (accident) that all shifts, from exit polls to touchscreens, favored Bu$h.

Thank you and please keep the questions and suggestions flowing.


TBO;24/7
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Joe Chi Minh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-02-05 07:56 AM
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23. Oh, sorry!
Wonderful irony. I'd mistakenly took it to refer to the surreal fantasists of the other side!
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minorjive Donating Member (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 03:15 PM
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12. this is an intelligent undertaking, but about that "cabal"
I'd like to urge you not to use the term cabal in association with the neocons. The word has a strong association with antisemitic conspiracy theories about Jewish plots to control banks and governments. The infamous document along these lines is the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Though I'm sure you don't intend it, using the word "cabal" sounds like an allusion to that sort of antisemitic literature.
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understandinglife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 04:57 PM
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13. Thank you for reminding me about that bit of history. I assure you...
....I detest anything that remotely approaches 'antisemitic' and I will adjust the term to either 'clique', 'gang', or some other disreputable term for collection of criminals.

Peace.

TBO; 24/7
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 05:00 PM
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14. I also appreciate the clarification and will cease from using that term.
I hope I did not offend anyone with my use of it.
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minorjive Donating Member (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 09:11 PM
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21. thank you understandinglife and modmom
for your responses. No offense taken. Only respect and appreciation at my end...
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understandinglife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-01-05 11:01 PM
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22. That is what is great about this community; so many committed ...
Edited on Tue Feb-01-05 11:02 PM by understandinglife
....individuals, with so many different types of expertise. As long as we do the 'listening' part of 'dialogue' as well as the 'talking' part, respectfully, we are a force that the Bush theocratic NeoCON regime will not withstand.

When I post the next release, I will remove 'cabal' and explain why in a note. I may post earlier than 8 Feb 2005 to ensure that we get the 'cabal' term scrubed from the anti-Bu$h lexicon.


Peace.


TBO;24/7
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AnarchoFreeThinker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 11:10 AM
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25. I take issue with 19!
19. Always refer to Bu$h and his cult followers as ‘pro-birth and anti-choice’ and never use ‘pro-life’ since they clearly are not ‘pro-life.’

IMHO, they're just "anti-choice zealots," period. Why call them "pro-birth"? It implies we're not. The most powerful democratic position here is to value all life, born and unborn, but to distinguish ourselves from them by being adamant about never presuming to tell a woman what to do with her body.

"Why DO they always want to tell women what to do with their bodies?"
"Why DO they always want to try to tell YOU what you should believe?"

They're holier-than-thou self-righteous sexists, and that gets obscured by calling them "pro-birth."
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