Pathetic

It's amazing how susceptible the American people are to Orwellian/Goebbels-like marketing. It's breathtaking to consider how close this country has come to a Hitler/Mussolini/Ceaucescu dictatorship. How different was the ascendancy of Bush and Cheney to those who came before them; on the adoring shoulders of the people? The adulation, the cult of personality, swallowing propaganda whole. Here is what Kurt Vonnegut said:

The only difference between [George W.] Bush and [Adolf] Hitler is that Hitler was elected.

This addendum to this formerly textless post was written at 3:59 A.M. on April 13, 2007, my son's birthday.


3/23/06