Thursday, April 29, 2010

the coming rise of the fascist state

As I have written in previous posts, I firmly believe that the powers that be are angling for a totalitarian government, one which will be warmly received by the republicans and tea party advocates. For them, their Christian dreams will be fully realized. For the rest of us, life will suck
In a clear sign of the disconnect, Goldman Sachs helped ruin the economy, perhaps more than any other (although JP Morgan and Bank Of America certainly helped). Somehow doing that by defrauding their clients isn't illegal. How you can commit fraud, lie about it and then have only a civil suit brought against them is ridiculous. These people should be in jail if not executed for their crimes. I do believe white collar crimes of this sort should be dealt with in the same way the murder and child molesters are prosecuted. See how many do it if their facing life in real bad prison or even the death penalty. But no charges are going to be filed, the executives are getting away scot free and we're the ones left holding the bag. Fuckers.
On the flip side, it has become apparent that Apple has the ability to sic police on whoever they feel like, regardless of whether a crime was committed or not. Apple's new I phone was recently lost and bought by a tech website. When they got they asked Apple if it was a prototype and did they want it back. They said it wasn't theirs. So they took it apart and reported on it. When Apple called back to sheepishly say it was prototype and could they have it back, the website obliged. Later, stormtroopers kicked in their door, dragged them off to jail for "theft," ransacked the house, confiscated computers, all the while Apple reps were busy searching the house. A clear case of fascism. The corporate state now can control the police to protect their goods, even when no crime has been committed. As I have personally witnessed, it is possible for someone to be thrown into jail for several years for no reason. Habeus Corpus won't protect you because it will take years to get a hearing. Then its a oops sorry, out you go with no legal recourse to sue because you technically got your day in court, albeit in direct opposition to that pesky Constitution that states the right to a speedy trial. Good luck with that.
We are losing more and more rights. Arizona recently passed a highly unconstituational law making being in their state illegally a crime. While I do not support illegal immigrants who should not be here, this law is too broadly written and will hinder people here legally. Plus the right to sue the cops for non enforcement is laughable. Its like suing the post office for losing your mail. Not gonna happen.
Other southern states are following suit making me wonder why we bothered fighting the civil war and maybe we should just let these idiots succeed once and for all. I'll be more than happy to have legal drugs, prostitution, free health care, equal rights and all the other things the Christian right demonizes.
Obama's recent appeasement of building more oil platforms came back to bite him in the ass this week with the coming destruction of miles of wetlands in Louisiana. Drill Baby Drill fuckers can go hang. Schmucks.

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