How
can it be that a long time member of the National Federation of
Republican Women and member of the Daughters of the American Revolution
could be Threat To National Security? This came as one of those moments
when you are sure they must be talking about someone else.
This was especially shocking to me since I seem to be the Threat. I was
very surprised that my blog had elicited so much attention from the
Powers That Be this morning. I learned about this when a friend called
me and said her attempt to get on and read my latest scribble was been
greeted with the warning, 'FORBIDDEN!!!!' Other calls came in rapidly.
And I have been having so much fun writing about my experiences and insights and sharing my graphics.
Of course, the thing one needs to ask is what the NeoCons mean by
'National Security." Their definition has nothing to do with bombs or
bellicose behavior of any kind really. Rather, it goes to the issue of
keeping most people from understanding what is going on so they can do
something about it. This is the Mushroom Principle, keep them in the
dark and feed them fertilizer.
I like people to share and I like sharing my own insights.
The first hand insights came along with the experiences life sent my
way while raising children, volunteering as a room mother, Brownie
Leader, Cub Scout Den Mother, and (this following activity calls for a
very similar set of skills) writing and doing political organizing for
the Libertarian Party and then for the same National Federation of
Republican Women. I include the nice picture of myself with Laura Bush
having Tea at the White House and myself at the table at the Cato
Institute Gala in Washington D. C. in 2003 sitting next to Heidi Smith,
then the President of the National Federation of Republican Women. As
you google you will also notice I donated to No Child Left Behind.
Not your usual profile for a terrorist.
Google, which acquired Blogger, the place where my sites are hosted,
did not even write me an e-mail before dragging out the barriers and
cutting me off. And I thought we had a relationship. Very sad. Like I
said, some of my friends starting calling and complaining and voila! It
was back up.
I had warned that there would be dirty tricks afoot in a recent blog.
So if this happens again you can still go look at my articles by
googling (ironically) my name. Also go to American Politics Journal and
OpedNews and Freedom's Phoenix. I am told on good authority others will
also be carrying them soon.
Just shutting down sites is one of the more efficient ways to keep the opposition quiet.
What could I have said to upset them? I suspect their reaction came
more from concern for what I was going to say next. Thankfully,
shutting down my site will not prevent anything like my free speech,
guaranteed under the First Amendment, from happening. I will keep using
the First Amendment even if they revoke it.
Thanks to a newly started on line Radio Station, BBS, TNT News, I will
not only keep on Blogging but also be able to talk to people on line
and on the air. http://www.bloginservice.com/bbc/index.shtml
As I pointed out before this administration of grown larger, plumper
and balder but not grown up social misfits are very upset that despite
the fact they have managed to ice every branch of government from
Congress (preventing those nasty impeachments) and the Supreme Court
(must not let there be oversight as to the Constitutionality of such
questions as the Patriot Act) and the Electoral System (Strauss SAID we
could cheat!!) people keep talking and complaining and exchanging
information.
Really, if you close your eyes and just think about what they are doing
it is obvious no one should trust them with even a cork pop gun, much
less a hunting rifle or, for gosh sakes, nuclear weapons. Ethically I
would be concerned with trusting them in preschool. I know, I had a lot
of kids.
If I was sending them out to sell Girl Scout cookies I would figure they would eat most of the cookies themselves.
The events that put me in the middle of this mostly related to my
daughter, Morgan Pillsbury. Morgan showed the bad judgment to become
involved with one of these plumped up reprobates named John Fund. It
was bad judgment on her part, and I am not defending her on that. But
John was far worse because his behavior was even less conscionable than
hers. No matter what, beating someone you out weigh by 150 Lbs. is not
nice. Nice is a very important attribute in anyone. I suspect that
there are no nice NeoCons. Sad thought.
That matter, which John and his NeoConning buddies have managed to
dodge, is now coming up to another court date and the timing is bad for
them because John is one of their most trusted Political Operatives.
I have lost any trust in our justice system; Robert Morganthau,
District Attorney for Manhattan, dropped the criminal case when by law
he was not permitted to do so. Regrettably, I was forced to conclude
that the NeoCons 'hold paper' on Morganthau, who usually does the right
thing in cases of domestic violence.
Holding paper can mean they have a video of Morganthau having sex with
a model or a cockatoo or some other nasty thing or that he has tax
problems, or any of many different forms of coercive pressure. Holding
paper covers all of them. Someday I suspect we will know what was going
on there.
Sometimes I wonder what they could have been thinking when they decided to help Fund.
What did they expect me to do? What kind of a mother and human being
would I be if I did not defend her when, on this occasion, she deserves
defending?
Defending ourselves and our families will most likely become an issue for all of us.
This is an interesting time in the NeoCon game plan. While they have
iced the usual means for protest the Internet remains a weak point for
them. Their attempts to control the exchange of information and insight
and commerce remain largely unsuccessful, though we must anticipate
continued attempts through corporate biggies like Google and AOL. That
continued conduit for information has allowed significant numbers of
Americans to find out directly from Europe and other places around the
world what is happening. This is in large part responsible for the
rapidly deteriorating popularity of this Administration, along with the
increasingly blatant moves to seize control of American property on
their part, for instance the Ports Sale.
The NeoCons are doubtless thrashing around right now, unsure which
direction to take. They are in the latter part of a long range campaign
and the components for their campaign to control America is now
encountering realities they did not anticipate. Europe is growing
alarmed at the high levels of radioactivity swept in from Iraq from the
Depleted Uranium used by us there in munitions; Americans are coming
back from that war with symptoms now understood to originate from that
source. The credibility of this Administration is suffering to such an
extent that they may well decide to speed up a more oppressive domestic
agenda. Americans need to be distracted and their campaign to reawaken
concern for National Security is faltering. Any Terrorist attack
occurring at this point could well solidify opposition instead of
increasing support.
They have already allowed inferences of their long term plans to slip;
The publicity campaign last year regarding Avian Flu, in retrospect,
indicates a likely possibility the release of that plague was intended
to distract Americans while radically decreasing the population.
Actions speak louder than words: why did they broadcast samples of the
disease, which still has no known cure, all over the world except to
create cover for themselves? It is not that the NeoCons are not aware
of environmental issues, just that their plans in that regard take a
very different direction, shall we say. As a long range plan this goes
along with their science fiction mentalities; as Straussians there
would be no reason not to follow such an agenda.
But the masters of political intrigue and now confronting a very different reality.
The NeoCons have moved from the application of political tactics,
something they have studied in detail and understand well, to a
dependence on their own far less reliable understanding of technology,
not their strong suit; While they doubtless consult real experts one
wonders if they are entirely frank regarding their desired outcomes.
Experts are generally good at letting you know if you explain all of
the variables, but lacking that, the miscommunication could be huge.
The present DU toxicity levels in Europe would lead us to conclude that
the NeoCons are failing to foresee even the short term consequences of
their own plans.
So controlling the Internet – and our access to inconvenient information - has to be high on their priorities.
Therefore blogging and surfing for reliable information is a matter of self defense.
So keep on Blogging. I always told the Brownie and Cub Scouts to be prepared;
Get off the grids: Organize Locally; Build Coalition.