Militia-style paranoia and pessimism are rampant right now, at least in my neck of the woods.
Former MP Garth Turner has advised every Canadian to purchase firearms, flee to the countryside, and stock up on food.
According to information I've received, Weibo Ludwig is again reaching out to Christians, evidently hoping to add to the number of his followers. Ludwig long ago developed not just a seige mentality, but a remnant mentality: Once the world has been destroyed, his Trickle Creek compound will be the only thing remaining.
Kevin Barrett, as mentioned in my last post, has announced his intention to leave the U.S. permanently, because it is "owned by Zionists".
Alex Jones, Webster Tarpley, et. al. say Obama will be far worse than Bush. Many people I know share this opinion.
According to Jones, Obama has been selected and groomed to usher in the New World Order, which will commence with an unspecified event on January 21st or 22nd (see the vague-ass warnings from Biden and Colin Powell). Murders of political dissidents will begin immediately.
Many people I know also believe the economy was deliberately imploded to bring the U.S. and Canada to its knees. Wages will go down, more draconian laws will be passed, and the Constitution will be further defiled.
The gloom and doom has gotten to me. Yesterday I felt its weight all day. It's not that I believe in any of the dire forecasts; I'm just finding it very draining to be surrounded by such high volumes of pessimism and alarmism. My glumness only deepened when I watched part of Oprah (for the story on the Rosenblat Holocaust memoir hoax) and learned that some people will be celebrating Obama's inauguration. I realized that a lot of people are actually living their lives right now, in spite of the economy and in spite of Gaza and in spite of Iraq. They actually have hope for the future. It was a refreshing change.
When I brought this stuff up to RD, he assumed I was "dissing" his friends and called me a shallow, selfish bitch. Obama is a cunt. Fuck America. They've murdered a million Iraqis. I shouldn't be watching Lost like all the imperialists, I should be looking at photos of dead Palestinian children.
Somehow, this did not cheer me up.
But it's no one else's job to make me feel better. That's my job. I might just pop some popcorn and celebrate the inauguration all by myself.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
An Offensive Opinion Piece on an Offensive Opinion Piece
Once again, Kevin Barrett can go fuck himself.
His latest work of art is a short essay entitled "Dead Babies and the Death of the American Dream" (originally published at The New American Dream, reposted at The Liberty Voice). In it, the failed Congressional candidate (who announced to RD that he would "probably win" hours before it was announced that he netted a whopping 3% of the vote) and alleged child-beater briefly waxes ineloquent about Israeli atrocities, then jumps straight into his real complaint: The "Zionist-controlled" media is censoring gory images from Gaza, and the full extent of the bloodbath is only available on Middle Eastern news programs. As these are freely available via satellite, I don't know what the problem is. I also don't know why it would be editorially sound to publish photos of dying children in U.S. newspapers. Sure, if might wake a few people up to the true horrors of war, but it would also decimate your circulation. No one wants to see dead children over their ham and eggs.
But even that's not Barrett's real issue. He goes on to complain more about the Zionist-controlled media, informing us (emphasis in original) that "THE ZIONISTS INTENTIONALLY SLAUGHTER PALESTINIAN CHILDREN AS A MATTER OF OFFICIAL POLICY." As evidence, he cites a comment made by Chris Hedges in his October 2001 Harper’s magazine article. Hedges had observed Israeli soldiers in the Occupied Territories luring children within range of their guns, then "gut-shooting them for sport" (as Barrett puts it). This has surely happened, but I see no reason to conclude that this is official policy.
Barrett also notes that Israeli actions in Gaza are limited to airstrikes because "Zionists are cowards." He goes on to "quote" Europeans who have told him that, "Zionist Jews, and to a lesser extent their Zionist Christian accomplices, control the U.S. media, the Anglo-American financial sector, and almost all American politicians.” His conclusion: "America...is now Zionist-occupied territory." Spoken like a true racial supremacist.
Now, I don't approve of the current Israeli actions in Gaza one bit. Israel has a right to its homeland, but Palestinians have a right to theirs, too. However, I do not blame any of this decades-long turf war on "Zionist cowardice". And I do not believe the media is "Zionist-controlled". Rupert Murdoch is not a Jew and is not particularly Zionist. Ted Turner is definitely neither. The vast majority of America's high-circulation magazines and newspapers are not owned by Jews or Zionists. Yet the "Jewish liberal media" myth just won't go the fuck away, because assclowns like Barrett keep dredging it up.
My problem with Barrett's editorial is that he's being intellectually dishonest, as usual. He isn't upset that the American media is biased. He's upset that the American media doesn't share his bias. If anti-Semitic/anti-Zionist fucktards controlled the media, he would probably be A-OK with that and we'd never hear a peep out of him. And speaking of that... at the end of the essay, Barrett announces his intention to permanently decamp from the U.S.
Yay. Maybe now RD and I can go to Spring Green and see Taliesin instead of having to visit this pompous fuck.
His latest work of art is a short essay entitled "Dead Babies and the Death of the American Dream" (originally published at The New American Dream, reposted at The Liberty Voice). In it, the failed Congressional candidate (who announced to RD that he would "probably win" hours before it was announced that he netted a whopping 3% of the vote) and alleged child-beater briefly waxes ineloquent about Israeli atrocities, then jumps straight into his real complaint: The "Zionist-controlled" media is censoring gory images from Gaza, and the full extent of the bloodbath is only available on Middle Eastern news programs. As these are freely available via satellite, I don't know what the problem is. I also don't know why it would be editorially sound to publish photos of dying children in U.S. newspapers. Sure, if might wake a few people up to the true horrors of war, but it would also decimate your circulation. No one wants to see dead children over their ham and eggs.
But even that's not Barrett's real issue. He goes on to complain more about the Zionist-controlled media, informing us (emphasis in original) that "THE ZIONISTS INTENTIONALLY SLAUGHTER PALESTINIAN CHILDREN AS A MATTER OF OFFICIAL POLICY." As evidence, he cites a comment made by Chris Hedges in his October 2001 Harper’s magazine article. Hedges had observed Israeli soldiers in the Occupied Territories luring children within range of their guns, then "gut-shooting them for sport" (as Barrett puts it). This has surely happened, but I see no reason to conclude that this is official policy.
Barrett also notes that Israeli actions in Gaza are limited to airstrikes because "Zionists are cowards." He goes on to "quote" Europeans who have told him that, "Zionist Jews, and to a lesser extent their Zionist Christian accomplices, control the U.S. media, the Anglo-American financial sector, and almost all American politicians.” His conclusion: "America...is now Zionist-occupied territory." Spoken like a true racial supremacist.
Now, I don't approve of the current Israeli actions in Gaza one bit. Israel has a right to its homeland, but Palestinians have a right to theirs, too. However, I do not blame any of this decades-long turf war on "Zionist cowardice". And I do not believe the media is "Zionist-controlled". Rupert Murdoch is not a Jew and is not particularly Zionist. Ted Turner is definitely neither. The vast majority of America's high-circulation magazines and newspapers are not owned by Jews or Zionists. Yet the "Jewish liberal media" myth just won't go the fuck away, because assclowns like Barrett keep dredging it up.
My problem with Barrett's editorial is that he's being intellectually dishonest, as usual. He isn't upset that the American media is biased. He's upset that the American media doesn't share his bias. If anti-Semitic/anti-Zionist fucktards controlled the media, he would probably be A-OK with that and we'd never hear a peep out of him. And speaking of that... at the end of the essay, Barrett announces his intention to permanently decamp from the U.S.
Yay. Maybe now RD and I can go to Spring Green and see Taliesin instead of having to visit this pompous fuck.
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