Freitag, 20. Dezember 2002

[Marxismus oder Barbarei]: Alles, aber auch wirklich alles über Marxismus findet ihr im Marxists Internet Archive. [The Cartoonist] [Der Schockwellenreiter] 8:54:00 PM    comment []

"It Can't Happen Here". "Americans have often wondered where the Germans were able to recruit all the people who staffed the Gestapo and the SS. The fact is, however, that sociopaths, sociopath sympathizers, the weak-kneed, and the easily-led form a standard distribution across all societies, in all times. We have just as many in America now as the Germans did in the 1930s. Maybe even more, since Americans have been programmed by the public schools and the mass media for several generations more than were the Germans of that time. Your local TIPS snitch might report that you "fail to display sufficient respect for authority." Or maybe he'll write down that you "laugh upon hearing the phrase 'homeland security'." Think I'm kidding? The popular response to the TIPS program is proof that the time is now right for the creepy-crawlies to emerge from under their rocks. That neighbor who's got a kid, and a dog, and plays ball of a Saturday may have exactly the same dark side as the German who always politely shopped at a Jewish deli, but then broke its windows when Kristalnacht came. One scary and hysterical government measure that hasn't been shelved was the activation of 300 Army National Guard tank battalions as part of a homeland defense force, as part of a strategy calling for the domestic use of U.S. military forces. Reuters reported that, in his July 20 speech, Bush said that tank battalions "will serve in the homeland defense role within the United States." I'd like to know how, exactly, tanks will be employed within the U.S. The reactivity, and utter lack of principle, of the Baby Bush regime is underlined by the creation of a Department of Homeland Security. And that...entirely apart from the fact that its $37 billion budget will compete with the FBI, CIA, NSA and other bloated and dangerous bureaucracies as Praetorian Guard wannabees." Related: book review of It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis Related: Praetorian Guard info by Doug Casey, for The Daily Reckoning [CULT OF THE DEAD COW] 8:53:17 PM    comment []

[Dieser Link ist für Gabi]: Thorsten Schmidt über Städtischen Fußgängerverkehr. »Die Füße sind das natürlichste Fortbewegungsmittel aller Menschen - unabhängig von Alter, Geschlecht, Einkommen oder Gesundheitszustand. Bis vor gut einem Jahrhundert vollzogen sich innerstädtische Verkehrsbewegungen fast ausschließlich zu Fuß. Die wichtigsten Daseinsgrundfunktionen Wohnen und Arbeiten lagen meist in enger Nachbarschaft, oft im selben Haus.« [kellerkind bogenallee 11] [Der Schockwellenreiter] 8:52:45 PM    comment []

[Gesundheit!] Goedart Palm über die Kirchturmpolitik medi-zynischer Verbände. [Telepolis News] [Der Schockwellenreiter] 8:52:02 PM    comment []

[Apple]: Mac OS X 10.2.3 released. »It looks like a bunch of small fixes and enhancements. Cool. Of course, I always wait a few days before updating. If there are problems they usually get reported on pretty quickly.« [ranchero.com] [Der Schockwellenreiter] 8:51:29 PM    comment []

[Noch mehr dot.comisches]: E-Commerce bleibt Nischenphänomen. [Telepolis News] [Der Schockwellenreiter] 8:50:59 PM    comment []

[Robotnik]: Roboter steuert Bagger. [heise online news] [Der Schockwellenreiter] 8:46:57 PM    comment []

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