Theos-Talk Archives (February 2005 Message tt00068)

Thank you for passing this on. I have been following the religious 
right movement for about thirty years and became very alarmed as I 
watched Bush's political agenda began to unfold. Consequently, our 
organization, Alexandria West, organized a day long seminar on this 
subject and presented it last fall. Clearly, the Bush agenda is out to 
destroy the fundamental principle of the separation of church and state 
so carefully established by our founders. This "Theocracy Watch" video 
does a great job in documenting how this "Christian Reconstructionism" 
came about, who are the players in and out of Government, their game 
plan, how they rally support to their cause, and what bills they are 
passing through Congress. A supplementary, though not as informative, 
video is Frontline's "The Jesus Factor." It includes a scene where 
Bush, while pushing his "faith based" initiative, tells an Evangelical 
group of his intention to replace the Constitution with the Bible. 

Behind all of this political manipulation is the clever use of rhetoric 
in order to re-establish modernist values of blind obedience to the 
political and social hierarchies and destroy the postmodernist advances 
of the last forty years: i.e. racial equality, women's rights, etc. 
Unfortunately, those who have been apathetic to politics either through 
discouragement, or just feel that politics is beneath them, or are in a 
state of denial and dismiss all of this as "conspiracy theories" part of 
the problem, because their apathy (and consequential ignorance) are now 
inadvertently instrumental in enabling the Christian Reconstructionists 
to turn this country into a theocracy and take away the human rights we 
have fought so long for. 

For an analysis of the media rhetoric that has made this possible, I 
recommend these commercially available DVDs: "Manufacturing Consent" and 
"Distorted Morality" both by Noam Chomsky. Also, the weekly "Now" 
series, begun by Bill Moyers also analyzes current events in light of 
media rhetoric and its power to manipulate the public. 

For an eye opening view of the politics of war, and the millions of 
innocent lives that have been lost because of the American political 
will to export its ideologies, I recommend "The Fog of War" an interview 
with Robert S. McNamara, former Secretary of Defense. 

However, the Christian Reconstructionist's agenda is not the only factor 
that is transforming the political landscape (though this ideological 
political group has achieved a tremendous amount of power). We also 
must never forget the old adage: "If you want to know what is really 
going on, follow the money." The best documentation I know of for this 
aspect of the problem is Craig Unger's House of Bush, House of Saud: The 
Secret Relation Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties. The 
book, among other things, traces the relationship between the Bush and 
Saud families back to the early 70s, shows the political relationship 
between these families, their cooperation concerning "Desert Storm" and 
"Operation Freedom" in Iraq, what American corporations profit from 
these wars, the relationship between the Saud family and the Bin Ladan 
family, governmental protection of the Bin Ladan family following 9/11, 
the financial instruments which moves money and buys political power, 
documents the transfer of $1.4 billion from the Saud family to the Bush 
family etc. 

As usual, the situation is too complicated to be effectively 
communicated through the popular media's sound bites. Also, most 
so-called "News" shows are more interested in entertaining the public 
with non issues like the Peterson trial. Major newspapers like the Wall 
Street Journal, Washington Post, etc. do document what is going on, but 
relatively few people read them, and even fewer people seem to know how 
to separate what is important from what is not in these papers.

If you are part of the "working class" in this country, i.e. those who 
depend upon a salaried job, a retirement program and/or social security, 
you are the ones who will be most negatively affected by the coming 
changes, and I strongly recommend that you take the time to wake up and 
find out what is going on before it is too late. If your are among the 
professional class, the 25% who earns over $75,000 a year, you are 
better off for the time being. Those of you who are in the upper four 
percent: Earn over $350,000 through a family trust, investments etc., 
the system is protecting you.

For the rest, I would take heed of Joseph Wilson when he says "Be very 
afraid." 

--j




leonmaurer@aol.com wrote:

>I received this from a friend. I'm passing it on since I feel it very 
>important for all of us to know and understand what is happening that may seriously 
>effect our lives as well as our individual rights and freedoms. Be aware! 
>"The price of liberty is eternal vigilence" (Tom Jefferson)
>
>
>In a message dated 01/30/05 7:01:36 PM, CPSkater writes:
>
> 
>
>>Dear Friends:
>>
>>I understand that many of you don't read a lot of what I send, which
>>is fine. I send articles for information, for people to read or not,
>>But I beg you to listen to this video, from 'theocracy watch' at
>>Cornell. It explains what is really happening to us, and why. Please 
>>listen. And as Joseph Wilson says: "Be very afraid".
>>
>>These are not active links..copy and paste into your browsers. Turn
>> 
>>
>>>on speakers.
>>>(Real Video)
>>> http://www.theocracywatch.org/av/video_dominion.ram
>>>(QuickTime - other Media) 
>>>http://www.theocracywatch.org/audio-video.htm
>>> 
>>>
http://www.theocracywatch.org/audio-video.htm




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