Truth from a different prospective... you should read it!
“... Today, a new generation [of Slovakians and other Eastern Europeans] that never experienced oppression is coming of age. It is important to pass on to them the lessons of that period. They must learn that freedom is precious, and cannot be taken for granted; that evil is real, and must be confronted; that lasting prosperity requires freedom of speech, freedom to worship, freedom of association; and that to secure liberty at home, it must be defended abroad."

The above quote is from the third paragraph from the end of Bush’s speech in Bratislava, Slovakia last week. The speech in its entirety can be found in the White House archives:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/02/20050224-1.html

Read it if you like. It’s there and it got plenty of coverage. But it is more important for you to read several things that the main stream news doesn’t tell you. This article, Potemkin World… or the President in the Zone, is a ‘biggie’ and you should be aware of the points it makes. Find it here: http://www.tomdispatch.com/

Listen to what it says! It’s important. If the right article doesn’t immediately come up, it has probably dropped to the archives. It’s there and worth looking for. Listen to what it says! It’s important.

But I want to call your attention to the words in the quote itself. notably that:
"freedom is precious, and cannot be taken for granted
evil is real, and must be confronted
lasting prosperity requires freedom of speech,
freedom to worship,
freedom of association ... "

These are the very philosophies and rights that are being compromised and eroded in the United States this very day, this very week. At the same time in history, make note, history will remember this, that the person who speaks so eloquently (he has good speech writers) for our country elsewhere in the world, he is working quickly and quietly to remove the rights and freedoms of the very people for whom he has the nerve to speak.

I have to wonder; does he think that the people are too stupid to notice or too sedated in front of their televisions to think for themselves or does he just think we are too frightened for our personal well being to make noise?

Wake up, Americans and watch your life and liberty slipping quietly away. I have to ask if, someday, will we be asking other countries for help as did the colonists in 1776.
- posted by Citizen @ 10:37 PM