TWO OF TWO
And then came 9/11. And then came the GWOT. And then came the lead up to invasion. And then about three months after the invasion the Democrats saw a way to turn this situation to their favor. By painting themselves as the heroes and the Administration as evil and criminal they would be able to benefit politically.
Remember, the Democrats saw all of the intelligence information the President saw and they voted for the war. Al Gore defended the President initially. Bill Clinton defended the President initially. Hillary Clinton defended the war. And what changed them was that they wanted to be able to disassociate themselves from a difficult situation and leave the GOP holding the bag. But to do this they had to demonize the GOP. So they turned everything the public felt passionately about against the GOP and the Administration and the President. All the crap the public threw at Washington and politicians in general, the Democrats guided toward the GOP.
The Democrats were the fan.
And then the media caught the drift after having no clear signals from this administration which was being taciturn it found the track to run on and a witting partner in the Democrats. And they made George Bush the enemy. Rumsfeld. Cheney. The Neo-Cons. Ashcroft. Gonzales. All of them. Any of them. All of their associates. Any of their supporters. Any and all of their dealings. Any and all of their policies.
These became the enemy far more than any others.
YouTube - Incubus-Megalomaniac
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"Megalomaniac" - Incubus
I hear you on the radio
You permeate my screen, its' unkind but
If I met you in a scissor fight
I'd cut off both your wings on principle alone
On principle alone
Hey megalomaniac
You're no Jesus
Yeah, you're no ****ing Elvis
Wash your hands clean of yourself baby and
Step down
Step down
Step down
If I were your appendages
I'd hold open your eyes
So you would see
That all of us are heaven sent
There was never meant to be only one
To be the only one
Hey megalomaniac
You're no Jesus
Yeah, you're no ****ing Elvis
Wash your hands clean of yourself baby and
Step down
Step down
Step down
Yeah
You're no Jesus
You're no Elvis
You're no Jesus
You're no Jesus
You're no Elvis
YOU'RE NO ANSWER
STEP DOWN 3x
Hey megalomaniac
You're no Jesus
Yeah, you're no ****ing Elvis
Wash your hands clean of yourself baby and
Step down
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Quote:
On December 15, 2003, the first single, "Megalomaniac", was released. It raised controversy when it was said to be an attack on the Bush administration, and was banned from daytime view on MTV (despite the band saying that it was not an attack on a particular person, rather a comment on some people's negative attitudes). However, the band was actually pleased with this nighttime viewing restriction. Says Boyd, “When we heard our video had been relegated to late night rotation, I think that all of us were secretly like, ‘Yes!’ ”. Pasillas reflected Boyd's sentiments, saying, "I think it's okay if people think that we're trying to make a political statement. Whatever anyone conjures up or takes from our music is good; I mean, our point is to get people thinking."
The second single released was "Talk Shows on Mute", featuring a video that was inspired by George Orwell's Animal Farm. After this release, Incubus hit the road again.
Incubus (band - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
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Here we can easily detect the "Government as Enemy" leitmotif.
There is an enemy trying to defeat us and they won't be stopped with talk.
But as these quite serious matters transpire before our very eyes we are so anxious to do SOMETHING to achieve relief that we fight each other with the same venom and passion as though we were fighting Nazis or the Imperial Japanese in WWII. We have been revved up into a surly, ugly lather and the cultural imperatives that keep us at all civil are artificially imposed by the new culture arbiter, Television.
The words we can't say on TV have become the words we generally all agree are the "bad" words. I remember a time when "darn" or "Hell" were profane but because TV says they are ok we all have fallen into line before a screen of our own reflection and we can never be quite sure which is us and which is the mirror image and which one is initiating and which is following our lead.
And so, to make money TV serves up what we say we want and what is proven to satisfy. And we say we don't like it and that it's all garbage but someone is watching it and they are watching us. And so when the demonization of the administration became the track to run on the networks hired those who would and could flavor the messages to appeal to this new fad. And the already surly millions began to show up BIG for those shows and newscasts which were most anti-Bush, anti-Administration, anti-GOP, anti-Government, and etc. And if that is what the public is 'buying; that's what the media would deliver.
And one network NBC/MSNBC is virtually in open opposition to anything the current administration does and they seem gleeful in their opposition. Only the desire to impress advertisers by attracting some overlapping viewers who wish to see both sides of any story and turn to NBC/MSNBC as a way to balance out their Fox News viewing helps remind them of the journalistic ethos of objectivity.
But sometimes they can't help themselves.
Cue Chris Matthews joining forces with Air America's Mark Green to trounce a gutsy but unprepared Kevin James. Objectivity and impartiality?
YouTube - Chris Matthews Tears Up Kevin James on Hardball
And there are probably some who might TRY to find an example of Bill O'Reilly doing similarly. But I doubt it would be found. And even so, that's not the point. The point is that we ARE divisive and there IS a subtly corrosive message being sent out across America by those who only want our money and don't much care about patriotism or God or anything but keeping their bosses happy, staying out of trouble and making more and more money.
And with that as the driving force America suffers. But not so much that some here would recognize or object to it.
And that is the point of and the end of this rant.