Bobby's Blue State

Is it 1984 or 2006?

Haven't blogged in a while, so it's time to throw a couple things out there.

Does anyone else feel like it's 1984? We've never had as many media/news sources out there than we do today, recording everything from every perspective, but I feel like they are all just sitting back and chronicling our slip into scary Big Brother territory. This really is 1984: Wiretapping, Patriot Act, Haliburton, and yet the American people just sit back and drink the Kool Aid because they believe the Bush propagandists when they say that it's all "necessary to keep us safer from the world's boogey men." I mean, I know that the lumbering US government couldn't possibly make 1984 happen on its own, but with all these government "partnerships" with Big Business, anything is possible. I can predict the near future: Everyone will need the microchip identity card in order to function in US society. It won't be an optional thing offered only to people who want to zip through airports quicker; it will be a necessity - like our Social Security Numbers - in order to do anything from filling out job applications, to banking, to buying a car. The Cheney-Haliburton puppet masters mean business. So I beg you America, in 2006, begin the Republican dismantling. Let's break some records in November by voting out the most congressional republicans ever, before its too late. I know, we still have three more years of Bush/Cheney, but let's stop some of the hemorrhaging.

One other note: If you have Sirius radio, there's a great progressive talk show on called the Young Turks, weekdays from 6 - 9 PM. These guys are very passionate about progressive causes. They get me fired up. Here's the link:

http://www.theyoungturks.com/xoops/

posted by BBS @ 9:47 PM