What happened in America?

I was walking down the Tow path earlier, having my afternoon inspection of the various pee points when I came across Max, the Rottweiler from Dresden, and Millicent, a feisty Scottie bitch.

They were discussing todays American election. And Millicent was trying to explain why Bush won. It went something like this. . . . . . . . . . . . .

There is a saying' You can never over estimate the public stupidity.'

Nowhere is this saying more true than in America at this time.

"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war
in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor,
for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword.
It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind
...And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch
and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed,
the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry.
Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded with patriotism,
will offer up all of their rights unto the leader, and gladly so.

How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar."

--- William Shakespeare


Many great writers - from Shakespeare and before have identified the key elements that enables the unscrupulous to bend the will of the masses to serve their purpose.

Things have not changed that much through mans history. And those who ignore the mistakes of history are condemned to repeat them.

Remember Hitler was elected to government by a huge majority.

My own belief, said Millicent, is that people get the leaders they deserve.

In a poll taken of how the rest of the world would vote in a US election - Kerry won by a huge landslide.

A majority in the rest of the world sees George Bush as an idiot leader who has mismanaged his Countries resources - threatened world peace with his war mongering - squandered massive resources with his capitalist friendly anti environment stance and generally offended every English speaker who ever heard his inane ramblings. That is before we even start on the long term consequences of his 'profit for friends' war generating stance in foreign policy.

Any yet the American public voted him in?

This means a majority in America approve of what Bush stands for.

Who is this American public - and what share of the blame should they now assume for the consequences of this vote. A vote for George Bush is a vote for what?

Greed. Idiocy. War. Fundamentalist zealotry.

Bush won because there are more stupid Americans than not. He won the FAT vote. And the FAT Christian vote. And also the FAT CHRISTIAN greedy racist vote. That gave him the majority.

It is unlikely though that come the next election America will be better off for having elected Bush this time.

Bush won because America wants to invite terrorism to its shores. War creates jobs for the friends of Bush and his buddies. For Bush war is good. There is no profit in peace. War provides a common enemy. Americans - clearly being stupid - rely on the unifying effect that a common enemy provides. Bush is not the first leader to use the tactics of fear generation to bend the will of the masses.

The sad part in all of this is that we are in the year 2004. Mankind has made many advances in many areas - and yet - Americans - in 2004 are still STUPID enough to buy into this ignorance. And so this ignorance carries with it a consequence.

History shows us that those who invite war in are seldom disappointed..........

It was around then that my master made us leave...... so I dont know if Max killed Millicent or not.