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Thursday, January 20, 2005
Paint It (Orwellian) Black
"We have a calling from beyond the stars to stand for freedom, and America will always be faithful to that cause." -- George W. Bush on the eve of his second inaugural.
I was contemplating this statement over my morning coffee (not latte) and it finally dawned on me what he means by it: freedom for the greedy, freedom for torturers, freedom for liars, freedom for executive branch secrecy, freedom for environmental plunderers, freedom for Halliburton to steal, freedom for hate-mongers, freedom for vote suppressors, freedom for war profiteers, freedom for corporate lawbreakers, freedom for sweatshop owners, freedom for unscrupulous voting machine makers, freedom for bigots, and freedom for those who believe genuine freedom is dangerous and who dedicate their lives to irradicating it at home and abroad. Most of all, freedom for hypocrits who use "freedom" to lay siege to civil and human rights.
The image atop this post refers to "Black - Definitions":
Having little or no light: a black, moonless night.
Soiled, as from soot; dirty: feet black from playing outdoors.
Evil; wicked: the pirates' black deeds.
Cheerless and depressing; gloomy: black thoughts.
Marked by anger or sullenness: gave me a black look.
Attended with disaster; calamitous: a black day; the stock market crash on Black Friday.
Deserving of, indicating, or incurring censure or dishonor: “Man... has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands” (Rachel Carson).
January 20, 2005 at 09:47 AM in Events | Permalink
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freedom to kill and torture at will.
freedom to try to own the space around the globe.
freedom to get more of those welfare moms.
freedom to stop women from making choice of their own body.
FREEDOM FOR MORE PEOPLE TO NOT HAVE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE....
COME ON ALL THERE HAS GOT TO BE WAY MORE THEN THESE....LET IT OUT...TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: mary ellen | Jan 20, 2005 1:06:05 PM
So what is "genuine freedom"? What does that realy mean to you? What am I free to do with genuine freedom? Am I allowed to do things that you don't like and don't approve of and aren't fair? Am I free to do what I think is best? Or am I only free to do what fits into your (or someone else's) definition of what is acceptable? What if I am a bigot (I hope I'm not), and I like it, and I think its the only morally right way to be. In your perfect world, am I allowed to continue being a bigot? I am allowed not to hire someone because of their skin color? Or am I only free to do what is fair, right, and decent, in your opinion. If so, how is that any different -- or better -- than right now? I hear so many people talking about 'real freedom' as opposed to what we have now, but I don't really know what they mean by that, or how what they want is really any better (for people who don't hold the same moral values as them) than what we have now. It always sounds to me like they are advocting what they say they hate, just changing it so it fits their ideals instead of someone else's. And I really can't find any reason to support that.
Posted by: Greg | Mar 24, 2005 12:10:50 PM
