A Poll (grinding my axe, really, but why not)

[Lizzy Dearborn]

Going through my mind is the song Helter Skelter for some reason...got me thinking of race wars...that got me thinking of the war between the sexes. The culture war between red and blue states, conservative/liberals. "War on Drugs" , "War on That Certain Style of War" <br><br>So what sort of non-nuke war would be the most frightening to you? (considering you don't live behind a rich gated compound/community/Cheney's bunker)<br><br>I live in the Detroit area, and am a poor white...so white vs black or white against muslim would suck hard for me.<br><br>We've had a manufactured war of the sexes since the 70's and I've already been a 'victim' of that (like most kids of divorce who had flawed parents, who handled it poorly... so alas, i'm divorced too) That's why I like men who are open about their dislike of women, like Jim Goad. I was fooled too many times by "chauvenists pigs" who hid it. I'd rather know where someone is at in their heart. <br><br>So;<br><br>Why is the US gov. "detaining" and who knows what else to Arabs?<br><br>Why did we elected a man who does not care if black people get swept out to sea?<br><br>All these Duke and N.O. stories are getting a bit much and I think "they" don't mind at all.<br><br>I'm not gonna say anything paranoid like you can read at GLP, but no more news for me and my friends, nope no more.<br><br>Be well. Love each other.<br> <p></p><i></i>

[Iroquois]

If the PTB could create a race war, they would have done it in New Orleans. And, maybe that was one of their hoped for outcomes. In Detroit, I'd say they'd have an even tougher job. The tension just isn't there, not downtown anyway.<br><br>Prepare for what crisises you can and encourage your friends and neighbors to do the same, but don't waste your time and energy worring about that one.<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Be well. Love each other.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>That's beautiful advice.<br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[chiggerbit]

Hey, Lizzy, I used to live in Flint. Actually, I love Michigan<br><br>As I said on another thread today, it is time to look at the topic of fascism. The Repuglycans have figured out a winning strategy that looks remarkably like fascism, gaining support by fracturing the population, dividing and conquering. Do some reading on the topic, see if you think it sounds familiar, especially with regards to the un-Patriot Act, and considering the differences between the responses to 9/11 and Katrina by the administration.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.bartleby.com/61/57/F0045700.html">www.bartleby.com/61/57/F0045700.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>clip, highlight mine<br><br>fascism <br> <br>SYLLABICATION: fas·cism <br>PRONUNCIATION: fshzm <br>NOUN: 1. often Fascism a. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->. b. A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government. 2. Oppressive, dictatorial control. <br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=chiggerbit@rigorousintuition>chiggerbit</A> at: 4/27/06 9:26 pm<br></i>

[Lizzy Dearborn]

The whole N. O. freaked me out and terrorized me much worse than 911. Partly because i live in a very diverse and poor neighborhood and because it was a slow mind-fuck...i barely remember calling Sen. Levins office (i never make calls or write letters to DC btw) and begging them "you guys need to do something NOW! get those ppl out of the Dome! The guy who took my call sounded as shell-shocked as me. <br><br>after 9-11 no shows or comercials on the tube for a week, just the buildings falling over and over....but after N.O. a meesly fund rasier!!! and bizz as usual.<br><br>Detroit is not a bad town, for all the crap that gets said about it.<br><br>I have gone downtown with local orginial rock and punk bands to play the clubs for years and have never seen anything bad happen.<br><br>Thanks Chiggerbit...I will look deeper into what you say. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=lizzydearborn>Lizzy Dearborn</A> at: 4/28/06 7:36 pm<br></i>

[mother]

The scariest no-nuke war for me is already happening. It's all the hideous child raping and torture of kids, the trafficing in children and well, you know if you've been reading. The institutional persistance of these horrors, built on satanic tradition. I do what I can and must do (but never enough, who could?) to help make the world a little bit safer. But our hearts have already been broken because of all the broken kids, so the fear creeps in. For example, we never go out and leave the kids with baby sitters, they can't go ride their bikes to anybody's house, I always am with them if they're out in the yard, I don't trust anybody with my kids because I know it takes just 5 seconds. That sort of thing. I have to add that the New Orleans disgrace flipped me out, also much, much more than 9-11 ever will. I am positive that thousands more boiled to death there than was admitted. I tried fasting from water for their sake, in addition to a lot of praying and turned the AC off. I couldn't make it! I got so thirsty I gave in, even though I swore I'd fast for the N.O. people. <p></p><i></i>

[Lizzy Dearborn]

Wow, sorry.<br><br>make the other stuff seem...something. I don't know what to say.<br><br>yes, crimes against children is the complete worst, and vile. <p></p><i></i>

[chiggerbit]

Do you remember at the very beginning how people practically lined up to donate blood to help with the victims of 9/11, and then there were no survivors really who survived to receive that help? Do you think that's part of what contributed to Katrina victims, that mindset of immediacy? Has the short attention span of the American public become so instantaneous, so brief, so ephemeral? Or is it something else, like race, culture? Is this just more of the divide and conquer politics? I hope not. But... <p></p><i></i>

[mother]

chigger, they didn't have reporters or the average home-video people inside the Dome. So for one thing, the world did not see it on TV, except for little clues. <p></p><i></i>