WATCH THIS VIDEO PLEASE..NAOMI WOLF ON THE END OF AMERICA

[xiamiam]

http://www.alternet.org:80/blogs/video/65748/

This is very clear and concise and amazingly calm from a woman who is a true patriot...please take a second of your time and watch this video..and then email it...it is worth every second of your time..

[xiamiam]

1. kickin myself because this needs to be seen and circulated..nt

[xiamiam]

2. kicking and asking for another rec to get this on the greatest page so more can see it...nt

[Wiley50]

3. Which interview is this one?

I'll watch it after Malloy

[xiamiam]

4. its not an interview...it is a recent lecture in oregon or washington..worth watching..thanks..nt

[Wiley50]

5. OK thanks! n/t

[Whisp]

6. This Is A Must See. kicking. nt

[daninthemoon]

7. Very good. A bit long, but very important. Among the things that

stood out, she mentions blackwater and presidential powers in a natural disaster. The nest few weeks in California may bear watching.

[xiamiam]

9. interesting observation...

[proud patriot]

8. Will do

[Whisp]

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[xiamiam]

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[bdamomma]

12. kick

everyone should view this video.

[xiamiam]

13. kick

[Kingshakabobo]

14. keek

[Wiley50]

15. K and R n/t

[bbgrunt]

16. k & r

[seemslikeadream]

17. If anyone still thinks that describing the United States government by using the F word --fascist --

is an overstatement in 2007, then they should see this film





If anyone still thinks that describing the United States government by using the F word --fascist --
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1122026

[xiamiam]

18. kick

[slipslidingaway]

19. Important talk, watched it last week and besides the similarities

to previous times one of the most important items is that a fascist shift does not follow a simple trend line. We lose many rights in one giant step, as she stated the window to reverse course closes quickly, not incrementally.

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20. GUARDIAN UK ARTICLE SUMMARIZES THE 10 STEPS:

Fascist America, in 10 easy steps

From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all

Tuesday April 24, 2007
The Guardian

Last autumn, there was a military coup in Thailand. The leaders of the coup took a number of steps, rather systematically, as if they had a shopping list. In a sense, they did. Within a matter of days, democracy had been closed down: the coup leaders declared martial law, sent armed soldiers into residential areas, took over radio and TV stations, issued restrictions on the press, tightened some limits on travel, and took certain activists into custody.

They were not figuring these things out as they went along. If you look at history, you can see that there is essentially a blueprint for turning an open society into a dictatorship. That blueprint has been used again and again in more and less bloody, more and less terrifying ways. But it is always effective. It is very difficult and arduous to create and sustain a democracy - but history shows that closing one down is much simpler. You simply have to be willing to take the 10 steps.
As difficult as this is to contemplate, it is clear, if you are willing to look, that each of these 10 steps has already been initiated today in the United States by the Bush administration.

Because Americans like me were born in freedom, we have a hard time even considering that it is possible for us to become as unfree - domestically - as many other nations. Because we no longer learn much about our rights or our system of government - the task of being aware of the constitution has been outsourced from citizens' ownership to being the domain of professionals such as lawyers and professors - we scarcely recognise the checks and balances that the founders put in place, even as they are being systematically dismantled. Because we don't learn much about European history, the setting up of a department of "homeland" security - remember who else was keen on the word "homeland" - didn't raise the alarm bells it might have.

It is my argument that, beneath our very noses, George Bush and his administration are using time-tested tactics to close down an open society. It is time for us to be willing to think the unthinkable - as the author and political journalist Joe Conason, has put it, that it can happen here. And that we are further along than we realise.

MORE (LONG)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2064157,00.html

[xiamiam]

21. k...for the afternoon crowd...nt

[earth mom]

22. K & R! This is a MUST SEE!!! nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. I am surprised some folks have not shown up yet

;-)

[Whisp]

24. o we shouldn't worry too much.

everything will be alright in '08, we just have to hang in. Bush will step aside quietly and all things will be great again. ;(

:sarcasm:

on edit;
but she Did say that change in government does not necessarily mean change . baton hand off.

[mmonk]

25. Yep

All clear right now.

[kineneb]

30. well, I did, but then I agree with Ms. Wolf

listening now... finally on computer after day on the road and at hospital...

today was too long, 50 mi. drive each way (down side of living in country)... Hubby went to surgeon, we found out his entire right lung is full of fluid, plus his abdomen also has a lot of fluid... so Monday he goes back again to the hospital for yet another procedure- fluids to be removed by needle, perhaps in two procedures. His body is failing.

[Whisp]

37. so sorry to hear that, kineneb.

I wish you and hubby the best.
;(

[mmonk]

26. I encourage everyone to buy the book.

Easy read and straight to its points.

[opihimoimoi]

27. K&R from Kaneohe Bay..... Hawaii

Lets Do it....

[xiamiam]

28. kick...nt

[earth mom]

29. Kick! nt

[Raffi Ella]

31. .

:bluebox:

[xiamiam]

32. k

[WillyT]

33. Kick !!!

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[bdamomma]

34. kick and send to friends.

[Raffi Ella]

35. I sent this to everyone I know

and I'm planning on getting the book asap.

[xiamiam]

36. k

[xiamiam]

38. k

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39. K&R. (nt)

[SpiralHawk]

40. kick for one and all

worth watching (clue to corporate kneeling reporters: wake up, you are greasing the skids for TOTALITARIANISM)

[SpiralHawk]

41. A MUST WATCH - if you care about America

I urge one and all to sit and patiently watch and listen.

The republicon fascists are further along in the total detruction of America and its Constitution that even regular DU readers might have understood.

[SpiralHawk]

42. For America - before it's too late.

kick

[steve2470]

43. kick nt

[Gin]

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