Fascism in America - Then and Now

Photo - William Randolph Hearst with fascist friends and business partners

Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power” - Benito Mussolini (Italian dictator, 1883-1945)

Remember when George W. Bush, of America's foremost fascist family, tried to sell you his twisted form of democracy under the guise of an "Ownership Society"? Here's what was said in the 30's about ownership... " The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power... Among us today a concentration of private power without equal in history is growing." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

We not only defeated the fascists in Europe - we defeated them HERE AT HOME and must do so again!

Think of Governor Snyder of Michigan dissolving the entire political structure of a small town - all of whom were elected by the voters of that town. Think of those who inherited the Whirlpool Corporation, shipped all of the jobs overseas, and pay no tariffs on the products they export back into the States - BOYCOTT WHIRLPOOL! They are driving Governor Snyder's illegal takeover of an entire Michigan town (which used to have jobs at Whirlpool). Soon there will be a golf course and expensive homes for the corporate elites in Benton Harbor. Wow, private lakefront parcels on the beach that used to belong to the town's people. Look at the dirty work of Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who represents not the people of Wisconsin, but instead does the bidding of the Koch Brothers, who bought him body and soul. A free people in the state of Wisconsin are forbidden to be members of a Union? Chemicals in Lake Michigan anyone? The Tea party and the GOP are symbiotic FASCISTS.

The Republicans of the 1930's were directly involved with the German and Italian Fascists. General Electric pays no taxes in the USA like the rest of us do. Back in the 30's General Electric, a fascist corporation, openly supported the fascist movement in Europe and the United States. General Motors and IBM were solid fascists ideologically, provided massive financial support to Hitler and provided vehicles, and other necessary war supplies for his army. Our Dad's, granddads, and other family members faced Italian, German, and yes, even Japanese soldiers supplied by American and British corporations.

Fascists put money and power above people. The people are to be completely controlled and enslaved by the Corporate State. That's why no unions, no social security, no medical care and no jobs. The radical right wing fascists want Americans to be homeless, hungry, sick, weak, and afraid. The only jobs will be in the military which will be busy waging never ending wars for complete global control all over the planet. A grim future for our children and grandchildren.

Fascist corporations of the 30's include JP Morgan, DuPont, Colgate, Standard Oil, Chase National Bank, Goodyear Tire, Heinz Foods among many, many more. There are even more fascist corporations today with many of those above still working to end democracy.

Charles Lindbergh, aviator hero was deeply involved with fascist Germany. William Randolph Hearst used his publishing concerns to propagandize American fascism and make Germany and Hitler look good by not printing some of the news, or by heavily slanting it. Today, Rupert Murdoch carries on for Hearst. Racist Henry Ford, of Ford Motors and a radical, rabid fascist was special to Hitler who said of Ford, "He is my inspiration". Hitler kept a life-sized photo cardboard cut out of Mr. Ford in his office. All of America's corporate fascists talked peace to keep the US from going to war with their fascist cash cows in Europe and Asia

Corporatism or Fascism is chipping away at American Democracy every day. The Republicans and Tea Baggers are no longer hiding their fascist values. They are actively and purposely dismantling American laws and the rights of the American people. As Hitler rose to power in the 30's over 400 hundred years of German laws were gutted. Although the titles remained the same the content had been manipulated to reflect the values of Hitler and the Nazi Party or replaced entirely to restrict or remove the rights of German citizens. The co-opted German legal system formed the foundation of Hitler's fascist government and enabled Nazi aggression across Europe.

The actions of Governors Walker and Snyder and those of the radical conservative governors of several other states are part of a much bigger plan.

FASCISM MUST BE STOPPED.

ROOSEVELT AND AMERICAN WORKERS STOPPED THE FASCISTS BEFORE - WE MUST DO IT AGAIN!

WE CANNOT ALLOW THESE IRRESPONSIBLE, INDIFFERENT, SOCIOPATHS DESTROY DEMOCRACY AND THE ENTIRE PLANET!

Forget the Taliban over there - the Real War for "Our Freedom" is here in America.

American Democracy must be protected from the homegrown predators our midst.

..........Kitchen Window Woman..........

Surprise - Bush Bubble Bobbled to Iraq

Note - I haven't been blogging much this last week due to a family emergency/crisis. I am not at liberty to discuss the details on line, but it will probably be some time before things will return to normal. I may not be at my blogging post as often while the crisis is ongoing and my attention is needed.

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Photo credit - CBS News


Yesterday, he fed on Marines.

Tired, leaned against the walls, or sitting with head in hands, they waited for hours for the third coming. Finally, on stadium raisers, they stood and served their country as a stage backdrop for George W. Bush's pre-Petraeus, photo op surprise visit.

Surprise! The marines cheered for Condi Rice who entered like the "Queen of the Catwalk". Surprise! Look, it's Donald Rumsfeld's replacement. Surprise again! My gosh, how unexpected. Is it really him, the American Presider, the imperial liar, the man who has murdered one million Iraqis and soon will murder thousands of Iranians? It is! Cheer, applaud - that's an order.

The Australian reported Bush's third unannounced visit to our troops in Iraq as a "detour on his way to Australia" or maybe, Air Force One turned left because the pilot was drunk? Actually, Steven Hadley planned Bush's six hour "boots on the ground" fact-finding sojourn over a month ago.

Despite the danger of combat fatigue, an entire quarter of one day was set aside as an opportunity for the president, "to meet with his commanders on the ground, to look Prime Minister Maliki in the eye, to hear from people directly involved, to make his own assessments", and to pose for numerous snap shots with the Marines.

A prestigious entourage accompanied the American Commander-in-Chief on this, his most ambitious foray in country, to date. Secretary of State Rice, Secretary of Defense Gates, national security adviser Hadley, Iraq war adviser General Lute, and General Peter Pace, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff all descended, along with their leader, upon the Anbar Province in western Iraq. There, safely ensconced within the confines of the Al-Asad Air Base, our war weary cowboy king summoned Iraq's elected leaders to attend.

"When you stand on the ground here in Anbar and hear from the people who live here, you can see what the future of Iraq looks like", heralded Bush from his heavily fortified bubble.

Would the president's bubble pop if he were to visit actual Iraqis - the regular folks who are trying to survive the colonial democracy imposed on them by Bush neoconservatism?


Perhaps he should brave the streets of Baghdad to speak with this family. Maybe he "could look them in the eye" and explain that one million dead Iraqis is the price they must pay for a democracy they never asked for. Maybe he could help them find their loved one's body, you know, for closure. Americans insist on having closure, perhaps Iraqis need closure, too.


The Baghdad morgue is the first place to look after the river. Forget it he, won't look. He will remain cocooned in his bubble where alternative reality is piped in daily. George W. Bush, who has never looked the carnage of war in the eye, smelled blood, or vomited fear already knows "what the future of Iraq looks like" without having ever talked to every day Iraqis.

It will look like this...


And this... because Americans have built enduring megabases in Iraq. The term enduring used here employs the newly coined, propagandized Bush definition meaning "permanent or forever".

The staging of military troops as a backdrop was used quite successfully by another leader who knew what was best for everyone and sought to establish a paternalistic, hegemonic global empire. Picture scores of indoctrinated, obedient soldiers loyally hanging on every word spoken by their venerated leader (fuhrer). The reverent silence of such assembled masses of warriors is enthusiastically broken only when responses of Sieg Heil or Uh Rah are called for.


Such framing of a leader while he or she is speaking gives the psychological impression of unquestioned support, power, and dominance. Given the fact that George W. Bush's grandfather Prescott Bush and great grandfather George Herbert Walker, were staunch supporters of both Hitler and Mussolini in their fascist endeavors, it is not surprising that the current president would exploit the military in the same manner. Just what kind of future does George W. Bush envision for us all?

For more on the staging of military might and additional photos see my previous post entitled, "You and What Army", click here and scroll down to the second to last post.
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The news of Bush's surprise visit to Iraq came to me via Kyra Phillips, the pseudo patriotic newsgirl who anchors on daytime CNN. I did a double take when I heard her lead in to the Bush surprise story. Whether she wrote it herself or it was suggested by the White House, I found her reference to "the killing fields of Anbar" to be far fetched and propagandistic. Perhaps she wanted to emphasize the extreme danger to which our brave war president had exposed himself to pull off his surprise? Was she maybe trying to link Bush's references to the Cambodian "killing fields" during his Vietnam speech last month to his six hour pit stop and pep rally in Anbar? Or could it be that Kyra Phillips is so misinformed that she thinks the death toll in just one province of Iraq eclipses the 1.7 to 3 million deaths that occurred during the " Killing Fields genocide" carried out by Pol Pot and the Kymer Rouge in Cambodia during the 1970's? Me thinks she should fact check, curb her tendency to lure viewers with overly dramatic prefaces, and ignore White House talking points.
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Let's pop the boy king's bubble!
.....Kitchen Window Woman......