I wrote an earlier post (shown below) with the best of intentions, but a few months later I realized that turning a blind eye to the massive corruption of the current administration was no different than the citizens of Europe and the US ignoring the human rights violations occurring during the 1930s and 1940s.
When tyrannical behavior is condoned, we all lose out. We may not end up in the ovens of Buchenwald and Auschwitz, but the FEMA camps have been staffing up for years and the names of veterans, Tea Party members, conservatives, and religious leaders are showing up on the government’s lists of “domestic terrorists”. Private businesses are being closed by the petulant tyrant to punish hard working citizens during the “government shutdown” which he and his followers claim was forced on him by Republicans.
All that is needed now is the modern version of the Reichstag fire and Obama can reign supreme. (The nazis used this alleged communist terrorism as a pretext to declare emergency measures which effectively dismantled the German political system, and the Reichstag fire decree was used create a totalitarian state under the auspices of state security.)
Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller (14 January 1892 – 6 March 1984) was a Protestant pastor and social activist and he said these words which should never be forgotten:
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn’t a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
There is a time to care for family and friends and to tend to issues that relate to our personal lives. When the creeping rot of corruption threatens our very existence, it is time to pay attention to a wider sphere of activities. My earlier post remains as a hope for the future once we have managed to expose and eradicate the corruption and cronyism pervading our current administration.
We do not need a repeat of the Reichstag fire.
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This was my earlier post. Someday I hope I can concentrate on matters like these:
There is an old saying that I need to revisit. It has to do with draining swamps and dealing with alligators.
My original purpose in creating this blog was to publish ideas for staying creative and making a living in the post-corporate world. That is a worthwhile purpose and will be of more use than pointing out errors in anyone’s thinking.
Providing reassurance that we can create our way out of the situation we find ourselves in is far more useful in the long run than highlighting areas of wrong ideas and government corruption. There are others who do an excellent and entertaining job of this and not as many who have useful advice to offer.
I am removing my posts which have satirized various individuals and movements in favor of trying to make more positive contributions to the general welfare. I am glad if I provided a look at things you might not otherwise have seen, but I feel I can contribute in more positive ways in the future.
Thank you for bearing with me during these last few years. I hope to provide you with more filling entertainment and information in the future. There are many things to share which can improve the quality of life even during times of national unrest. Those are the subjects I will focus on from here on out.