The USA is a net importer, not exporter. It would be more economically reasonable to get other countries to not send stuff here, if you're looking for a way to pressure our insane government.
It was with alarm that I read the news of that bill passing- and then incidents such as random road checkpoints throughout the nation (allegedly to catch drunk drivers, but loudly praised when they catch illegal aliens). I feel as though many citizens are blind to the parallels between our government's moves and those of Hitler.
I studied German in highschool, and my favorite substitute teacher was a German immigrant. She'd lived by the lake on the southern German border, and recalls times when they were in blackout, and could see the lights across the lake (Switzerland?). The memorable thing she talked about however, was how they as average citizens had little idea of what was occuring in other parts of the country.
One thing we have going for us now is the relatively quick and easy spread of information, thanks to such things as the Internet. It's no shock to me that certain elements in political office want to curb people's internet freedoms.
I'm rather cynical about the government of this nation, but for all that, the people can be pretty decent- especially when they get truth instead of lies.
It would be a grand thing if we had a world free from this sort of mess, wouldn't it?
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Date: 2006-10-03 10:37 pm (UTC)It was with alarm that I read the news of that bill passing- and then incidents such as random road checkpoints throughout the nation (allegedly to catch drunk drivers, but loudly praised when they catch illegal aliens). I feel as though many citizens are blind to the parallels between our government's moves and those of Hitler.
I studied German in highschool, and my favorite substitute teacher was a German immigrant. She'd lived by the lake on the southern German border, and recalls times when they were in blackout, and could see the lights across the lake (Switzerland?). The memorable thing she talked about however, was how they as average citizens had little idea of what was occuring in other parts of the country.
One thing we have going for us now is the relatively quick and easy spread of information, thanks to such things as the Internet. It's no shock to me that certain elements in political office want to curb people's internet freedoms.
I'm rather cynical about the government of this nation, but for all that, the people can be pretty decent- especially when they get truth instead of lies.
It would be a grand thing if we had a world free from this sort of mess, wouldn't it?