Thank You, Franklin Delano Bush

I took the liberty (what few of those I have left) of putting President Bush's November 8 speech – at the Georgia World Congress Center – into the LewRockwell.com "truth translator". This fun, little tool examines and interprets the rhetoric of government spokespersons, and translates such twaddle into the statist prose that it actually represents. What emerges from the translator in this instance is an incriminating verbal assault on the sovereignty of all Americans.

GWB: "I said in my speech to a joint session of Congress that we are a nation awakened to danger. We're also a nation awakened to service and citizenship and compassion."

Your government has kicked around enough beehives and anthills so that it has brought upon us a disturbing new realism: terrorism upon U.S. innocents to pay for the sins of their government. We are a people that must realize it is time to give up our individual liberties and move toward an emotional and unconditional nationalist unity in support of the omnipotent State.

GWB: "None of us would ever wish the evil that has been done to our country, yet we have learned that out of evil can come great good."

As horrible as this act of terrorism was, it has created an opportunity for your government to use a time of crisis in order to scale back your liberties, disrupt your private lives, further regulate and control the free market, and offer you all some added security at the hands of government while convincing you that this supercedes any freedom issues. Without this act of terrorism, your government would not have this glorious opportunity for establishing totalitarian means toward collective ends.

GWB: "We have gained new heroes, those who ran into burning buildings to save others: our police and our firefighters."

Only the firefighters and police can be heroes; never can we apply the same hero status to the glorious capitalist warriors of the financial markets that died in the World Trade Center while driving the capitalist economy forward, because that would be politically incorrect to do so.

GWB: "We are a different country than we were on September the 10th, sadder and less innocent, stronger and more united. And in the face of ongoing threats, determined and courageous."

We are now a more willing sheeple, ready to sacrifice our freedoms for the collective soul of a unified nation, though we have yet to define exactly what this national unity is beyond its flag-waving, God bless America-singing façade.

GWB: "This new enemy seeks to destroy our freedom and impose its views. We value life; the terrorists ruthlessly destroy it."

Of course, we have imposed our views on others around the world for a century, and we are allowed to pick and choose those lives that are valued by the U.S. government. That is all to be ignored, however.

War is the health of the State. We must strengthen the State at the expense of all else.

GWB: "The government has a responsibility to protect our citizens, and that starts with homeland security. The first attack against America came by plane, and we are now making our airports and airplanes safer. We have posted the National Guard in America's airports and placed undercover air marshals on many flights. I call on Congress to quickly send me legislation that makes cockpits more secure, baggage screening more thorough, and puts the federal government in charge of all airport screening and security."

You need more government in your lives. The fact that government has failed in all of the various industries in which it regulates is merely an aberration. We have not had the necessary allowances or resources to properly protect our citizens. Now we can use this crisis to usurp all powers that we were previously prevented from taking. Government can provide the only answer to solving the problems of security for its citizens.

GWB: "To coordinate our efforts, we have created the new Office of Homeland Security. Its director, my good friend and former Governor Tom Ridge, reports directly to me and works with all of our federal agencies, state and local governments and the private sector on a national strategy to strengthen our homeland protections."

Due to past political support, Mr. Ridge has received his payback. Franklin Roosevelt would be damn proud of such a clever creation as OHS.

GWB: "We've passed a new anti-terrorism law, which gives our law enforcement officers the necessary tools to track terrorists before they harm Americans."

We have finally had cause for bringing forth a kind of unconstitutional, New Deal-type legislation for which we otherwise could not have gained enough favor from the public.

GWB: "We will always value freedom, yet we will not allow those who plot against our country to abuse our freedoms and our protections."

Only your own government can legitimately abuse your freedoms under the guise of "Homeland Security".

GWB: "After September the 11th, our government assumed a new responsibility to strengthen security at home and track down our enemies abroad."

As I said, crisis allows for the growth of government and its military as the people clamor for protection from their newly enabled politicians. We will act on this, and we will take full advantage of the opportunity presented to us.

GWB: "I recently received a letter from a fourth grade girl that seemed to say it all. "I don't know how to feel," she said. "Sad, mad, angry. It has been different lately. I know the people in New York are scared because of the World Trade Center and all, but if we're scared, we are giving the terrorists all the power."

I hope this piece of schmaltzy pap induces the expected emotions from those of you that hear it. Even our children have been brainwashed into thinking they need their government to protect them. Thank goodness that they and their parents have been products of government schools.

GWB: "Flags are flying everywhere: on houses, in store windows, on cars, in lapels. Financial donations to the victims' families have reached more than $1 billion."

The nationalistic fever – that we in power of your government are promoting – is catching on like wildfire. People are buying it, thank goodness. This can only help to further the cause of total tyranny over all of your lives.

GWB: "Since September the 11th, many Americans, especially young Americans, are rethinking their career choices. They are being drawn to careers of service as police or firemen, emergency health workers, teachers, counselors or in the military. And this is good for America."

So once again, the glory of government service will come to be recognized. Like in FDR's day, we will once again restore the idyllic notion of committing a lifetime of service to one's government. This is good for the health of the State.

GWB: "I made some proposals to stimulate economic growth, which will create new jobs and make America less dependent on foreign oil. And I ask Congress...(APPLAUSE) And I ask Congress to work hard and put a stimulus plan into law to help the American people.

Once again, as with FDR's central plannning, a move toward a planned economy is of great importance. I can't stress enough that government must be the basis for all economic expansion, and the center of all planning and production. God bless John Maynard Keynes.

GWB: "We will not give in to exaggerated fears or passing rumors. We will rely on good judgment and good old common sense."

We must listen to and believe what our government says at all times. Nothing else is legitimate.

GWB: "Ours is the cause of freedom. We've defeated freedom's enemies before, and we will defeat them again."

The costs of maintaining an empire are great. However, empire is a worthy and noble thing and so we shall continue it on its course.

Support your government's war at all costs. A'bombing we shall go. November 12, 2001

I've gotten lots of insults and blanket statements that DeCoster is wrong, but no one has specifically refuted anything DeCoster has said yet. Some one asked who was occupying Ga though - showing a little though anyway. Liberals, statists and government sponsored parasites is my answer, although you might have a better one

Hope you enjoy both of your senators working hard to destroy the Bill of Rights.

Hey, pin-head. I'm a NYer and think our Senators are scum. However, in terms of "Bill of Rights," you twist the truth.

You should go to the far east and live north of the 38th parallel with your Korean pals. On the way, pick up Hanoi Jane and Hillary Clinton. Bubba can outfit you with nice green uniforms with Red Stars, and a few dozen AK-47s really cheap from his Chinese friends. This way you can shoot patriotic Americans on the way.

Of course, Algore would deny any knowledge of this because he takes a piss after drinking too much iced tea when he's entertaining his pals at a Buddhist Temple.

If you don't like this country, get out! If you have something to contribute, spend a week working on removing a billion tons of rubble from the WTC.

Don't let all these cheap shots get to you. FR is now the home of party politics and the "cult of personality". Many of these people would cheerfully march into the ovens as long as it were Bush calling cadence. Like the Pope and the Catholic Church,Bush and the Republican Party are to followed without question.

?i?If you don?t like this country, get out! If you have something to contribute, spend a week working on removing a billion tons of rubble from the WTC.?/i??p? These guys are too busy sniping from the easy chair and whining about some imagined boogey man they think is hiding behind every government desk.

SCOUTS OUT!

Communication is impossible unless we ascribe to a speaker's or author's words their usual and customary meanings, absent some textual or behavioral evidence to the contrary, such as that the speaker is a lawyer or a propagandist. So, either comminication is impossible, in which case why are you bothering with this post, or else Ms de Coster or you owe us a clear demonstration that Bush uses the words he uses with the meanings that Ms de Coster has given them rather than otherwise.

We have little evidence that Bush is a propagandist. It is quite evident on the other hand that you and Ms de Coster are propagandists, and therefore, we have to assume that until we can commit the text to further analysis, her meanings and your meanings are suspect. not happened, we must assume that it is your belief that verbal communication is impossible.

Many of these people would cheerfully march into the ovens as long as it were Bush calling cadence. It's tough to see what's happening when their head's up their a$$.

Boonie Rat

MACV SOCOM, PhuBai/Hue '65-'66

If you don?t like this country, get out!

Why should I or anyone who doesn’t like what is going on get out? I was born here!
Blind trust will damage our country far worse than any healthy skepticism can.

If you have something to contribute

What, the thousands I pay in taxes ain’t enough for you, now you want tacit approval too?

"That would be nice if it were true, but then I guess the current move in Kongress to add a bunch of additional information to drivers' licenses so as to use them as de facto internal passports is just paranoid imaginings."

You're confusing two things, a bunch of make-believe blatherings from Lewrockwell and specific actions proposed in Congress. Considering the fact that Congress includes a wide cross-section of political philosophies, the fact that some have proposed a national id card is not surprising. When has GW supported these proposals?

"I guess that having fighter jets being given the authorization to shoot down civilian airliners, yet steadfastly refusing to arm the pilots or allowing passengers with carry licenses to stay arms is not statism."

Arming pilots is a good idea that is supported by many. Allowing your typical passenger to carry guns on a passenger plane is not. I've seen too many instances of stupid and careless gun handling to support that. Now, if you want to talk about allowing those who have passed a rigorous training program to carry weapons, that's another thing entirely. But, that would amount to federal licensing, something I doubt either of us support.

More people murdered and enslaved by thier own gov't

True, but those Governments are not ours. They started with no Constitution or Bill of Rights as we did. They never had the freedoms we have and mean to hold on to.

I agree that this author doesn't seem to understand the nature of the conflict (war) in which we are involved. Make no mistake, it is a fight to the death. Bin Ladin's death will unleash other terrorists hell bent on destroying us. Had we decided like Clinton, to give him another virtual pass they still would have continued to attack. At least, with Bin Laden gone they know what is going to happen.

I would like to thank you for an excellent post. It seems after reading the reponses, that it might have struck a discordant note with the subjects to the EMPIRE. How dare we question what Congress is doing!! What? Should we start a schedule three times a day bowing to the east, the 'holy' city of Washington? They already take over 40% of my money. Mindless sheep have their President now and how dare we question him!! I honestly used to be a big GWB supporter, but from the statements and actions lately all I've seen is a moral version of Klintoon. Give up your liberties and rights all in the name of 'safety'!!

From deep in the EMPIRE,

Subject to the STATE,

The main point of her article that the feds are using the attack of 9/11 to spread their unconstitutional powers further is obvious to all except to most unaware.

That is a very good subject on which to write an article, but that is not what Ms de Coster wrote or wrote about. What she wrote was a "translation" of Mr. Bush's speech. Since she appears to be using a different dictionary from the rest of us, some explanation is in order. She gave us none. Other than a supposed translation, she wrote about nothing.

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