JABbering Stooge

Okay, I’ve been rather lax on keeping my promise to discuss the state of democracy in this country (between time commitments with work and school, and the video/audio crack that is World of Warcraft, I haven’t gotten around to it until now). But now, over one month after I first promised, and just in time for the Liar-in-Chief’s State of the Union Address, I will indeed be devoting the next several posts to delivering my own State of Our Democracy. Here’s how it will work:

• Introduction: Is America Headed for Fascism? - An overview of what I think is the current state of American democracy, complete with specifying how I will lay out my argument.

• Part One: The First Seven Characteristics of Fascism - This covers the first seven characteristics of fascist regimes, as defined by Laurence Britt: Powerful and Continuing Nationalism, Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights, Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause, Supremacy of the Military, Rampant Sexism, Controlled Mass Media and Obsession with National Security.

• Part Two: The Last Seven Characteristics of Fascism - Self-explanatory. These seven characteristics are: Religion and Government are Intertwined, Corporate Power is Protected, Labor Power is Suppressed, Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts, Obsession with Crime and Punishment, Rampant Cronyism and Corruption and Fraudulent Elections.

• Part Three: Raging Against the Dying of the Light - This section details what we liberals need to do to restore America to what it once was.

• Conclusion: There is nothing wrong with America that can’t be fixed by what’s right with America. - Says all you need to know. This section contains my final thoughts on the subject.

If all goes according to plan, I should have the introduction up by the time I go to work today. Part One will go up later tonight, if not overnight due to the State of the Union. Part Two will go up tomorrow after I get home from my internship. Part Three will go up Thursday after I get home from work, and the conclusion will go up after I get home from my internship on Friday.

After that, I plan on discussing Orson Scott Card. That should take me into my first anniversary as a blogger.

From there, I will start formulating and articulating a positive liberal agenda for the Dems to run on in ‘06.

Note: Obviously, I have done absolutely nothing on this project. I have since decided to completely re-work the idea from scratch. This and the whole Democratic Contract With America thing will take top priority when I finish moving my posts over, along with the Orson Scott Card thing.

(See original post on the old blog here - originally posted Jan. 31, 2006 2:33 AM)