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Worst Case Scenario
Posted by Agit8r • 3/06/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: agenda, whitehouse.gov
Not to be left off of the fear-mongering bandwagon, I have put together my own worst case scenario for what the new administration. This is based on what I've gleaned from reading from "Progressive Policy Institute," "Third Way," Books by Neo-Progressives like Rahm Emmanuel and what has been repeated from them in part on Whitehouse.gov. Basically educated speculation based on backgrounds and policies of some cabinet members and correlating items on the administrations "Agenda", and those items that I freely invite anyone to check this stuff out. Mind you that this is what I have gathered and may not paint a complete picture. And no, conservatives this can not be called socialism in the conventional sense but rather Institutional Mutualism:
1) The developement a Solidarity based financial sector. A sort of hybrid between conventional credit unions and Yunus-style micro-credit.
2) The developement of a Workfare State. As outright compulsion is surely not politic, the financial necessity to take part will be created partially by economic developements, and partially by fearmongering of future developements. This will allow for government programs that might not be financially feasable. Although labor will be only marginally compensated, the programs will still be very costly. Funding and volunteer compliance will be "sold" to the public under the guise of economic necessity and the repetitive theme of solidarity... or "Serving one another in the common purpose of remaking America"*
3) An expanded foreign humanitarian corps, to back up the foreign policy goals of expanding what Robert Gates calls "Soft Power" and what Hillary Clinton calls "Smart Power."
4) The eventual conscription of some segment of the population to suppliment objectives "2)" and "3)." This will ead to a simplification of universal health coverage which will begin to shift to a largescale expansion of the Vetrans Administration.
5) The expansion of "Soft Power" to "underserved" nations. this will be done for the purpose of enhancing National Security, by reducing the draw of terrorist fanaticism and increasing stability.
Now mind you these are lofty goals, and are surely undertaken with the best of intentions, however history tells us that lofty intentions never fully succeed, and usually end up leading to tyranny. Any thoughts out there on this?
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You're bored tonight, aren't you..
I like Hannity's vision of the worst case scenario future, as outlined in his "war room" - empty malls!
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hannity has a "war room" thats rather schoolboyish
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Hannity has a 'war room' too?? Glenn Beck has a 'war room'!
The fear mongering on Fox News is both disturbing and comical. In case you missed it in the other thread...
The politics of fear and the Colbert antidote:
Part 1:
www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/220649/march-04-2009/glenn-...
Part 2:
www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/220650/march-04-2009/doom-b... -
All the kids are doing it. can I have a war room too?
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Yeah, boring threads out there. Prop 8 just doesn't get my blood pumping, I guess. Even if this were the plan, the "Blue Dogs" would never go along with it. Then again if the economy keeps tanking...
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I'm big on gay rights, so the whole prop 8 thing is me doing it to death
I say f**k it, let it all collapse, and we'll do something different instead. Right?
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What I said was pump about half of the 3 trillion that they have spent on multiple bailouts into unemployment, don't give the bankers a dime, and let the Business Cycle run its course. Think of it as Compassionate Rothbardianism
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Can we pillage the banker's homes first?
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well if the enraged masses getting unemployment benefits and sitting around at home bying stuff off infomercials while eating microwave popcorn, the bankers will probably be safe
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SO that's a yes then? Because I so wouldn't sit at home and eat popcorn.
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Right, for the non-popcorn eating crowd, a regular Reveillon riot will be arranged
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Hannity or Glen Beck....... they are worst case scenarios.
Here is some funny stuff Stephen Colbert Doom Bunker.... really puts it in perspective.
www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/220650/march-04-2009/doom-b...-
That's what I was talking about up above - Colbert did a great parody of it.
Doom bunker LMAO...
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What can I say the people like Impending Doom Scenarios. That's why every few months one of the major networks has some disaster movie on (now we're back to that popcorn). I'm not even going to breach the subject of religion here, but lets just say that these media personalities know their audience.
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