3.19.2004
What the Right Wing is Saying by what it Does
1. It is far better to pass ineffectual laws that look good in the press than it is to refrain from passing anything but effective laws that get the job done. Perception is everything.
2. A government’s profit is supposed to go to the people; therefore it is ok to spend more money than they take in (and offer tax breaks to the wealthy at the same time).
3. It is ok for some Americans to go without as long as the majority of Americans appear to be comfortable.
4. The best way to affect domestic tranquility is to spend the majority of our resources elsewhere.
5. Give the wealthy tax breaks and they will be more inclined to share their good fortune with everyone else.
6. It is acceptable to loosen or disregard regulations that might restrict short-term profits without any regard for long-term consequences (we can always call for “more study”).
7. Might (and the majority) makes right.
8. It is ok to sink billions of dollars addressing the effects of social problems while completely ignoring their causes.
9. Laws should reflect our specific morality, not equality (if you don’t agree, get out you atheist, disloyal pinko, traitor!).
10. It is perfectly acceptable to bribe other countries to be our friends (while they are looking for the opportunity to stab us in the back the moment our heads are turned).
11. It is perfectly acceptable for us to go against international agreements, treaties, and laws, if we don’t agree with them.
12. We really don’t care too much about public education (after all, our children go to private schools).
13. It is ok for us to lie about foreign governments and to invade their sovereignty so long as our overall cause is righteous.
14. If we must, we will use emotionalism, personal attacks, and moral outrage, to discredit, diminish, and destroy anyone who opposes us.
15. We will embrace “family values” so long as it keeps the peasants happy.
16. Pithy slogans with appeals to emotion which are easy to remember, remains our most effective marketing strategy for control over the masses.
17. If the current bureaucracy is unable to accomodate our grand designs, we will create new bureaucracies to control the old ones. The sky is the limit (so long as we're spending your money and not ours).
TANSTAAFL!
© 2004, J.S. Brown
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1. It is far better to pass ineffectual laws that look good in the press than it is to refrain from passing anything but effective laws that get the job done. Perception is everything.
2. A government’s profit is supposed to go to the people; therefore it is ok to spend more money than they take in (and offer tax breaks to the wealthy at the same time).
3. It is ok for some Americans to go without as long as the majority of Americans appear to be comfortable.
4. The best way to affect domestic tranquility is to spend the majority of our resources elsewhere.
5. Give the wealthy tax breaks and they will be more inclined to share their good fortune with everyone else.
6. It is acceptable to loosen or disregard regulations that might restrict short-term profits without any regard for long-term consequences (we can always call for “more study”).
7. Might (and the majority) makes right.
8. It is ok to sink billions of dollars addressing the effects of social problems while completely ignoring their causes.
9. Laws should reflect our specific morality, not equality (if you don’t agree, get out you atheist, disloyal pinko, traitor!).
10. It is perfectly acceptable to bribe other countries to be our friends (while they are looking for the opportunity to stab us in the back the moment our heads are turned).
11. It is perfectly acceptable for us to go against international agreements, treaties, and laws, if we don’t agree with them.
12. We really don’t care too much about public education (after all, our children go to private schools).
13. It is ok for us to lie about foreign governments and to invade their sovereignty so long as our overall cause is righteous.
14. If we must, we will use emotionalism, personal attacks, and moral outrage, to discredit, diminish, and destroy anyone who opposes us.
15. We will embrace “family values” so long as it keeps the peasants happy.
16. Pithy slogans with appeals to emotion which are easy to remember, remains our most effective marketing strategy for control over the masses.
17. If the current bureaucracy is unable to accomodate our grand designs, we will create new bureaucracies to control the old ones. The sky is the limit (so long as we're spending your money and not ours).
TANSTAAFL!
© 2004, J.S. Brown
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