Effectively, what Bush has ordered is a propaganda officer for each department. While I do agree with your point, JK, I can't say that BR is beyond the pale with a fascist allusion, as this move by the Bush cabal is certainly a major and most unfortunate step in that direction. While we won't see the ceremonies, I can't help but envision a private dedication to the powers of George Bush being held for each nominee, not unlike Goebbels pledging his support of Hitler.

For those unclear on this notion of American Fascism, I suggest spending some time reading about [url=http://oldamericancentury.org/14pts.htm]The Fourteen Poi...

Effectively, what Bush has ordered is a propaganda officer for each department. While I do agree with your point, JK, I can't say that BR is beyond the pale with a fascist allusion, as this move by the Bush cabal is certainly a major and most unfortunate step in that direction. While we won't see the ceremonies, I can't help but envision a private dedication to the powers of George Bush being held for each nominee, not unlike Goebbels pledging his support of Hitler.

For those unclear on this notion of American Fascism, I suggest spending some time reading about The Fourteen Points of Fascism. If you have any comments regarding this linked page, I suggest that you make them in the comments section of a clip I made about the 14 points page. Further, while I wholly support each individual's right to an opinon, the bleating by religious zealots suggesting that unless their way is the way of all that they have been opressed by the notion of open thought really adds little to the discussion of the topic. I'm not trying to minimize their right to their opinion, only suggesting that a focus on the topic at hand be maintained.

This is like communist Russia. Every department, organization, and unit had a political officer, to make sure that the participants were politically correct. It's not just power mongering micro managing stupid, its evil and an example of the arrogance and insistence on conformity to political realities, not ideological realities. To those who say that in republican administration it will be ok because the decisions will be based on economics, I say, wake up and smell the coffee. Political appointees will make decisions for political reasons, economics and ideology be damned. This is another scary way this administration is trying to enhance the power of the white house and eliminate bar...

This is like communist Russia. Every department, organization, and unit had a political officer, to make sure that the participants were politically correct. It's not just power mongering micro managing stupid, its evil and an example of the arrogance and insistence on conformity to political realities, not ideological realities. To those who say that in republican administration it will be ok because the decisions will be based on economics, I say, wake up and smell the coffee. Political appointees will make decisions for political reasons, economics and ideology be damned. This is another scary way this administration is trying to enhance the power of the white house and eliminate barriers to it. Lest anybody think otherwise I would have the same objections to any democrat who tried the same thing. Its outrageous.