Fwd: Once upon a Time we imagined we were a democracy...

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From: Carl Jarvis <carjar82@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 20:19:23 -0700
Subject: Once upon a Time we imagined we were a democracy...
To: Blind Democracy Discussion List <blind-democracy@octothorp.org>

Once upon a time there was an American democracy, but not for the
common Working/Lower/Slave Class.
True, we were set up as a Republic, but democracy lived among the
White, Male, Property Owners. These were the Pillars of America,
invested in the Land and all of its riches. The Working/Lower/Slave
Class was held to be too ignorant to be trusted to make informed
decisions. They were seen to have no stake in this new nation.
The White Males over 21 years of age led the ragged army against the
best forces England could ship across the ocean. The Red Coats were
driven out of the Colonies, and the White Males over 21 claimed the
right to rule the New World. In order to maintain control over the
Masses, the new Ruling Class wrote its own history. A book of
untruths and make believe.
You can hunt down your favorite stories, perhaps George Washington
cutting down the Cherry tree and confessing to his father. Maybe you
like the one where Honest Abe Lincoln walked for miles to return a few
pennies to a woman who had been over charged. Then there was Paul
Bunyan and his faithful side kick Babe Ruth...or was it Babe the Blue
Ox?
My personal favorite is the tale of the brave little band of Pilgrims,
running from the heavy hand of religious persecution, bravely
defending their new land from the Savage Devils who tried to butcher
them.



This tale is told and retold, never growing old. Today it is the
brave little Israelites defending their new homes from the Palestinian
Devils.
But hey! If you don't like any of the histories floating around, make
up your own. After all, most of what we hold near and dear has been
seriously tampered with.
Start in little ways. Just the other day I sent in a cookie recipe to
our WCB Newsline publication. I declared that the "One, One, One
Cookie", was created by John Jarvis(born in West Virginia in 1756).
and passed down from father to son. The name John Jarvis and the time
and place of birth is factual. But this old farmer probably never
cooked a cookie in his life, much less to have invented one.
But there it sits, in a publication that prides itself in being factual.
Do I blush with shame? Why should I. I learned it from the New York
Times. Tell a story over and over and people will begin to believe at
least part of it.
And so, even while we watch our nation sliding down the slippery slope
of melt down, we keep believing the lies whispered to us through our
Media, telling us that we are a Free People. And we believe that we
must always vote, in order to stay Free. Even as we watch our
officials being bought and sold and traded on the stock market. But
we work even harder to vote in the right people. Over and over. But
it never changes...except for the worst. Will we ever wake up from
this drug induced dream?

Carl Jarvis


On 9/12/14, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@optonline.net> wrote:
> Bob,
>
> Once upon a time, the U.S. was a democracy.
>
> Miriam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blind-Democracy [mailto:blind-democracy-bounces@octothorp.org] On
> Behalf Of Bob Hachey
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 5:38 PM
> To: 'Blind Democracy Discussion List'
> Subject: RE: Remember the photos on my father's prison walls
>
> Hi Miriam,
> No doubt about it, Ghassan Elashi is a political prisoner.
> Funny thing here, I thought only "bad countries" like Cuba and the former
> Soviet Union and other similar nations held political prisoners?
> The United States is a Democacy! The first three words of our Constitution
> are WE THE PEOPLE. WE would never stoop so low as to hold political
> prisoners! Nod Nod, Wink Wink.
> Bob Hachey
>
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