Re: Houston We Have a Problem

This is now officially nutz.  How do I get out of this?

Be the change you want to see in the world ..tom


On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 7:49 PM Owen Ambur <Owen.Ambur@verizon.net> wrote:

> Not that this group needs more evidence of the problem but here's some
> <https://greenwald.substack.com/p/new-proof-emerges-of-the-biden-family?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjozNzI2NDE5OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDE2NTU1MTksIl8iOiJBVVNseCIsImlhdCI6MTYzMjMzMzgzOSwiZXhwIjoxNjMyMzM3NDM5LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMTI4NjYyIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.VExF-WsNs9bSmeMDqYBsez-WPDOyMHvBuBmwEylHyV4>
> that is pretty clear.
>
> From my perspective, it appears those who disbelieve the existence of the Deep
> State <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_state> are engaging in artificial
> ignorance
> <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/artificial-ignorance-owen-ambur/> in
> service to The Politics Industry
> <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/politics-industry-v-we-people-magic-formula-owen-ambur/>.
> There is nothing mysterious or particularly nefarious about it.  People who
> believe that more, bigger, centralized government is the solution to every
> problem naturally will strive to create more of it.  If that's what they
> truly believe, who can blame them?  Certainly not others who share their
> point of view.
>
> Given that dynamic, relevant questions include:
>
>    1. how "deep" the State will become,
>    2. how much the Fourth Estate
>    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Estate> may continue to
>    collaborate in further deepening it,
>    3. whether the Fifth Estate
>    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Estate> will play a reinforcing
>    or counterbalancing role,
>    4. at what point the "free world" virtually ceases to exist (and
>    whether, at that point, anyone will care) and
>    5. what, if anything, this group may care to try to do about revealing
>    the personal values and political motivations that influence not only
>    perceptions of truth but also and particularly what is considered to be
>    *worthy* of attention.
>
> With respect to the fourth point, both extremes on the political spectrum
> seem to fear the other will take us there but it is hard for me to see how
> that can be the case when one side wants *less* government.  How does
> that lead to totalitarianism?  I have yet to see any evidence that recent
> immigrants from totalitarian countries fear that outcome from the
> less-government side of the equation.  I've seen multiple reports from
> those who fear we're heading for what they left.
>
> See also some of the values espoused by George Orwell
> <https://stratml.us/carmel/iso/TOFwStyle.xml#values_>.
>
> A related issue is that the lesson to be taken from Afghanistan, Syria,
> NoKo, Russia, and China seems to be that brutality wins.  The choice
> between freedom and life isn't much of a choice for most people and those
> most likely to impose that choice are those who believe they know what's
> best for everyone else.  Which side is arguing those who disagree with them
> have no right to make a living, much less be left in peace to live their
> lives as they see fit?
>
> BTW, for those who value stories, here's a short one:
>
> During a ride on the DC subway in 2016, that National Archives and Records
> Administration's chief counsel told me that, although he was a strong
> Democrat, he could not vote for Hillary Clinton because of her E-mail
> server issue.  Both he and I knew that she had willfully violated the
> Federal Records Act but the news media helped to obfuscate that fact, in
> order to minimize an October Surprise
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_surprise#2016:_Clinton_vs._Trump>
> adversely impacting their anointed candidate.
>
> In any event, our "democratic" political system had delivered two
> candidates for which neither one of us could vote.  If anyone believes such
> a system is the best we can do, that's a pretty sad state of affairs.
>
> I believe we can do better ... albeit not if we continue to engage in
> artificial ignorance.
>
> I look forward to learning what this group might be willing and able to do
> about that.
> Owen
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/owenambur/
>