Bush follows Hitler's playbook

The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy.
All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the
peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works
the same in any country.
Herman Goering, Commander,
Hitler’s Air Force

Adolph Hitler used the 1933 attack on the Reichstag, the seat of German
government, as proof that the German people were under attack. Hitler blamed
the German Communists. Some historians believe Hitler arranged the act of arson
that burned a large part of the building.

In the early1990s, a group known as neo-conservatives began thinking about a New
World Order under U.S. hegemony. Control of the world’s major oil deposits was
key to the plan. To convince the citizens to support the radical program “a new
Pearl Harbor” was needed, the neo-cons reasoned. Another incident like the
Reichstag fire would drive the people into a state of fear that would unite them
into a frightened herd. The compliant herd could be stampeded in any desired
direction.

As luck would have it, there was an attack on the U.S. on September 11, 2001.
The neo-cons immediately began making plans to invade energy-rich nations that
were not already under the control of the U.S. corporations. No Afghanis or Iraqis were
among those who carried out the 9/11attack. Most of the attackers were from
Saudi Arabia.

Hitler invaded several of his neighbors including Austria and Czechoslovakia,
but his primary goal was the oil fields of the Middle East. In 1939, Hitler
invaded Poland.

Before the invasion of Poland, Hitler falsely accused Poland and England of
conspiring to encircle Germany. Before the invasion of Iraq, George Bush
falsely accused Iraq of reconstituting weapons of mass destruction in order to
attack the U.S. Bush painted the absurd picture of a tiny nation of 25 million
people with no air force or navy attacking a huge nation of 180 million people
on the other side of the world. The frightened herd bought the absurd story.

In the Hitler playbook, Bush is at the invasion-of-Poland stage. However,
Hitler was a genius and Bush is a fool. Hitler invaded most of the rest of
Europe then turned to invade the Soviet Union. Bush is bogged down in tiny
Iraq. Both proved that Goering was right. Any group of people can be
frightened into doing anything the madman wants them to do. The jungle animal
instinct always is more powerful than the human intellect.

Compensation for Katrina and Bush victims

The Bush Administration paid an average of $1 milion to each of the families of those killed in the 9/11 tragedy. It paid $1,000 to the families of each innocent Afghani the U.S. military killed.

How much will the Bush Administration pay to the families of victims of Hurricane Katrina?

The Bush Administration's hierarchy of human values can be estimated from the swiftness and intensity of its responses. On that basis, the fetus has greatest value. Tied for second place are stem cells and brain-dead young women. Third would be the upper middle class white people such as those killed on 9/11.

We can assume poor black Americans would be rated higher in value than the Afghanis who are close to Bush's chief enemies. However, the plantation may be gone, but the plantation mentality still lives on in many Americans.

Thanks to Hurricane Katrina, we soon will find out what value Bush places on the least fortunate of our wealthy and generous nation. Since the anniversary of 9/11 is next week, no doubt Bush will be doubly generous.