[IP] Keith Olbermann: There Is Fascism, Indeed
Well worth reading and also remembering the quote the article ends with
" Thus, forgive me, for reading Murrow, in full:
"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty," he said, in 1954.
"We must remember always that accusation is not proof, and that
conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law.
"We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven
by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and
our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful
men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to
defend causes that were for the moment unpopular."
And so good night, and good luck."
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Date: August 31, 2006 11:28:35 AM EDT
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I hope Olbermann keeps his job:
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FOCUS | Keith Olbermann: There Is Fascism, Indeed
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/083106Z.shtml
Keith Olbermann says: "The confusion is about whether this secretary of
defense, and this administration, are in fact now accomplishing what
they
claim the terrorists seek: the destruction of our freedoms, the very
ones
for which the same veterans Mr. Rumsfeld addressed yesterday in Salt
Lake
City so valiantly fought. And about Mr. Rumsfeld's other main assertion,
that this country faces a 'new type of fascism.' As he was correct to
remind
us how a government that knew everything could get everything wrong,
so too
was he right when he said that, though probably not in the way he
thought he
meant it. This country faces a new type of fascism - indeed."
VIDEO | Keith Olbermann: There Is Fascism, Indeed
http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm
Keith Olbermann says: "The confusion is about whether this secretary of
defense, and this administration, are in fact now accomplishing what
they
claim the terrorists seek: the destruction of our freedoms, the very
ones
for which the same veterans Mr. Rumsfeld addressed yesterday in Salt
Lake
City so valiantly fought. And about Mr. Rumsfeld's other main assertion,
that this country faces a 'new type of fascism.' As he was correct to
remind
us how a government that knew everything could get everything wrong,
so too
was he right when he said that, though probably not in the way he
thought he
meant it. This country faces a new type of fascism - indeed."
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