Charlie Sheen and the Drift Towards Fascism

Are people finally getting fed up with this waltz toward fascism in America? Torture, colonial adventurism, lies, war profiteering, internal polarization and hate mongering, rigged elections, . . . I think the Charlie Sheen comments struck a cord among a lot of people who are fed up. For some time now we've had a barrage of propaganda coming from people like Rush Limbaugh and other millionaire professional "conservatives" (I put that in quotes because I'm not willing to accept the validity of that label, given these folks propensity toward rightwing radicalism, dishonesty, and taking positions that are contradictory in order to remain in step with their "leaders.") In any event, I think what we really need (and seem unlikely to get) is a genuinely independent mass media. The story is not Charlie Sheen's suspicions about his government being engaged in a cover-up but the fact that the media has been so docile on 9/11, the Iraq war profiteering, and a number of other very critical national issues. Where's the media beef, so to speak? Someone needs to do some serious investigating of corruption, lies, and malfeasance at the highest levels of state-corporate structures in this society. But I'm not going to hold my breath for that. More likely we'll just keep hearing the Showbiz Tonight type stories about Charlie Sheen (or whoever can provide the sexy copy that substitutes for real news/real investigative journalism).

Go to Prison Planet for more info on Charlie Sheen's comments re: 9/11