end of another day.

all-county went well today. i had fun. even if mandy is going to have her baby. hehe. i wish i knew what to do about stuff. and i don't. i am going to try and write an uberpersonal post in the next couple of days. i have to work up the courage. well, i'm off to the gas station and home. mccoy and chris and the band director guy are going out to eat. i was standing there, but didn't get an invite. oh, well c'est la vie. i might go get chinese, maybe. i feel very down for some reason today. *sigh*

frightening

"Of course the people don't want war... that is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.

Voice or no voice, 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 pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. "

Hermann Goering, Adolf Hitler's Deputy Chief and
Luftwaffe Commander, at the Nuremberg trials, 1946.


I find that so frightening because when I first read that quote(before i read who said it), I thought it was contemporary. To think that the USA is doing some the things exactly described by Nazi Germany- means our values are worthless, and worse we are hypocritical.

God Help Us All.