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Originally Posted by Sean
I have to assume you think this is a super, bang-up article that you maybe even hope will come to pass
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That's my impression of conspiracists, or even the faithful when they discuss the apocalypse in church. They all respond to these horrific disgusting theories with a sense of excitement and enjoyment. Like in their heart of hearts they want to see their nonbeliever neighbors burn in flames and their own country ripped apart. In each case, they'll be the exception, they'll always be a member of the elect that is preserved from the atrocities. And afterward, utopia will be realized and all the corruption cleansed. For them its never about solving the problem, its about blowing up the chalk board.
I got news for you mongoose, if Obama were to get offed, your whole arcadian middle class white life style of malls and video games will probably be the most threatened its ever been.
Anyhoo, Since its so fashionable to dress this current state of affairs like the 30's, take a look at this military coup plot that was targeting FDR in
'34. A rough 80% of the news back then was controlled by monopoly just as it is now. Failed american capitalism spawns interest in socialism and fascism, each side polarizing away from the middle. A liberal, charismatic, populist president is in charge during economic hardship. Elite corporate interests are at loggerheads.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot
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The Business Plot (also the Plot Against FDR and the White House Putsch) was a reported political conspiracy in 1933 which involved wealthy businessmen plotting a coup d’état to overthrow United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1934 retired Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler testified to the McCormack-Dickstein Congressional committee that a group of men had approached him as part of a plot to overthrow Roosevelt in a coup.[1] In the opinion of the committee these allegations were credible. One of the purported plotters, Gerald MacGuire, vehemently denied any such plot. In their report, the Congressional committee stated that it was able to confirm Butler's statements other than the proposal from MacGuire which it considered more or less confirmed by MacGuire's European reports. [2] However, no prosecutions or further investigations followed. While historians have questioned whether or not a coup was actually close to execution, most agree that some sort of "wild scheme" was contemplated and discussed.[3][4]
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One thing I think is starkly different between FDR and Obama is FDR was genuinely liberal. Obama is just smarter than 99% of his critics and black, so he makes up with these two dynamics as far as stoking the fire beneath him.