America’s Night and Fog

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N…

Rationale

The reasons for Nacht und Nebel were many:

   * First, distinct complaints by other governments or humanitarian organizations against the German government were made far more difficult because the exact cause of internment or death, indeed whether or not the event had even occurred, was obscured. It kept the Nazis from being held accountable.

   * The decree and hidden events afforded the Nazis the ability to act cruelly and unjustly without public outcry.

   * It allowed an across-the-board, silent veto of international treaties and conventions: one cannot apply the limits and terms of humane treatment in war if one cannot locate the victim or discern his destiny.

   * Additionally, it lessened the moral qualms and confrontations of the German public as well as that of servicemen, in an agreed and/or ignorant silence.

wapo editorial sept 06

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…

the actual decree

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/ava…

http://www.historyplace.com/wo…

keitel letter

Efficient and enduring intimidation can only be achieved . . . by measures by which the relatives of the criminals do not know the fate of the criminal. The prisoners are, in future, to be transported . . . secretly, and further treatment of the offenders will take place at the new destination]; these measures will have a deterrent effect because – A. The prisoners will vanish without a trace. B. No information may be given as to their whereabouts or their fate.Prisoners taken . . . are subjected to military procedure only if particular military interests require this. In case [any authorities inquire about such prisoners, they are to be told that they were arrested, but that the proceedings do not allow any further information.

http://www.shoaheducation.com/…

I’m mad as hell

and extremely tired of sucking up to power.  It is well past time to flex our collective muscles.  What is wrong with people in this country?  Most of us are wage slaves because we have to be.  Okay: fine.  Maybe that’s the way of the world.  They call it “work” for a reason, right?  And I don’t think anybody here opposes work, per se.  What I oppose is the suppression of the “underclass”–which increasingly means anybody who isn’t a multimillionaire.

Did anybody else notice this one?  From Professor Krugman:

It’s like the GOP has a magic inequality spell that it chants while in office. Clearly, we’re missing something.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.c…

And do y’all remember this?

Well, what she said at the beginning…not so much, since St. Ronnie set out to crush all unions.

An oldie but goodie from Dr. Krugman:

But I digress…back to collective action.

In this clip, please note that even in 1946, the MSM were undermining collective action.  Cops escort scabs ino the workplace; also please note that in clip #3 in the YouTube, the happy employees returning to work with their new deals managed to obtain said favorable deals through the strike (which was never credited in the voiceover but is implicit):

Some Dharmaniacs are old enough to remember when this country actually produced goods–the days before we were all supposed to go work at McD’s or get high-paying jobs selling worthless paper to Iceland’s banks:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/…  

I was in high school around this time:

Which side are YOU on?

The Politics of Distraction in an Age of Gotcha Capitalism w/poll