Wilson's Almanac on American imperial
eagles
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US
imperial eagles
I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land.
Mark Twain
As a boy, and still today,
I loved this kind of American imagery.
Like the American bank notes, the eagles
are beautifully and boldly etched.
However, lately the aggressiveness and imperialistic symbolism
of these 19th century engravings seems much more ominous.
Who can not notice the
similarity to Rome's imperial eagle (above),
nor the message of imperialism that the classic American eagle now suggests?
For my own part I
wish the Eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is
a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his Living honestly. You may
have seen him perched on some dead tree near the river, where, too lazy to
fish for himself, he watches the labor of the Fishing Hawk; and when that
diligent Bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it to his nest for
the support of his mate and young ones, the Eagle pursues him and takes it
from him.
Benjamin Franklin
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Pillagers of the world, [the Romans] have exhausted
the land by their indiscriminate plunder, and now they ransack the sea.
A rich enemy excites their cupidity; a poor one, their lust for power ...
They are the only people on earth to whose covetousness both riches and
poverty are equally tempting. To robbery, butchery, and rapine, they give
the lying name of 'government'; they create a desolation and call it
peace.
Tacitus (56 - 115 CE), Roman senator and historian
Myths of the War on Terrorism and Iraq
What CNN and Bush won't tell you!
Mentiras da Mídia Sobre o Iraque
Portuguese
version of the previous article 'Myths'
Text of President Bush's leaflet dropped over Iraq
A parody that might get me sent to Guantanamo
hell-hole
President Bush announces his Global Peace
Imaginatorium
Is it satire, is it prophetic, or is it just maybe a good idea?
Terror alerts!
From our Department of Homeland Fascism
The Real Reason for the Iraq War
WC has a different slant from the usual
"it's all about oil"
Bush just sat there (9-11 video)
Weird: Bush's incongruous
behaviour on September 11
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