As I worked on this project, random people stopped me and said “In your blog, that stuff you write, it couldn’t happen like that!”
OK, nobody said that. I just had that conversation in my own head. Over and over.
So we tried hard not to wander too far too fast from what we see around us. Here is a listing of books that talk about the situation we are all in right now.
It Can’t Happen Here!
Aside from being the title of Sinclair Lewis’s fiction from the 1930’s, this is also the primary argument against a coup in the USA. I hate to tell you, it has already been tried:
The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR
War is a Racket: The Anti-War Classic by America’s Most Decorated General
The Bush Administration’s Abuse of Power:
Law and the Long War: The Future of Justice in the Age of Terror
Torture Team: Rumsfeld’s Memo and the Betrayal of American Values
Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army
The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration
Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone
Bush’s Law: The Remaking of American Justice
Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency
The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America
American Unpreparedness in a Changing World:
Open Target: Where America Is Vulnerable to Attack
The Edge of Disaster: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation
Your Government Failed You: Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters
Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America’s Reputation and Leadership
The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World
Peak Oil:
Hubbert’s Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage
Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert’s Peak
Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy
Gloabl Warming, Food Security, and Other Threats:
An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution–and How It Can Renew America
Americans in Bubbles and Echo-Chambers – Talking Past Each Other:
Just How Stupid Are We?: Facing the Truth About the American Voter
The End of America: A Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot
Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries
The Big Sort (a Slate Blog)
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A Regular Reader and Commenter but Not Leaving my name today // October 25, 2008 at 10:57 am |
So, I’m at a meeting this past week and people at my job with the federal government are talking about exercises and plans and a senior person says something like, “I mean who’s actually kept up with all the plans. Has anyone read Garden Plot recently?”
I’ve never read Garden Plot. But I’ve read about it online, and always thought it was crazy conspiracy stuff. And yet, there’s a senior member of the government mentioning the name of the plan and talking about it like it’s the real deal.
And then I start to think… maybe those nuts aren’t so nutty afterall.
As to the conversation in your head… I don’t think it’s beyond the realm of the possible.