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Fasces on Capital Hill
What great symbolism in this picture from President Obama's speech on health care before the Congress. First, notice the placement of the term "IN GOD WE TRUST" over the figures of the statist deities. Yes, folks, government is a religion.
Then, we have the fasces that flank this malevolent trinity. A little about fasces from wikipedia.org:
The bundle of rods bound together symbolizes the strength which a single rod lacks. The axe symbolized the state's power and authority. The ribbons binding the rods together symbolized the state's obligation to exercise restraint in the exercising of that power. [Fat chance on that last part.]
In other words, the axe symbolizes what happens to those who don't recognize the State's authority.
Of course, Washington, DC is filled with fasces symbolism. Abe Lincoln's hands rest on fasces (with the axes removed. I guess 650,000 dead in the War Between the States proved the symbolism a bit quaint).
There were also fasces on the mercury dime.
Trust in your gods in government...or get the axe.
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The great non sequitur committed by defenders of the State, including classical Aristotelian and Thomist philosophers, is to leap from the necessity of society to the necessity of the State.--Murray N. Rothbard
More about fasces in America.
This is important stuff. The presence of those fasces is not unintentional or based on some nebulous admiration for the "greatness" of the Classical Civilizations. It is a clear reference to collectivism and militarism. Good work grabbing the images! I hope people will spread these around, especially to their friends who think Abraham Lincoln "saved the union", when, in fact, he destroyed much of the Constitution.
Thanks, kimosabe!
That picture of Abe Lincoln with his hands as the axe head of the fasces is so telling as to his intent. It reminds me of voodoo chile by Jimi Hendrix.
The investigation that ensued afterward resulted in Kennedy being charged & found guilty of 'leaving the scene of an 1z0-047 dumps accident after causing injury' & was sentenced to two months' incarceration though this was suspended.From what I've heard of the incident Kennedy first of all claimed he couldn't remember what had 642-067 happened & he probably thought the Kennedy name would get him out of bother. Yeah well a two month suspended sentence does seem a pretty light sentence & one can only wonder if that him being a Kennedy wasn't a factor. Plus the charge itself of 'leaving the scene of an accident after causing injury' is kind of putting it fucking mildly. He didn't cause fucking injury he caused a fucking death! Whether it was an accident 642-746 or incompetence Ted Kennedy should have been charged at least with manslaughter. Funny enough Ted Kennedy did regain his memory & claimed that after he freed himself from the sinking car & got to shore he called out the name of the girl he was giving a lift to 'Mary Jo Kopechne' & when there was no response he dove down several times to save 70-237 her...sorry but I believe that to be utter bullshit & that the truth of the matter is Kennedy saved his own skin fuck Mary Jo Kopechne.