Deep Throat on the Bush Administration
"On evenings such as these, Deep Throat had talked about how politics had infiltrated every corner of government -- a strong-arm takeover of the agencies by the Nixon White House. . . . He had once called it the 'switchblade mentality' -- and had referred to the willingness of the president's men to fight dirty and for keeps. . . ."
From today's Washington Post, which broke the Watergate story in 1974.
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Isn't this what every Republican administration tries to do? Get as much power as you can and worry about the ramifications later.
"All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state." - Musollini
On a side note, the scariest change in our political climate since 1974 has been the role of the media. During Woodward and Bernstein's time, the media was a noble entity. It was the sole institution you could count on to tell the truth and uncover pure facts.
Now, the media is a tool like everything else in this country, from yelling out administration-friendly opinions like a bunch of chest-beating gorrillas (Fox News, maybe?), to selling fashion lines and Star Wars toys in a vast marketing media blitz.
Have you read much Noam Chomsky? His "Propaganda and Control of the Public Mind" covers your points exactly and in stunning, revealing detail. I highly suggest picking up a copy of the lecture on CD.
Here's a link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1873176686/qid=1117852580/sr=8-2/ref=pd_csp_2/102-8526693-7641746?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
I give this my highest possible recommendation.
I'm not familiar with that particular lecture, but the full-length treatment of Chomsky on media is in Manufacturing Consent. I can't vouch for how readable it is because I've only read the ideas in other contexts, but the thesis is damn persuasive.
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