The Nature of the Beast

TJ asked a really good question yesterday, and it's an issue I dance around a lot at this site.

Who's controlling whom? The Wrepublicans, or the Dominionists?

I think she has it right: Karl Rove's actions are those of a ruthless politician, but I'm cautious about using the term "controlled" by the Dominionists.

Rove is plenty ambitious all on his own. But what makes him particularly dangerous is that he realizes his limitations. He's lacking the personal charisma to be anything more than a power behind the throne.

But given his history and biases he's definitely one of the Dominionists. He has used their organization to climb to the top of the bloody pile. And he's a cold blooded killer of his own when they become a liability, as both TJ and Bob Fertik point out.

I think it's time to put my views on the Dominionists a little more in focus.

There's a lot of disinformation floating around in cyberspace. You often find succinct well documented accounts of the criminal activities of Bu$hCo on the same sites that espouse things that obviously aren't reality-based. For example, one of the best compilations about the coincidences of 9/11 occurs on a site where the author goes quite barking mad about occult connections on other posts. The Wrepublicans are more than happy to use sites like this to advocate that democrats in general are a bunch of raving moonbats.

On the other hand, organizations like the Klan and the more mainstream Council for National Policy are quite real. So are the American Enterprise Institute and the Project for a New American Century. So is the Carlyle Group.

These are organizations. They are conspiracies to change the world and, incidently, our nation and Constitution into what they think it ought to be. On the side, the individuals running these organizations also intend to gain one whole hell of a lot of power and money, and they're more than willing to use your religious beliefs and take your money and life to do it.