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[scottobear]

Have you seen the blue eagle on the new US 57 cent stamp? Ye gods, it would be right at home at a Nuremburg rally. Someone actually wrote about it.

I don't agree with those written opinions, but looking at the conspiracy theorist under a magnifying glass... you can see the knowledge he has, and the misapplication of same. A lot of the information *is* sound, but the reaching involved cracks me up. That sort of rant makes for a perfect additional spooky-loony character that gets killed off after explaining the plot to an invesigator or main character.

The guy seems to forget that the eagle is the national emblem of the USA. Has been for over 200 years, and that nobody has a market on art deco design. I wonder what shaped that guy's perspectives to the current leaning. Is he just saying stuff to be inflammatory, or sell to a market? Does he really believe what he's blathering about?

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[pilarcruz.livejournal.com]

Well, not necessarily. In the real world, I am a history student and I'm a WWII Germany specialist! The conclusions he reaches are not totally far fetched. The National Socialists got all the Germans involved in the activities of the Third Reich. One of these activities was to go around the neighborhood with an armband and clipboard and either tell on your neighbors or sign them up for Nazi clubs and rallies (you were supposed to tattle on those who did not).

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

you are quite right... many of his facts are accurate.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I'm betting on laziness! We're not sheep... we're cows. :)

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[dexterx.livejournal.com]

As a peice of art I really like the stamp.

The guy is right in that through history lots of nations (including nations of sheep and cows) have eagles as standard bearers - with what else is happenning in America I'm not there and can't say.

There is a saying that "for tyranny to flourish all that is needed is that good people do nothing".

If some one knocked on my door with a clipboard I would likely tell them to F-off.

I'm a Kiwi and our national symbol is a near blind nocturnal bird ground dwelling bird(that cannot fly) and eats roots and leaves.