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Land of the Puppet People

"We live in a nation of gluttonous stupor and comfortable surroundings, easily distracted by the cocktail of materialism that lines our homes....", says Valenzuela in his compelling article critical of America's excesses and the Bush regime's pre-conditioning of the American citizenry toward its acceptance of a war with Iran, which was posted on his website on February 15, 2006.

It is partially republished here with the kind permission of its author. You will find a permanent link to Valenzuela's Veritas here on my site in my links column.

I am presently reading Manuel's poignant, fast-paced book, "Echoes in the Wind", which is available from Amazon.com.

"Echoes in the Wind" is a powerful, absorbing book, delving into the human condition like few books ever have. It is presented as a work of fiction designed to educate, enlighten and entertain. It will leave the reader thinking from the very beginning until long after you've put it down.

If you enjoy Manuel Valenzuela's compelling articles, I suggest you read this book.

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American Heroin


It oftentimes boggles the mind to try and understand the ease with which the Establishment can manipulate the American citizenry into another warmongering escapade, this time an ominous foray into the Persian lands of Iran, a nation rich in history, culture, location and most importantly to the Evil Empire, oil and gas. Yet upon further inspection it is easy to comprehend this phenomenon, for we live, as Gore Vidal has labeled it, inside the United States of Amnesia, a country where all semblance of the yesterday becomes but a haze of blatant forgetfulness and convenient whitewash, a black hole of Alzheimer’s-like darkness from where no recollection of past lessons, mistakes, errors or history can be seen or touched.

We live in a nation of gluttonous stupor and comfortable surroundings, easily distracted by the cocktail of materialism that lines our homes. We are trained to live to work, not work to live, sacrificing love of life for love for the Almighty dollar, becoming worker bees and soldier ants, selling our souls to the demons of capitalism in exchange for the happiness and stress-free lives of yesteryear, needing pharmaceutical drugs to escape the depression of our daily lives, willingly choosing to indebt our present and future in order to possess the vast array of adult toys marketed to manipulate our emotions, wrongly thinking this or that product will reincarnate lost happiness. America is the land of plenty, where waistlines expand, stress increases, mental problems grow, work hours increase and vehicles get bigger and bigger, a land addicted to the devil’s excrement, like a heroin user injecting black gold into its ever thirsty veins, becoming a violent, warmongering junkie when the perpetual case of cold turkey arises.

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Manuel Valenzuela is a social critic and commentator, international affairs analyst, current events observer, Internet columnist and author of "Echoes in the Wind", a novel now published by Authorhouse.com. The novel is now available on Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com, as well as other online book sellers. If preferred, the novel can also be ordered at any local brick and mortar bookstore worldwide through the book’s ISBN number, 1418489905. His articles appear regularly at his blog, http://valenzuelasveritas.blogspot.com and at Information Clearing House as well as at other alternative news websites from around the globe. His unique style and powerful writing is read internationally and seeks to expose truths and realities confronting humanity today. Mr. Valenzuela welcomes comments and can be reached at manuel@valenzuelas.net. A collection of his work can be found visiting his archives and by searching the Internet.

posted by Annamarie at 4:19 PM