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Uncle Sam Wants YOU! There was a time when “conservative” meant you were a stodgy old curmudgeon; an isolationist, closed to new ideas. Now, the conservatives are leading the charge – promising to make the entire world “safe for democracy”! Never has such a bold plan been put into action – that is, not since the “liberal” populist Woodrow Wilson coined the phrase nearly a century ago. During the year 1913, the populist movement in the US won several important changes to the US Constitution, which altered the very DNA of the old Republic. The 16th and 17th Amendments brought to the nation the income tax and direct election of Senators. The income tax helped give the fledgling empire an endless source of funds... and direct election of Senators helped mitigate the authority the Constitution originally bestowed on State legislatures. The final coup in the Revolution of 1913 was the passage of the Federal Reserve Act which help create the private banking cartel that now issues the nation's currency and establishes the going rate banks must pay for cash. We recently discovered that there is no copyright on the image most associated with Wilson's drive to make the "world safe for democracy". Seen here:
Since that time Uncle Sam has "become the most widely recognizable symbol of the United States" around the world, according to the Library of Congress website: "Originally published as the cover for the July 6, 1916, issue of Leslie's Weekly with the title "What Are You Doing for Preparedness?" this portrait of "Uncle Sam" went on to become--according to its creator, James Montgomery Flagg--"the most famous poster in the world." Over four million copies were printed between 1917 and 1918, as the United States entered World War I and began sending troops and matériel into war zones. "Flagg (1877-1960) contributed forty-six works to support the war effort. He was a member of the first Civilian Preparedness Committee organized in New York in 1917 and chaired by Grosvenor Clarkson. He also served as a member of Charles Dana Gibson's Committee of Pictorial Publicity, which was organized under the federal government's Committee on Public Information, headed by George Creel. "Because of its overwhelming popularity, the image was later adapted for use in World War II. Upon presenting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt a copy of the poster, Flagg remarked that he had been his own model for Uncle Sam to save the modeling fee. "Uncle Sam is one of the most popular personifications of the United States. However, the term "Uncle Sam" is of somewhat obscure derivation. Historical sources attribute the name to a meat packer who supplied meat to the army during the War of 1812--Samuel (Uncle Sam) Wilson (1766-1854). "Uncle Sam" Wilson was a man of great fairness, reliability, and honesty, who was devoted to his country--qualities now associated with "our" Uncle Sam. James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) "With the storm of war brewing behind her, a personification of America sleeps. She wears a Phrygian cap, a symbol of liberty since Roman times. This poster tells all of America to wake up and do their part for the war effort." The art of irony is lost in today's world. But here we offer just a bit. The image most widely associated with the world's most successful democracy is a poster designed to drum up cash for war. But then, what do we know? We were born long after these decisions were made. Empire of Debt: The Rise Of An Epic Financial Crisis - On sale at bookstores now! | ||
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