by Starman » Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:21 pm
Heyia Nashvillebrook;<br><br>Welcome to RI. Always good to see new folks with well-considered perspectives and informed opinions join in the discussions here. Your point about Bush moving the seat of Government is I think a valid one -- If, as some folks argue, it's a non-issue, then what if the percentage of time in Texas vs. Washington DC were flipped, ie, 58% vs 42&? <br><br>It seems in Bush's case, he's pushing the envelope of what's acceptable and 'proper' as per past precedence. What if he spent 75% of his time at the 'Ranch' (and man, if THAT whole farcical charade about him being a 'good-ol'-boy' Rancher ain't a piece of male-cow-doo-doo constructed as a cheap PR stunt to put a 'common-man' face on who/what is a spoiled-child titular-heir to an oiligarchic dynasty with extremely insidious tentacle-ties to some of the biggest corporate-criminal rackets going, in the energy/aerospace/military-defense/intelligence/security/communications/<br>pharmaceutical/R&D/banking/smuggling sectors,<br><br>As is self-evident, Bush's relative invincibility to accountability and legal obligation extends from the inordinate wealth, power and influence of his primary clients, the corporatocracy (world's biggest and/or most extensively-intricately connected/influential banks, combines, companies, associations, criminal syndicates, partnerships, etc.) who have essentially bribed, blackmailed, intimidated, co-opted, converted, or bought-off the mainstream media, Federal Courts and Law-officers/officials, members of Congress, and almost anybody else in a position to challenge the Bush Adminstration's legacy of extra-legal priveleges, abuse of power, corruption, fraud, duplicity, misfeasance, cover-up, distortions, racketeering, obstruction of justice, war-crimes, criminal negligence, treason, sedition, influence peddling, conspiracy to defraud, etc.etc.etc. -- AND hold it (them) accountable. <br><br>Most of us (reasonably well-read, concerned and interested and active in being aware of REAL contemporary history, parapolitics and current-events) know or at least strongly suspect much/all of this and even more, but it's too-often unacknowledged or by-passed -- as so many people focus on the person of Geo Bush --and perhaps some of his closest advisors and public officials-- as the sole source of the mess this nation is in and the many atrocious decisions that have consolidated wealth and power into tighter-and-tighter control by special interests, drastically reduced civil rights and Constitutional Protections, obscured Government decision-making and made the business of Government impenetrable to oversight or accountability, weakened environmental protections and regulatory authority, increasingly Militarized both Domestic and Foreign Policy, horribly mismanaged economic policy by accumulating vast additional unsecured Federal debt-obligations -- and on and on and on.<br><br>Ooops -- I don't mean to preach to the Choir - we all (here) have a pretty good idea of the serious problems and issues this nation,and the world, are faced with, which it sure seems like the Bush Gang -- and the Corporatocracy he represents -- have done hardly anything to help find meaningful, substantial long-term real solutions, and instead in many/most instances has arguably exacerbated major problems -- from ongoing ecocide and genocide, global violence, autocratic regimes and weakened democratic institutions, overdependance on oil resources, to resource-wars of exploitation, human rights abuses, human trafficing, drug/arms smuggling, ecosystem degradation, political corruption, low-intensity conflicts, and the cynical/manipulative and essentially fraudulent wars of drugs and terror. <br><br>The point is -- the whole system in which Bush is a self-important ego-driven unimaginative and relatively uniformed front-man, is thoroughly rotton and illegitimate, reflecting NONE of the attributes or characteristics embodied in the Constitution or Bill of Rights -- It's all become a massive hypocritical fraud, THAT'S the reality beneath the facade of 'normalcy' the Bush Gang strives to perpetuate.<br><br>In another thread, this is referred to, quite accurately, as the enormous grotesquery of our age.<br><br>Again-- Pardon me for stating the obvious. I guess the point I'm circling in on is -- That in light of how pervasive and endemic the modern issues of imbalance, denial, fraud, irresponsibility, unawareness, disenfranchisement, ignorance, futility, frustration, apathy, and narrow self-interest of people in society that confounds working collectively towards addressing the serious problems of our times, that the initiative and inspiration of Individuals is the CORE of the popular citizen's movement its gonna take to make viable, progressive change to the way we think and do 'business' -- basically, the Revolution is YOU (me, and US).<br><br>I'm real suspicious and leery, and downright critical of seemingly well-intended prescriptions or formulas for what "they" or "we" should do -- from, 'we shouldn't focus on this issue', 'that is gonna make us look stupid', 'we'd only be wasting our time talking about this', 'they're gonna use that as a platform to discredit us', 'we should do 'X' this', and so on and so forth -- Kinda like some of the criticism I read about on DU, and esp. on the Western White House thread there -- so typical of an assumption that the anti-Bush, anti-war, anti-status-quo, anti-Globalism, etc. movements are one cohesive, inified, core 'group' -- instead of a what it really is, a polyglot loose association of similiar (but not identical) values working on a BUNCH of identified common interests -- But with a LARGE number of ideas and motivations and unique qualities, as that's the strength of People Power -- that they can't be manipulated or controlled, allowing the unique contributions of individuals to create a very dynamic form to the expressions and actions people take. Perhaps a good analogy is -- Trying to Herd a group of Cats. It's probably one of the key attributes of people's movements that is the biggest headache to the status-quo, elites and rightwing Fascists, who at all times try to paint the opposition as a stereotypal single-identity Entity that they can then paint and target.<br><br>So: Keep ON with your personal takes on what IS important, don't let people distract you or put you down for not thinking with Group Mind focus, or to follow their X.Y,Z program of 'This is the way it should be done.'<br><br>In the People NOW Revolution, EVERYONE is a Leader.<br><br>And I still think, We Need Cindy Sheehan as President!<br>Regrdz;<br>Starman <p></p><i></i>
