tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post2204701147432999703..comments2024-03-26T15:19:23.091-07:00Comments on false dichotomy by charles davis: The siren call of electoral politicsCharles Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005070529766546097noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-67336055013664736752011-07-21T00:12:45.868-07:002011-07-21T00:12:45.868-07:00I am very enjoyed for this blog. Its an informativ...I am very enjoyed for this blog. Its an informative topic. It help me very much to solve some problems. Its opportunity are so fantastic and working style so speedy. I think it may be help all of you. Thanks a lot for enjoying this beauty blog with me. I am appreciating it very much! Looking forward to another great blog. Good luck to the author! all the best!Carrera sunglasses onlinehttp://www.carrerasunglassesonline.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-34947124520489419622010-09-02T16:49:01.983-07:002010-09-02T16:49:01.983-07:00The astroturf "movement" to elect Obama ...The astroturf "movement" to elect Obama was no more authentic than the Tea Party; just a different version of corporate-sponsored activities for channeling discontent away from substantial social change. As for meaningful alternatives to activities that maintain the status quo, volunteering for pro-democracy anti-fraud efforts to undermine the American aristocracy is a good choice. While there are no paychecks associated with this exercising of the duties of citizenship, there is the satisfaction of being genuinely human.<br /><br />As Nelson Mandela remarked, "The slogan is Attack".Jay Taberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016367021003977811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-54843175449629834322010-09-02T12:59:25.771-07:002010-09-02T12:59:25.771-07:00Well timed and well said.Well timed and well said.fwoanhttp://forwantofanail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-30422957220750497012010-09-01T17:21:04.953-07:002010-09-01T17:21:04.953-07:00Hey, working in soup kitchens or cleaning up your ...Hey, working in soup kitchens or cleaning up your neighborhood is great, but the notion that such local commitment is going to compensate for a failing government seems a bit naive to me.<br /><br />I'm not saying apathy/nihilism is the answer, by any means, but if we hope to arrest the consolidation of corporate power (the state merely doing their bidding), I'm afraid volunteering ain't going to cut it. That enormous grassroots movement that Obama inspired (now ancient history) and that Dean began a cycle earlier, such a movement needs to come about once more, but completely decoupled from the existing duopoly. <br /><br />What makes the teaparty utterly bankrupt IMO is not what it stands for but what it eventually leads to, more GOP members of congress, a reversion to the status quo that just wrecked the nation. <br /><br />Before Matt Taibbi spoke of the American peasant mentality, there was Conrad: "The imbecile bourgeoisie of this country make themselves the accomplices of the very people whose aim is to drive them out of their homes to starve in ditches" The Secret Agent <br /><br />What this country needs (I say from Asia) is a movement that's outside the system. And not focused on so many disparate aims. The unifying issue is/always has been class. If there's a way FWD for America or its marginalized left, as their empire collapses, it'll involve relearning the narrative of class warfare.<br /><br />And one thing looks certain, the left should have plenty of time in the coming years to wander about the wilderness. My only hope is it won't involve electing better dems. BTW, none of this can begin until Obama is out of office.jcapannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-37148978288346566872010-09-01T12:38:37.609-07:002010-09-01T12:38:37.609-07:00Plus all you get at the ballot box besides choosin...Plus all you get at the ballot box besides choosing between a couple of yokels is one of those stickers. Not even a fun size Baby Ruth? Cheapskates.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.com