Wall Street is a sideshow. It is a drive-in window
for fast-money millionaires. Where is the locus of
financial and monetary power? It is in the cabals
of international schemes and chichanery, where
national debts are calculated and where big money
games are supposedly regulated. These conspiracies
are totally secure and secret, and no reporters go
there. No one can protest what is unknown.

What is known is that at any second there are
derivatives playing out with liabilities greater
than a quadrillion dollars, a figure exceeding the
appraised value of all the assets in the world. And
what is known is that when one of these bets goes
the wrong way it is the people of Greece, the
people of Japan, the people of Italy and even the
people of Haiti who must and will pay. What is
known is that all the military might in the world,
paid for by taxpayers, is in the service of these
great cabals, and will be mobilized for debt
collection. The only way to resist is to refuse to
participate. All those 2,000 people who occupied an
intersection in south Manhattan now have their
faces in the Homeland Security databases and their
names on terrorist watch lists. If you know one of
them be prepared to hide and protect them when the
crackdown comes. Look for another 9/11, another
state enabled false-flagged death incident to set
the ball rolling. The crackdown will come when we
refuse their play money.

Hit a little to close to home for “the Stranger” didn’t I.

The stranger, and narrow minded pinheads like him/her fail to realize what has happened on the religious landscape in america in the last 50 years. CORPORATE AMERICA LOVES PIOUS PEOPLE. Why? its simple really, religion teaches people to OBEY. And big business loves a pliant audience that doesn’t question authority. Its the same bullshit preached by shaman and witch doctors and kings and lords throughout our history. God chose me and my family to rule over all of you. Until we put “god” behind us, we will continue wallow in our shit, and be taken advantage of by oligarchs.

Its so easy to piss off religious people.

Good to see SOME people speaking out. But as long as it’s just a bunch of kids with postmodern mindsets nothing much will happen except venting. As Slavoj Zizek wrote when analyzing the recent protests in Europe:

http://www.lrb.co.uk/2011/08/19/slavoj-zizek/shoplifters-of-the-world-unite

“Today’s left faces the problem of ‘determinate negation’: what new order should replace the old one after the uprising, when the sublime enthusiasm of the first moment is over? In this context, the manifesto of the Spanish indignados, issued after their demonstrations in May, is revealing. The first thing that meets the eye is the pointedly apolitical tone: ‘Some of us consider ourselves progressive, others conservative. Some of us are believers, some not. Some of us have clearly defined ideologies, others are apolitical, but we are all concerned and angry about the political, economic and social outlook that we see around us: corruption among politicians, businessmen, bankers, leaving us helpless, without a voice.’ They make their protest on behalf of the ‘inalienable truths that we should abide by in our society: the right to housing, employment, culture, health, education, political participation, free personal development and consumer rights for a healthy and happy life.’ Rejecting violence, they call for an ‘ethical revolution. Instead of placing money above human beings, we shall put it back to our service. We are people, not products. I am not a product of what I buy, why I buy and who I buy from.’ Who will be the agents of this revolution? The indignados dismiss the entire political class, right and left, as corrupt and controlled by a lust for power, yet the manifesto nevertheless consists of a series of demands addressed at – whom? Not the people themselves: the indignados do not (yet) claim that no one else will do it for them, that they themselves have to be the change they want to see. And this is the fatal weakness of recent protests: they express an authentic rage which is not able to transform itself into a positive programme of sociopolitical change. They express a spirit of revolt without revolution.”

Fantastic to see young people understanding the politics of America and responding with protests over what these Corporatist “leaders” are doing to their future.  Theirs is an uphill battle compared to the 60’s and 70’s which had more of a people’s press to help carry the message.  Now the press are largely Corporate stooges, and part of the problem rather than part of the solution.

So, here’s where to start to get someone other than the covert corporate fascist Obama, and the overt fascists of the Republican party.

http://www.singlepayeraction.org/blog/?p=3032

while I am avid believer in peaceful, non-violent protest, one must remember that it took Ghandi and his followers nearly 40 years to end british rule. Full well knowing that americans have the attention spans of mayflys, what are the odds that any amount of protests would be successful in bringing down our corporate oligarchs?

Besides, we as a nation, and the world as a people, don’t have 40 years this time. With the coming climate crisis and resource depletion, we are about 15 to 20 years from a major upheaval.

My point is simple, we need radical change, NOW. That radical change may have to include the occasional act of civil disobedience, and it will probably have to include a few corporate headquarters set ablaze. And a mega church or two.  Make no mistake, the corporations and their well paid minions are in this to win it. Its time liberals realize that.