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Posted by Peter J to A Little Revolution Now And Again Wouldn't Hurt on 2006.11.05, 20:04:32 PM

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Goddamn Mark, well put. You said what so many feel but are afraid to speak. No one wants to be publically challenged, as most cannot verbalize their feelings and wind up bullied and silenced by what has been a majority. There is no one more intimidating than a bible thumping conservative who will not so much as admit to an error in judgement or action. The reason this won't happen is because there are no errors made by these people, everything they do is calculated and deliberate. This is not only the trappings of conservatives either, it's the same game with a different face for the liberals. I don't see any viable answers coming from their corner.

The people who claim that the economy is doing so well because the stock markets are up have never walked the streets, lived the life or even have known a family living on the pittance of pay that so many Americans are trying to get by on. They talk about raising the minimum wage, that's even a joke. To say anyone should try to live on $6.35 an hour is a sin. WE have a very small percentage of people in this country who are living a nice comfortable life, nice away from home vacations, overseas travel, many extravagances that 80% of this country will never know.

I was around for our failed revolution in the 60s and the failure comes from a change of the guard. For this type of revolution to work you need several generations to pick up and carry the torch, but by the time that their time comes the establishment is smart enough to make sure that the following generations are a bit better off.

I keep thinking "maybe some day" but obviously it won't ever happen. The establishment is not accidentally successful. Iit's all in the workings. An answer? I just don't know.
I've said many times that the end of hope in this country was a time when a man who was a part of that establishment tried to fix things for all, he wound up with a bullet in his brain.

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