Evolution of Consciousness

Here’s an interesting excerpt from President Obama’s Remarks on Egypt…

But we’ve always been clear that there must be reform: political, social, and economic reforms that meet the aspirations of the Egyptian people. In the absence of these reforms, grievances have built up over time.

When President Mubarak addressed the Egyptian people tonight, he pledged a better democracy and greater economic opportunity. I just spoke to him after his speech. And I told him he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words, to take concrete steps and actions that deliver on that promise.

Easy to point the finger and chide, harder to actually do. Hopefully, the people of the United States will start pushing on Barack a little harder in the coming days and years, and, hopefully, Barry will take his own advice.

Meanwhile, here’s a good report from Egypt.

Hedges states it clearly in : “Even Lost Wars Make Corporations Rich.”

It’s up to us. Only “We the People” can make this stop; otherwise, The Machine will just continue rolling over everyone in its path. Acquiesce or fight, my friend, give up or resist.

Chris Hedges writes beautifully about war: “Bitter Memories of War on the Way to Jail“; and DMG is entertaining with his look at the fate of Obamacare: “Health Care and the Wages of Sin.”

David Michael Green does a great job taking Obama to task in: “The Assassination of America by the Coward Barack Obama.”

I have only one thing to add to his sentiments: I don’t find the treachery of Obama and the Democratic Party all that surprising. It is what I’ve learned to expect. In my view, nearly all of D.C. has been captured by the Oligarchs. Exceptions like Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul, and Elizabeth Warren are extremely rare nowadays, and an endangered species.

But I do agree with DMG’s conclusion: the solution to this problem is going to have to come from outside the current power structure. And it is up to us, the people, to make that happen — which is what Chris Hedges’ article is about this week: “No Act of Rebellion Is Wasted.”

And, lastly, I’d like to point to this excellent treatise by George Lakoff: “Untellable Truths.”

“Do Not Pity the Democrats,” by Chris Hedges, looks at ways to address the deep problems we have in this country.