A note to progressives

Check out this blog: Mike Zimmer's The Progressive Mind, where I found a great post quoting an article by Carolyn Baker published at the Global Research Center smacking progressives with reality. Go read the whole thing, and get your reminder of what we are dealing with here in the U.S. For example:

Upon leaving her position as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the first Bush Administration, Catherine Austin Fitts stated and continues to state unequivocally, that "the United States government is being run as a criminal enterprise." This criminal enterprise transcends party lines or loyalties, and no candidate can even be nominated for President unless he is well within the good graces of the godfathers. How effective are U.S. Presidential elections in the twenty-first century? About as effective as municipal elections in Chicago during the reign of Al Capone. To progressives I say: Think "mafia", and stop thinking that you have a shred of hope for change by pushing buttons on a hacked voting machine. Again, criminals do not permit elections.

As we say here at YWA....Amen. And as we also say, it's all an illusion.

Baker expresses nicely my concern prior to the farce that we called the 2004 presidential election - that a John Kerry presidency would mask the truly insidious aspects of our government (which is why I didn't get deeply disturbed by the results). As she puts it...

I believe that, tragically, the courage and clarity necessary to transform our political and social landscape in order to generate the kind of justice embodied in the Bill of Rights will only evolve as a result of the kind of misery a neocon, totalitarian regime will most certainly produce.

Although the neocon mind only understands "revolution" in terms of bombs and bullets, Jefferson spoke incessantly of a revolution of ideas and that he hoped to see one every twenty years.

What is it about us humans that makes us have to be smacked - and smacked hard - in the face before we notice what's happening? Pitiful dull-witted creatures, wot? Yeah, me too, I'm afraid. I keep thinking that even as some of us see what's going on in the underbelly of our government, there must be another level deeper yet where the truly hidden gears are turning. Infinite layers. And of course, the game does go un underneath the facade. It always has, and it always will. As long as we stay asleep. Wake up. Now.

And here's my bit of advice (which, as the saying goes, is worth what you paid for it): Stop thinking about how the Democrats can win in '08. That's a diversion. And blame is useless dead weight. As is recrimination. Throw them out of your provisions bag. Pay attention.

Just pay attention.