Amen

It's rare that I read something with which I agree 100%; this is one such occasion. Thank you for sharing your vision.

It is said that the sign of a true prophet is one who delivers the message that the people need to hear, not what the people want to hear. That's the message I hear in your post.

And there might also be a correlation here to intervening against an addiction. Initially, since people cling to their addictions as if they're the only things in life worth fighting for, they consequently see any attempt to take the addictions away as "evil". It's only after the addict achieves a significant degree of sobriety that s/he is able to then see how distorted the addiction had caused his/her vision to become.

Most of us in this country have become systematically addicted to things like the "News Media", "Hollywood Fairy Tales", subliminal advertising, false patriotism, drugs flooding into all our communities, false religious, educational, and political leaders, etc. It's a real shock to confront the "American Dream"-turned-Orwellian-Nightmare. But at some point, we need to face down this reality, or else stare straight into the face of World War III. For me, reading this post was like basking in the company of an old friend.

by Lilith's Spirit (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 115 comments) on Saturday, October 14, 2006 at 10:24:21 PM
 

rangel

you noted yourself that Bush is a dictator. That is why congressmen on the other side of the aisle have to cover their backs. Charlie Rangel has spoken out plenty on BushCo, but one must survive to continue fighting the good fight. Ask Thomas More. Rangel is not only a Democrat, but he is black. How fast do you think the feds would have had him in the clink if he had come out in support of Chavez?

by terri Kionka (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 83 comments) on Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 9:43:41 AM
 

The worst addiction...

The worst addiction in many ways is the compulsive, materialistic consumption that drives Americans to borrow, spend and work long hours while not understanding that they are feeding an economy that is designed to make the rich richer and screw everyone else. Forget political freedom - its freedom to spend that defines the United States of Delusion.

by Joel S. Hirschhorn (116 articles, 22 quicklinks, 52 diaries, 469 comments) on Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 11:56:09 AM