“We know
things are bad. Worse than bad. They’re crazy”
By Mike Whitney
07/23/07 "ICH"
--- - Americans don’t believe in revolution anymore. It
has become a meaningless event in the distant past. But we
need a revolution and we need it now. We need to remove the
present administration and restore the people’s confidence
in government.
The Bush administration is not a government at all. We all
know that. It is a crime family—an oligarchy of racketeers.
They have no moral authority, no legitimacy, no right to
govern. They’re criminals.
Who doesn’t know this?
And, yet, our congressmen and senators refuse to do their
jobs. They’ve “taken impeachment off the table”. They have
agreed that Bush is above the law. Fine. Then we’ll have to
persuade them that they’re wrong or find another way. But
Bush has to go. How else can we re-establish democracy in
America? How else can we reinstate the legitimate power of
congress?
Every day we read about some new attack on our freedom.
Every day our constitution is further trashed. This week
Bush banned public demonstrations against the war.
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6377 .
Last month he issued an executive order that makes himself
dictator if another terrorist attack takes place inside the
US.
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6134 .
The month before that the Congress passed a law that makes
it easier for Bush to declare martial law and militarize the
country.
We’re not asleep. We know what’s going on. We know they
won’t stop until someone stops them. Why would they? They
love power.
Look at Iraq. The millions of protestors in the streets had
absolutely no effect. The congress had no effect. World
opinion had no effect. The United Nations had no effect.
So what happened?
They were stopped in Iraq by men with guns. End of story.
Will it be different at home? I hope so, but who knows?
Leftists, liberals and Libertarians are great at pointing
out the details of Bush’s attack on the Bill of Rights---but
to what end? For more recriminations and hand-wringing?
We don't need that. We know the problem and we know the
solution---Bush must go.
I could be wrong, but I think that revolution is
coming---and it’s coming sooner than you think. The American
people have been hoodwinked and intimidated for a long time,
but we’re reaching a tipping point where public outrage will
overpower fear. And that’s what revolution is---organized
rage directed at the government. That’s why they want to
keep us apart, and spy on us, and follow our every movement.
They want absolute power. It’s their dream. It is the dream
of evil men everywhere. But it will fail---because
everything they’ve tried so far has failed. And because the
culture of freedom is stronger than the cynical schemes of
demagogues.
We need to see we’re not alone. We need to understand that
70% of the American people feel just like us. They’re mad.
Mad at the war, mad at congress, mad at Bush. And we need to
stay mad---mad as hell until things change. And they’ll only
change if we work together.
But first we have to get mad.
Peter Finch points the way in his prophetic movie "Network":
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dib2-HBsF08
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