We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

The Fraud Started At the Very Top: With Government Leaders

from Washington's Blog. 

Another fine blog article except for the headline which is very misleading. In the article the author writes:
....the fraud started at the very top with Greenspan, Bush, Paulson, Negraponte, Bernanke, Geithner, Rubin, Summers and all of the rest of the boys.
All of these people, except for Bush (Jr) and Negraponte derive their power and influence directly from the major banks and Wall Street. It is extremely misleading to characterize them as "government" leaders. The fact that such people move in and out of government positions does not alter the fact that their power in based in the financial institutions--Goldman Sachs is most prominent.

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