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

Monday, January 7, 2013

Construction is complete on behemoth airship; first flight planned

Click here to access article by W.J. Hennigan from the Los Angeles Times.
"This will land in Africa, Afghanistan," Pasternak told The Times in September, "a Wal-Mart parking lot -- wherever."
Really? I don't think that it will be landing in Wal-Mart parking lots. No, I think that it more likely will be landing in remote areas of Africa in order to set up mini-military bases complete with all the amenities of American lifestyle in order to provide the Pentagon's military with all the comforts of home. See this.

Meanwhile, in my area of Washington state I've seen bake-sales organized to fund school facilities. 
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