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

Friday, February 15, 2013

Checking Drone Power

Click here to access article by Matthew Harwood from American Civil Liberties Union.

 This article from a liberal source strikes me as an early attempt, which I predicted, to launch a public relations campaign of behalf of the introduction of surveillance drones into public places and neighborhoods of citizens. The author extolls their virtues and implies that there is no alternative while soothing us with the idea that they can be sensibly regulated. 

See also this piece entitled, "FAA takes major step in expanding drone use in America" from RT.
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