Surviving Capitalism (Not) : The Sequestration Tango: Obama and GOP Dance Through the Graveyard of the New Deal

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

Thursday, March 7, 2013

The Sequestration Tango: Obama and GOP Dance Through the Graveyard of the New Deal

Click here to access article by Glen Ford from Black Agenda Report. (Note: one has the option to listen to his broadcast via a link on the right-hand side of BAR website or read the transcript provided by this link.)

From the point of view of our masters in the One Percent, Ford provides a very favorable review of Obama's "dance" with the Republicans. Obama's artistry is near perfect because it appears to have accomplished the goals of his One Percent handlers: distracting attention away from his real actions and creating the appearance of opposition to social funding cuts. Ford cites some key evidence to back up his analysis.