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

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Obama's Peace Antics in Israel - Four More Years of This?

Click here to access article by Ramzy Baroud from Uncommon Thought Journal.

At the precise moment US President Barack Obama's Air Force One touched down at Ben Gurion Airport on March 20, persisting illusions quickly began to shatter. And as he walked on the red carpet, showered with accolades and warm embraces of top Israeli government and military officials, a new/old reality began to sink in: Obama was no different than his predecessors. He never had been.

Photo from May 2009 meeting

Baroud reports on Obama's recent visit to Israel, and concludes that he performed is task very well. This means, of course, that he performed well as evaluated by his ruling class handlers in the One Percent. Given the past displays of Obama's body language while conferring with Netanyahu, it is clear that Obama despises him. According the Daily Censored, that feeling is mutual.

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