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

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Crying Wolf, Wolf, Wolf

Click here to access article by by Bernhard from Moon of Alabama.

Due to Snowden's revelations about government spying on its own citizens, government officials are having to compound their denials by lies, with more lies to cover the latter lies. The most recent likely fabrication is the closing of many embassies due to threats from Al Qaeda. Because they are sinking ever deeper into the quicksand of lying, to be credible Empire directors may be forced to concoct another terrorist event in order to salvage some credibility.
So it would be even better if now, as a warning has been given, something would happen to some U.S. embassy in the Middle East. That then would justify the warning and of course also justify the intelligence services NSA's limitless spying on people everywhere that made the warning possible.

Hmm - how much does it cost, let's say in Yemen, to have some guys on a motorcycle fire a few shots at an embassy guard?
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