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

Saturday, August 9, 2014

What Obama Told The Caliph

Click here to access article by Bernhard from Moon of Alabama. (satire?)

Berhard has an uncanny ability to see through public relations statements coming from the Empire and discerning what they really mean--especially from the Empire's leading public relations officer. In this piece he speculates on what the Obama's message Thursday really meant to the Caliph.