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, January 10, 2015

Who ordered the attack against Charlie Hebdo?

Click here to access article by Thierry Meyssan from VoltaireNet.

This French intellectual and geopolitical analyst sees many incongruities between Jihadist beliefs/practices and what happened in the so-called Muslim "terrorist" incident in Paris. He concludes this analysis with the following statement:
We do not know who sponsored this professional operation against Charlie Hebdo, but we should not allow ourselves to be swept up. We should consider all assumptions and admit that at this stage, its most likely purpose is to divide us; and its sponsors are most likely in Washington.
Meanwhile, more and more skeptics are poking holes in the official stories coming from mainstream media. See this, this, and this

In the last link Paul Craig Roberts makes a perceptive observation about two groups of people:
Government tells Americans whatever story the government puts together and sits and laughs at the gullibility of the public.

Today the US public is divided between those who rely on the “mainstream media” and those who rely on the alternative Internet media. Only the latter have any clue as to what is really happening.

The stories of Charlie Hebdo and the Tsarnaev brothers will be based not on facts but on the interests of government. As in the past, the government’s interest will prevail over the facts.