I am scratching my head bald trying to understand how people can
continue to believe in the utter farce that our national politics has
become. I am coming to believe that it is all about denial and only
very superficially about belief.
The meaningless spectacle of the
national party conventions has to have dislodged the last remaining
thinking holdouts clinging to a tortured logic about recovery through
reform. National politicians demonstrably are taking orders from the
wings. Promises, as usual, are for the gullible public. Actions are
as ordered by their corporate bosses. Under these conditions the urge to sink into denial has to be irresistible for
very many
otherwise thinking citizens.
Many folks remain more under the influence of a mesmerizing toxic mainstream media than of self-induced denial, but that matters little. The weak minded and the confidence men they attract
will
always be with us. What always matters is what stronger minds
think.
By now it should be clear to anyone with a functioning mind
that our political process has become a mere matter of theater
designed to conceal the fact that our country has become a corporate
pirates' nest, where the only political issues left in play are those
that in no way step on any pirate's toe nor threatens the
continued hauling in of the loot.
The country is a wreck and falling
ever more rapidly into decay, but from the view of the pirates this is a
good thing. What is left to decorate our political facade are the
insane and meaningless conflicts around various cultural
preoccupations that serve to further divide the people into atomized
antagonistic subgroups.
The only thing pirates fear is strong effective government. Social
decay, infrastructure decay, political decay, industrial decay,
educational decay, health status decay, and all the rest of the
measures of national decay that confront us serve the purpose of
securing and enforcing pirate rule. A prostrate country is no threat
to the pirates, and that is the way they like it.
As it is, the pirates are in pig heaven. Vast treasures are being
looted and hidden away in secret accounts and far away places. The
most threatening military ever devised, funded almost entirely by
debt tribute from China, Japan and Europe, has become a toy in the
hands of these depraved ruthless pirates. One worldwide swindle
after another goes down without a whimper from a world held hostage
to nuclear blackmail. Banks around the world are failing as a result
of these financial swindles, as they are left holding a worthless bag
of "structured financial instruments" that were vastly corruptly
overvalued by formerly trustworthy rating agencies. I am sure that
the pirates are reacting with glee to the lack of response to their
crimes by their victims.
Pirates don't care if their predations bring about a general collapse
of the world economy and massive impoverishment and death. Their
goal is merely to collect treasure and continue to act with unlimited
impunity. It is a game for them, a catastrophe for the rest of us.
If we the people develop the courage and clearmindedness to stand up
and take on the pirates, we can win. The price of taking action will
be immense, but the price of not taking action will be much, much
greater.
Absent action by an outraged public, the only other conceivable
obstacle the pirates face is a rebellious military. For me, in light
of a continuing and deepening passivity by the public, it has come
down to a hope that loyal elements of the military can redirect
themselves toward their oath to support the Constitution.
It is sad
indeed when hope presents itself as the very unlikely possibility of
a military coup willing to reestablish democratic rule. Clutching at
straws we sink into the quicksand of history.
Herb Ruhs, MD
By now it should be clear to anyone with a functioning mind
that our political process has become a mere matter of theater
designed to conceal the fact that our country has become a corporate
pirates' nest, where the only political issues left in play are those
that in no way step on any pirate's toe nor threatens the
continued hauling in of the loot.
The country is a wreck and falling
ever more rapidly into decay, but from the view of the pirates this is a
good thing.
Today, Doc, you've spoken to my inner pessimist... Absent action by an outraged public, we're screwed every which way you look. And with a corporate-controlled press blocking instead of facilitating the free, unfettered flow of honest information to we the people, the public will never know, and thus never take action.
