Faith in Action

Kucinich delivers a powerful speech at the Democratic National Convention. Not his best, in my estimation, but a great presentation nonetheless.

But what I’m really intrigued by is the revolutionary energy outside of the Democratic National Convention. Beyond the whitewashed theatrical production taking place on center stage every night, is a mass of people who are fed up with this oligarchical society and the fourth branch of its government - the media. Check out these clips of protests happening outside the building. (Note: there is some harsh language in some of the clips. If you don’t want to hear it - don’t click “play”)

FOX NEWS REPORTER GETS JACKED UP!

DEAD PREZ PUTS TRUTH TO MUSIC AT DNC!

POLICE SLAM CODEPINK PROTESTER!

IF THIS IS GOING ON OUTSIDE OF THE DNC, CAN YOU IMAGINE THE CARNAGE THAT WILL UNFOLD OUTSIDE OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION!?!

If the conviction of Scooter Libby (aka Bush, Cheney, and Rove’s “fall guy”) isn’t evidence enough that the United States Government has run amuck and is being led by gangsters in suits, then perhaps you’d be interested to know that this past weekend another big story broke.  On Friday, March 9, 2007 Attorney General, Alberto Gonzalez, admitted during a Senate Briefing on FBI Surveillance that the FBI has been illegally (don’t miss that word) using the Patriot Act to spy on tens of thousands of American citizens. (i.e. wiretapping, opening emails, obtaining credit reports, and business information, & monitoring anti-war groups)

There’s a reason why this story broke late Friday/early Saturday morning.  It’s called the politics of news placement.  The Fourth Branch of the Government (aka mainstream American media) knows that if you want to slip something by the American people; you don’t publish it on Monday morning.  You wait until Friday when people have their minds focused on weekend plans and are less likely to give energy to heavy news items. That’s not hard to do these days.  Americans by and large are terribly apathetic - choosing to dedicate more attention to the all-important question of who is the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby…and how can I forget - the American Idol “controversy”.  (We have no idea of what a controversy is.)

This reminds me of a poster from my 7th grade social studies class.  It read:

THOSE WHO DO NOT STUDY HISTORY ARE BOUND TO REPEAT IT

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