[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Cui bono? on AOTA, 10pm ch. 6

[C. G. Estabrook]

Aw, my blushes, John -- I didn't know you missed me...

To keep the ball rolling, here's one of the best things I saw while I was away, 
and it comes from a classmate of yours:

	Critical Thinking Amid the Elation
	Monday, 17 November 2008
	by Shannon Joyce Prince

"Obama is hiding imperialism, neo-liberalism, and corporatism behind the 
language of progressivism.

"Obamist sections of the Left seem to believe it 'doesn't matter who Obama is, 
what he does, says, or stands for - he represents hope and change and that's 
good enough.' Some folks are simply misinformed, and therefore blissful. 'Many 
of the people that danced in the streets haven't taken the time to do any 
research on Obama, so part of their euphoria is based on ignorance.' One is 
expected to partake in the party. 'Those who castigate folks for not being 
appropriately jubilant at Obama's election are insisting that blacks content 
themselves, in perpetuity, with symbolism instead of real change...'"

http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=890&Itemid=1

John W. wrote:
> Well, look who's back!  Our obdt.servt.!  It's been awfully quiet around 
> here in your absence, Carl.  :-)
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 6:43 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at uiuc.edu 
> <mailto:galliher at uiuc.edu>> wrote:
> 
>     "AWARE on the Air" will appear inshallah tonight at 10 pm on UPTV
>     (and soon online).  Although the program is devoted to the concerns
>     of the Anti-War Anti-Racism Efforts, the words "Afghanistan,"
>     "Iraq," "Pakistan," and "Palestine" do not (I think) occur in
>     tonight's show.
> 
>     "This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it proof": we
>     attend instead to the reason for the war -- the possessors of wealth
>     in the US.
> 
>      --Karen Medina speaks of thanksgiving and planning for something to
>     be thankful for; of the End of America; and of why yr. obdt.
>     servt.'s lemon socialism should be squeezed.
> 
>      --Ron Szoke notes "National Differences" and proposes career moves
>     for overpaid Wall Street executives.
> 
>      --Ricky Baldwin proposes a "Social Monetary Fund" (cf. the IMF and
>     the World Economic Forum) in hopes that the new administration might
>     attend to more than a fraction of 1% of the population in its
>     restructuring of the economy.
> 
>     Then tonight comes word that, on the war, Bush's defense secretary
>     will continue  in office.  The question of the day -- Will the new
>     administration be Bush III or Clinton III? -- is answered: it will
>     be both.
> 
>     To provide more money for the American elite, more people will be
>     killed in the Middle East.  The new administration's plan is both
>     war and racism.  --CGE
> 
> 
> 
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