Brave Man Brave New World-

Ben thanks for a well said body of evidence. There is nothing coming of real change from the so called, (left directed camp of the democratic party). As far as a ("left answer"), well any one who has paid attention the last century knows how this group has a large amount of pre concieved and endoctrinated cold war retoric to wade thru to come to any new concieved ideas. Any individuals perceptions to reevaluate other 3rd parties for conciderations. I think in a rather individually unique way you have hit the nail on the head. I hope you have won a few converts. As the election approaches, if one is going to participate to give one of the canidates ones blessing, to not do what ever it is they have vaguely thrown out for people or each one to grab onto, to think they are going to do. Well, may we all burn in hell as Dante inferno implies. For not finding the courage to do the right thing the tough thing. Even with a Nader surge to try to upright or surgically remove capitalism for a new face lift, yet who is to stop her from returning to her old ways. The people of course, it is always the people who must take on the responsibliity, not as we want, subconsciously to surrender to the goverment to make that choice for us or now corporations. This leads me to the terms, or maybe rule of our society, that possibly Marx or Trostky, yes they were part of our society of man, refered to the unending revolution (evolution of the working class) deny it, run form it, because of cold war retoric, it dose not go away. (How can yo say that I am not like those dirt grubing peasants). It is there just as the power of something greater than ourselfs never goes out of question. So as vague and illiterate as my meanderings are, I thank you for your cohesiveness that I seem to always lack. My take on your final passages, is in my words and desires, the final and yet not final take on societies evolving evolution is for at this point in time of our existance, revolution. At least one that would start at the head of the class, the U.S. and proceed thru her followers in Nato and then as they sing or predict in the domino effect; then the walls came tumbling down. This may not be your intenet Ben, but come Hillory or high Obama, its 1984 no matter who, unless the people go out side the box. Please people, the solution must come from outside the box. Not empty words like change; when JFK or MLK used that word itself, it was probably much less often and when so, it the had much more dynamic from that which followed. Just my opinion, ( outside the box), is not from a person who uses the empty word change frequently or fear of, who to answer that call at 3:00 A.M.? No- it was about sacrifice and doing the difficult thing, sadly this time it is not for the country that has been in operations for a long time, but as you say a restructuring of that country. Ben, you are kinder and gentler. Just as they refuse to use the word depression any more. So many just absentmidedly do not use the word revolution, not doing so leads one to believe change can happen thru the electoral box, hmm, like we have seen with the last 3 U.S. elections and those three boxes? They say 3rd times a charm, hope not or ? It is a harsher word, it spells blood in a more diverse colorful way, it conjures up pictures many americans no nothing of, thus the fear factor enters the room. One description the powers that be have to have painted to see, and even then one might think them to still be color blind, any and all puns intended. Some one accused me of, those who from your camp, ramble on to hear only yourselfs think outload, maybe so, when your silenced and pushed into the corner or as with minorities, a prejudged gutter, one wonders if anyone out there is listening, maybe he is right yet definately on the right from that stance. So I have rambled on to hear myself, ha, none the less, I still thank you for your words of many meanings. Ironically I just thought on the Bald eagle , actuality its reality, it is a bird of Prey, NOT, it is a scavenger. Scavengers usually only attack living things who are in a weaker position other wise they feed off the dead or dieing. U.S. capitalism seems to be exposing a more visual picture of its real history of late, or becoming more blatant, arrogant, as if to say, go ahead I dare you. We have captured the herd mentality and it works. My final note to add is a copy of a speech I think is relevant and relevant for any writter or teacher of free thought. Or for those looking for the truth. Democracy, Freedom, & Responsibility 
On June 8,. 1978, heroic anti-Soviet intellectual Alexander Solzhenitsyn gave an address at Harvard that bears consideration on numerous grounds. The two paragraphs below offer some remarks on Western freedom, addressing, first, the media, and, second, the population as a whole: 
 
“The press too, of course, enjoys the widest freedom. (I shall be using the word press to include all media). But what sort of use does it make of this freedom? Here again, the main concern is not to infringe the letter of the law. There is no moral responsibility for deformation or disproportion. What sort of responsibility does a journalist have to his readers, or to history? If they have misled public opinion or the government by inaccurate information or wrong conclusions, do we know of any cases of public recognition and rectification of such mistakes by the same journalist or the same newspaper? No, it does not happen, because it would damage sales. A nation may be the victim of such a mistake, but the journalist always gets away with it. One may safely assume that he will start writing the opposite with renewed self-assurance. “ “Without any censorship, in the West fashionable trends of thought and ideas are carefully separated from those which are not fashionable; nothing is forbidden, but what is not fashionable will hardly ever find its way into periodicals or books or be heard in colleges. Legally your researchers are free, but they are conditioned by the fashion of the day. There is no open violence such as in the East; however, a selection dictated by fashion and the need to match mass standards frequently prevent independent-minded people from giving their contribution to public life. There is a dangerous tendency to form a herd, shutting off successful development.” One of Dostoyevsky’s characters [Brothers Karamazov, Signet Classic, p. 292], although developing the rather different concept of having the courage to admit one’s personal errors, makes a remark highly relevant to Solzhenitsyn’s warning: “ ’You are, I see, a man of great strength of character….You have dared to serve the truth, even when by doing so you risked incurring the contempt of all.’ ” 
 
Published in: Dostoyevsky Solzhenitsyn democracy leadership lessons of historyon April 20, 2007 This I think is the challenge of the independant media and writers of today in every sence of meaning behind Solzhenitsyn speech. If there is any credibility or hope to be achieved from this next election, to light my eyes, it will have to show a turn in the publics perception to do or elect someone out side of the box, using the election box. Dare I dream on.

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