There is more than just one Elephant in the living room

No one is really talking about the elephant in the living room: that is unbridled, unregulated capitalism. When the Soviet Empire collapsed, the only recognized alternative to capitalism vanished. In a way the very presence of an alternative system served to soften capitalism. That reality is no longer the case. Where are you going to go?

Now, as Margaret Thatcher said, TINA … “There is no alternative.” And her immediate response was the elimination of 7,000,000 government jobs. And our economic system of unrestrained capitalism is being unleashed full throttle. That means “privatization” of everything from education, to water. The common wealth is shrinking and being eaten up by private wealth. When you realize that anti-government protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt sent pizzas to the protesters in Madison, Wisconsin, you have to know that they get it. Now we have to get it. And the two parties are essentially one party with two right wings. Obama raised $600,000,000 to capture the White House. He will need $1,000,000,000 to repeat the effort in 2012. Where does that money come from? It comes from the ruling elites to whom Obama is currently beholden and will continue to depend upon. We’ve got to do things that will push him to the left. In the meantime, the contradictions build. At some point they will reach a revolutionary tension. Then we can have “change.”

President Aristide Returns after Being Deposed?

Deposed? Try twice removed by the CIA. Aristide's last departure was on board a US C-130 that flew him to the Central African Republic. Just before this most recent kidnapping in that took place in 2004, he had made the unfortunate mistake of attempting to raise the minimum wage for workers in Haiti. This provocative action caused "the rebellion." Moreover, he also provoked the French by demanding reparations for the billions that Haiti was required to pay to the French for the loss of their property, that is to say, their slaves. Needless to say, that did it. Off to Africa. The ruling elites would not allow their profits to go to the people who were actually producing the wealth. The US was there to restore the profits to the ruling elites- thus restoring democracy at the same time? Our government still does not want him back even though the Haitian government has allowed Aristide to return. But ... what do the Haitians know? President Obama is unhappy with President Aristide returning to his own country. I guess this is Haitian democracy US style.