Repetitive History Musings
In I927, during an era when the Republicans held control over all three branches of the federal government, the levees in New Orleans were breached.
New Orleans was submerged.
Out of this wreckage, a man stood in the back of flatbed pickup, took hold of the airwaves, via radio, and began a grassroots revolution. He spoke out about the government’s inability to care for those in need, unwilling to provide any kind of security or healthcare safety net for its citizen, how it left the workers to the mercy of the big corporations, how they were being led into war. Huey Long, a common guy, started a fire that spread throughout the nation, because as we all know, when someone comes out of chaos and starts speaking truth, everyone stops. Everyone listens. Everyone follows. Because in the midst of uncertainty and strife, those that can put into words the thoughts, the frustrations, the desires of the masses is all that those held down need. That’s all they need. That’s what we all need, really.
Representation.
We want to know that what we think, what we feel, what we morally stand behind, what be believe, what we know to be truth is going to be taken into account when the decisions are made. That is a huge part of the problem we are facing now, and I believe I have been commenting on it from the onset. Those in Washington, especially this administration live in a world that is completely out of touch with the rest of us. The two Americas syndrome. Those that say it doesn’t exist have simply bought in to or have serious investment in the way that the federal government’s business is being handled. The rest of us are acutely aware of the disconnect.
Anyway, this guy Huey, rose up and became governor of Louisiana, and eventually became a senator.
And was promptly assassinated.
Because this is how people in power deal with people who threaten them.
Standard operating procedures.
A reluctant conservative democrat, was the one that stepped up and took the lead, as Long had done, entering into American history with “The New Deal”. FDR took up the mantle from the executed son of Louisiana, the man that started the “Share the Wealth” programs that made him the rural poor darling, FDR took the lead of the groundswell and changed the course of America.
Conservatives are laughing and pointing at the democrats and liberals because they say we don’t have a leader. We have no clear points.
It is not the job of any man to answer to others. The liberals, the progressives of this country know what they stand for. Look at those that are progressive, not those that profess to be, and see their voting and quotable record.
The liberals are pretty transparent.
We want healthcare for everyone.
We want the same high quality education for everyone.
We want access to government funds for college education.
We want out of Iraq.
We want strict regulations on corporations.
We want strict lobbying regulations.
We want strict environmental controls enforced.
We want substantial progress on energy independence within the next five years.
We want oil companies to pay the royalties that have been waived for years.
We want subsidies for independent farmers, not corporate ones.
We want social programs that rehabilitate addicts.
We want work programs and counseling in prisons.
These are all pretty straightforward. Our goal, as human beings, is to live as those before us have directed. The core of every religion, when the whims of extremists are put aside, is to love and honor.
Love and honor.
You cannot pollute, kill, destroy, maim, torture, hinder, thwart or disrespect something or someone that you love and honor.
those that do these things in the name of their faith are out of touch with their faith or are simply using their faith as a way to get what they want. That is not what faith is all about. Those that we truly admire in history are the ones that put others before themselves. Mother Teresa, Gandhi, Caesar Chavez, Steven Biko, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Red Cross and Peace Corp volunteers, Doctors without Borders, the people that step up every single time there is a crisis and no cameras and arduously work to help people traumatized by nature or man.
I say it again. It’s all about love. You boil the Koran, the Bible, the Torah down and they all say the same thing – honor your Supreme Father and love one another.
Honor and love.
We are not doing that.
We have an Enron government and it needs to end.
In I927, during an era when the Republicans held control over all three branches of the federal government, the levees in New Orleans were breached.
New Orleans was submerged.
Out of this wreckage, a man stood in the back of flatbed pickup, took hold of the airwaves, via radio, and began a grassroots revolution. He spoke out about the government’s inability to care for those in need, unwilling to provide any kind of security or healthcare safety net for its citizen, how it left the workers to the mercy of the big corporations, how they were being led into war. Huey Long, a common guy, started a fire that spread throughout the nation, because as we all know, when someone comes out of chaos and starts speaking truth, everyone stops. Everyone listens. Everyone follows. Because in the midst of uncertainty and strife, those that can put into words the thoughts, the frustrations, the desires of the masses is all that those held down need. That’s all they need. That’s what we all need, really.
Representation.
We want to know that what we think, what we feel, what we morally stand behind, what be believe, what we know to be truth is going to be taken into account when the decisions are made. That is a huge part of the problem we are facing now, and I believe I have been commenting on it from the onset. Those in Washington, especially this administration live in a world that is completely out of touch with the rest of us. The two Americas syndrome. Those that say it doesn’t exist have simply bought in to or have serious investment in the way that the federal government’s business is being handled. The rest of us are acutely aware of the disconnect.
Anyway, this guy Huey, rose up and became governor of Louisiana, and eventually became a senator.
And was promptly assassinated.
Because this is how people in power deal with people who threaten them.
Standard operating procedures.
A reluctant conservative democrat, was the one that stepped up and took the lead, as Long had done, entering into American history with “The New Deal”. FDR took up the mantle from the executed son of Louisiana, the man that started the “Share the Wealth” programs that made him the rural poor darling, FDR took the lead of the groundswell and changed the course of America.
Conservatives are laughing and pointing at the democrats and liberals because they say we don’t have a leader. We have no clear points.
It is not the job of any man to answer to others. The liberals, the progressives of this country know what they stand for. Look at those that are progressive, not those that profess to be, and see their voting and quotable record.
The liberals are pretty transparent.
We want healthcare for everyone.
We want the same high quality education for everyone.
We want access to government funds for college education.
We want out of Iraq.
We want strict regulations on corporations.
We want strict lobbying regulations.
We want strict environmental controls enforced.
We want substantial progress on energy independence within the next five years.
We want oil companies to pay the royalties that have been waived for years.
We want subsidies for independent farmers, not corporate ones.
We want social programs that rehabilitate addicts.
We want work programs and counseling in prisons.
These are all pretty straightforward. Our goal, as human beings, is to live as those before us have directed. The core of every religion, when the whims of extremists are put aside, is to love and honor.
Love and honor.
You cannot pollute, kill, destroy, maim, torture, hinder, thwart or disrespect something or someone that you love and honor.
those that do these things in the name of their faith are out of touch with their faith or are simply using their faith as a way to get what they want. That is not what faith is all about. Those that we truly admire in history are the ones that put others before themselves. Mother Teresa, Gandhi, Caesar Chavez, Steven Biko, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Red Cross and Peace Corp volunteers, Doctors without Borders, the people that step up every single time there is a crisis and no cameras and arduously work to help people traumatized by nature or man.
I say it again. It’s all about love. You boil the Koran, the Bible, the Torah down and they all say the same thing – honor your Supreme Father and love one another.
Honor and love.
We are not doing that.
We have an Enron government and it needs to end.
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