Surfing "This Modern World," I looked into two of Tom Tomorrow's links, and it dawned on me just how things are starting to come together in a way that can only be detected by the low rumbling sensation under our feet...
First, there's link to A Tiny Revolution, which discusses Scott Ritter's critique of the peace movement. The poster invited commentary and ideas. What struck me was the significant number of comments that reflected cynicism and nihilism. Those who wrote so pessimistically had not seen the "entertainment" based CNN interview with Neil Young.
Wow! Now that's leadership.
If you haven't seen it or followed from This Modern World Check out the Tiny Revolution, post and please comment. I can't think of any more critical single issue.
The comments I left there are below the fold...
I've a lot of loose thoughts on this topic that I will try to coalesce.
What are we up against? The very machine that our wiser leaders have warned us against from Madison to Eisenhower. They have 2-1/2 branches of government, control of the voting booths and control of the major broadcast media. And, predictably, with this much power they are self-destructing from their own corruption.
Our Mission? Restore Rule by the Constitution and the people before we fall into decline of the sort Rome saw at the end of the Republic or even the 5th century when Rome was sacked (Lord knows, the Christians know the rules to that game...).
Our strength? Dems/the Left has never been good at large machines unless they were very corrupt. We do not want a monolithic machine of the type that our rivals have. We have always been grassroots and we will always be at our best as grassroots.
What does that mean? We have flexibility and adaptability on our side. Things happen extremely rapidly when they do happen, but it always seems to come late at the time. I think that could be called "The Sleeping Giant Effect."
We do not stand behind a single leader easily and will always have a healthy skepticism regarding a single leader, so when one comes along, they gotta be good. According to "The Glory and the Dream" by William Manchester, FDR was considered by the mainstream media and many politicians as a lightweight and likely not up for the task ahead of him when he was elected in 1932. That impression lasted just exactly up to the moment he gave his inaugural speech ("The only thing we have to fear is fear itself...")
The grassroots, bottom-up strategy has been studied ad infinitum by mathematicians (Chaos and Complexity theories) and by military strategists. Both groups refer to "Swarms." And I hear the rumble of the swarm starting up right now.
Scott Ritter is a valuable ally and can teach us all much about strategies- but he knows the top down variety better. I want to point you to our first breakthrough spokesman, Neil Young. He been here before and he knows what to do. He will break through the wall of media propaganda with the voice of compassion, the voice of reason and the voice of wisdom. As also featured in Tom Tomorrow's blog, watch how effective he is with this FoxNewSpeak wannabe reporter: http://www.youtube.com/...
In a couple of weeks, Clear Channel be damned, we are all going to be singing these songs.
Our leaders are among us now.