Let’s see if this analogy works – keep hitting the body and the head will fall…

I didn’t mean to imply changing US governance.

The US is an oversized behemoth loosely connected by an income tax and interstate highway system. The POTUS is primarily a Commander In Chief of War Incorporated. Such is the USA….

So, no. That is not even worthy of my energies. What I mean is that the System is equipped to command and control, morph and coopt and turn topsey turvey (weeee goes Alice down the rabbit hole) talking points and whatever is needed to keep the Washington Concensus moving forward with it’s blended coalition of the elite and it’s Commander In Chief of War Incoporated. The rest is window dressing on how to keep the little people happy enough so they don’t do anything natsty, like revolt.

The real change, the kind that matters to are daily life, not the abstract nation-state upseydaisy stuff, happens at ground level where Margaret Mead’s quote can effectivley apply.

You cannot fight, head on, the System. It absorbs and contorts and makes you dizzy with Orwellian speak so that left is right is left…and we all go home a winner – don’t ya know!! For the the hallucinated voyageurs to Convention city – god bless and good night.

The real work is right in front of us.

You say, for example, “It means understanding that his support by the African American community and young people is simply more than race.”

Why African American’s support in huge voting numbers the Dems regardless of color is a mix of Dem machine in those communities coupled with the 1964 Civil Rights Bill (which was signed into law by a Dem president and voted for in mix bipartisan fashion). The Dems have been able to parlay that with the New Deal, the myth of John Kennedy and the legacy of Robert Kennedy into a “no brainer” for minority electorate. That’s sweeping but Obama brings nothing to this equation that’s different from Kerry or Gore, Mondale or Dukakis, with the exception of color.

Solidarity is an issue, but movement is the biggest issue. I agree with Green values and most of the candidates they put up align with those. But Parties are instruments which can be readily bought and undermined.

Bigger still is the center of power and the System that swallows dissention for breakfast. Still, and here, I believe in the words of Mead:

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead

The neocons and neoliberals are not large groups and yet in almost every aspect of American life they affect domestic and foreign policy like no other group.

– Louis Proyect, founder of Marxmail”

If that is not “blaming” than I don’t know what is. The problem with you pointing this and that finger at a “left” is that the left is “amorphous”. Is the left what the media think Obama is? Or what the PDA or Nation Magazine purports to be? Or is it the National Green Party, or Labor Party or Socialist Party?

Exactly who are you talking about when you say the “left” have “self-destruct[ed]“. Maoists? Black Panthers? SDS?

Give me someBODY. Is there a spokesperson?

You see every time I ask you these kinds of questions you either ignor them or simply turn the argument around and act like your getting somewhere.

I’m willing to listen, but be specific.

What it means is that BEFORE you can challenge “bare-knuckled POWER” you have to CLEAN HOUSE and GET ORGANIZED. Getting organized means building the institutional structured needed to challenge the power structure. Unfortunately, the LEFT was thoroughly responsible for the diffusion of the anti-war movement and had NOT adhered to its own principles that are vital in order to build solidarity. And without solidarity there is no chance in hell of any real challenge to POWER.

What does SOLIDARITY mean? The lack of solidarity is the CORE of my critique of the Left. SOLIDARITY means that if I put my ass on the line that I know you got my back.

It is a betrayal of solidarity when the Left diffused the anti-war movement. When the Left rallies behind Cynthia McKinney and not hold her accountable for her war vote the Left’s motives are questionable. When the Left obscure a heinous political ideology rather than challenge it head on it reflects an ability to betray their purported principles.

These undercurrents leave the Left with the strategic hope of rhetorically “blaming all Democrats” and the worsening of conditions to increase its ranks. However this is a rather weak strategy and why the Left is rather agitated with Obama. Obama “temporarily” disrupts this Machiavellian plan. The irony however is that Obama’s rise is due directly to the Left’s failure. But most importantly worsening of conditions will be most felt by those traditionally on the lowest economic rungs — people of color particularly African Americans.

This is also why ironically the McKinney/Clemente ticket by the Greens needs to be watched carefully. However Ralph Nader on Democracy Now! this week provides the best analysis when asked why he didn’t run as a Green:
RALPH NADER: Because it’s just too disorganized. They can’t—they can’t put it together. They bicker a lot, and they drive out a lot of good Greens who want to focus on agendas. I wish them well. I wish Cynthia McKinney well. I wish people would continue to support us and send contributions to votenader.org. But the liberal, progressive press, if they do not support those of us who are taking their agenda inside the presidential election arena—a propos my letter to Jim Hightower, Bill Greider and Bob Kuttner—they’re going nowhere. They’re just whistling in the dark. And most of them, with the exception of John Nichols, have been ignoring or actually undermining the Nader-Gonzalez campaign. So we’re going to generate this kind of debate within what I like to call the liberal intelligentsia.

McKinney/Clemente is either positioning the Green Party to attract disaffected people of color into their ranks especially when Obama betrays their interest. It is clear that Obama’s Achilles heel is going to be his appeasement to Zionism and that may undo his administration as it did Jimmy Carter before him.

Or McKinney/Clemente is going to attract these disaffected people of color into a disorganized institution that will eventually retard these disaffected folks and sap their energy. These folks cannot wait 4, 8, 16, or 20 years for the Green Party to become a real force. They need solutions NOW. Therefore they will vote for the “least worst” since the Left is intuitionally weak.

Analyzing the issues, problems and failure of the Left rather than obscuring those means understanding the real underpinnings of the Obama phenomenon. It means understanding that his support by the African American community and young people is simply more than race. Even as race plays a huge role in this election.

The Left’s failure provided THE opportunity for Obama while the Left remains flatfooted. The Left’s squandered the opportunity provided by the anti-war movement to attract the very PEOPLE that are attracted into the Obama campaign. The unraveling of the anti-war movement by the Left in 2004 created this predicament. The Left’s failure to confront Zionism on the homefront is why both parties continue cowtow to AIPAC and to militarism.

Most importantly understanding these failures means understanding how to proceed forward. This isn’t something that should be obscured which is Max’s preference. This is something that demand clarity.

But it is worthless and energy sapping to “blame the left”.

I disagree. The ANALYSIS is not “blame the left” but IDENTIFYING where the real problems lie. To use dismissive descriptors as “blame the left” is used to OBSCURE where the REAL PROBLEM lie and to DENY and to DEFY analysis.

What it means is that BEFORE you can challenge “bare-knuckled POWER” you have to CLEAN HOUSE and GET ORGANIZED. Getting organized means building the institutional structured needed to challenge the power structure. Unfortunately the LEFT was thoroughly responsible for the diffusion of the anti-war movement and had NOT adhere to its own principles that is vital in order to build solidarity. And without solidarity there is no chance in hell of any real challenge to POWER.

What does SOLIDARITY means. Solidarity is the CORE of my critique of the left. SOLIDARITY means that if I put my ass on the line that I know you got my back.

When the Left diffuses the anti-war movement it is a betrayal solidarity. When the Left rallies behind Cynthia McKinney and not hold her accountable for her war vote the Left’s motives are questionable. When the Left obscure a heinous political ideology rather than challenge it head on it reflects an ability to betray their purported principles.

With these undercurrents, the Left’s only strategic hope to increase its ranks is the worsen of conditions and “blaming ALL the Democrats”. However this is a rather weak strategy and why the Left is rather agitated with Obama. Obama “temporarily” disrupts the plan. The irony however is that Obama rise is due directly to the Left’s failure. But most importantly worsening of conditions will be felt by those traditionally on the lowest economic rungs — people of color particularly African Americans.

This is also why ironically the McKinney/Clemente ticket by the Greens needs to be watched carefully. However Ralph Nader on Democracy Now! was asked by Amy Goodman why he didn’t run as a Green. His response:

RALPH NADER: Because it’s just too disorganized. They can’t—they can’t put it together. They bicker a lot, and they drive out a lot of good Greens who want to focus on agendas. I wish them well. I wish Cynthia McKinney well. I wish people would continue to support us and send contributions to votenader.org. But the liberal, progressive press, if they do not support those of us who are taking their agenda inside the presidential election arena—a propos my letter to Jim Hightower, Bill Greider and Bob Kuttner—they’re going nowhere. They’re just whistling in the dark. And most of them, with the exception of John Nichols, have been ignoring or actually undermining the Nader-Gonzalez campaign. So we’re going to generate this kind of debate within what I like to call the liberal intelligentsia.

McKinney/Clemente is either positioning the Green to attract disaffected people of color into their ranks especially when Obama betrays their interest. It is clear that Obama’s Achilles heal is going to be Zionism and that may undo his administration as it did Jimmy Carter.

Or McKinney/Clemente is going to attract these disaffected people of color into a disorganized institution that will eventually retard these disaffected folks that need solutions NOW.

Analyzing these issues, problems and failure of the Left rather than obscuring them as Max would like means understanding the real underpinnings of the Obama phenomenon. It means understanding that his support by the African American community is simply more than race. Even as race plays a huge role in this election.

The Left’s failure provided THE opportunity for Obama while the Left remains flatfooted. The Left’s blew the opportunity provided by the anti-war movement to attract the very PEOPLE that is now attracted into the Obama campaign. The unraveling of the anti-war movement by the Left in 2004 created this predicament. The Left’s failure to confront Zionism on the homefront is why both parties continues cowtow to AIPAC and to militarism.

Most importantly understanding history means understanding how to proceed forward. This isn’t something that should be obscured which is Max’s preference. This is something that demand clarity.

Until we are willing to face and understand who and how the raw American elite power works, there will never be any real change in the warmachine and its preditory outcomes it spews at all levels of society.

The elite are so powerful, that the double speak is every where confusing the “right/left” distinction. The sounds are muffled. The Democratic Party, it is repeated over and over IS the Progressive Left in Amerika.

There is no issue too big which cannot be sanitized by this resounding response to progressive change. Sure, many know otherwise, but so WHAT? Remember power controls the predominant narrative. It has all the levers…and as Denzel Washinton says in Training Days.. “And YOU JUST LIVE HERE!”

It is not hopeless. But it is worthless and energy sapping to “blame the left”. There is pure unadulterated bare-knuckled POWER and than there’s the rest of us.

But, if you think smart, even the largest bolder can become a pebble.

We must achieve socialism legally or illegally

Machiavelli said: “Because the man who wants to be good as a profession among all things, will sow his own ruin among so many men that are not good”

Dear Obama: Congratulations in winning the Democratic Party nomination for President. I am writting you this e-mail to throw my 2 cents on a very important subject for the United States. I would like to humbly suggest for you to consider reading the book “The power of Israel in the United States.” by James Petras, which talks about the negative impact of the Israeli Lobbies inside the United States, and many other authors on the subject about the negative impact of the Israeli Lobby and Israeli inside the United States government and private sector.

I think that it is time for a real change in middle-east policies by the USA, and we must break our satanic matrimony with Israel elites, and lobbies. This country cannot keep on waging wars on behalf of Israel. I don’t hate Israel and Israelites. I love the country of Israel and all Israelites. What i hate is some Israeli wealthy elites, AIPAC and other zionist jewish lobbies, destroying our economic, and political freedoms.

It is time for Israel to stop oppressing and killing Palestines. The real danger in the Middle East is not Iran, Syria or Pakistan, but Israeli Occupation Forces, and not Iran.

It is time for US to dissarm Israel out of its 300 Nuclear Bombs. Ron Paul said that the real danger in the middle east is Israel. Not to mention the 3 billion dollars a year from our tax dollars

Iran must be our friend, not our enemy, whatever Bill O’rilley, Glenn Beck and the corporate media whores claim. They won’t be presidents of the USA. You will be the president, and i have faith indeed that you would change Washington, DC indeed

Iran doesn’t have any nuclear weapons, but nuclear energies.

Thanks and i hope you listen to my humble opinions about the fascist state of Israel and what we should do about it

i revolt against the bourgeosie conspiracy theory websites !!