Comments on: The Economic Elite vs. the People of the United States of America: Part I http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/02/the-economic-elite-vs-the-people-of-the-united-states-of-america-part-i/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Don Hawkins http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/02/the-economic-elite-vs-the-people-of-the-united-states-of-america-part-i/#comment-64636 Don Hawkins Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:30:29 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=14314#comment-64636 Lost a planet have we. How embarrassing and is there still time to find the planet? Well in the States what do we see with our own eye's? Human's at there finest knowledge and reason. I have to admit after this summer and into the winter with the great knowledge we see if there will be any winners. Everything should be made as simple as possible but not simpler. It's the but not simpler part that will be strangeness I am sure. Remember in this last little economic downturn who go the help first and in the coming years probably last. Who might that include the average person no the average millionaire no the average talking head no journalist no the average stock broker no nice cup of coffee game of checkers. What David wrote and the off chance there is truth in what he wrote how did this happen? A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. The true value of a human being is determined by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive. (Albert Einstein, 1954) Has anyone ever experienced talking with someone who's thoughts and feelings are something separate from the rest? Is it a delusion lost a planet have we? Why is it so important for some that climate change is a hoax or Earth is over 4 billion years old and on and on. Just maybe because we shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive. This summer then winter will show us more then what? Again what we see with our own eye's and not just the changes to Earth but how we are facing the problem, problem's how embarrassing. Lost a planet have we. How embarrassing and is there still time to find the planet? Well in the States what do we see with our own eye’s? Human’s at there finest knowledge and reason. I have to admit after this summer and into the winter with the great knowledge we see if there will be any winners. Everything should be made as simple as possible but not simpler. It’s the but not simpler part that will be strangeness I am sure. Remember in this last little economic downturn who go the help first and in the coming years probably last. Who might that include the average person no the average millionaire no the average talking head no journalist no the average stock broker no nice cup of coffee game of checkers.

What David wrote and the off chance there is truth in what he wrote how did this happen?

A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. The true value of a human being is determined by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive. (Albert Einstein, 1954)

Has anyone ever experienced talking with someone who’s thoughts and feelings are something separate from the rest? Is it a delusion lost a planet have we? Why is it so important for some that climate change is a hoax or Earth is over 4 billion years old and on and on. Just maybe because we shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive. This summer then winter will show us more then what? Again what we see with our own eye’s and not just the changes to Earth but how we are facing the problem, problem’s how embarrassing.

]]> By: Don Hawkins http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/02/the-economic-elite-vs-the-people-of-the-united-states-of-america-part-i/#comment-64619 Don Hawkins Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:53:10 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=14314#comment-64619 David well done and your article on Wednesday is a must read. I have to go now as I just saw on TV where I can make $200,000 a year part time selling foreclosed homes or is it buying foreclosed homes the course is only $99.99 and I get a CD and charts and graphs and the people on TV seemed so nice and granted talked a little fast but I want to be just like them. David well done and your article on Wednesday is a must read. I have to go now as I just saw on TV where I can make $200,000 a year part time selling foreclosed homes or is it buying foreclosed homes the course is only $99.99 and I get a CD and charts and graphs and the people on TV seemed so nice and granted talked a little fast but I want to be just like them.

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It wld take but one good I or EYE to see what u’r seeing. I have two good EYES and a very good I.
I am glad ab u saying 99% of amers are w.o. representation in congress-wh-judiciary.
U probably know the sit’n in US better than i! My figures ranged bwn 90-98%.
Caveat! i lied ab me having a very good I. No, i am often a basket case! tnx

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