All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. — Edmund Burke “The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it.” — Albert Einstein
Depthless Pit Of Left/Liberal/Progressive Inertia
02/07/2011 by Leave a Comment
Recent days have seen several articles and sentiments expressed by a Robert Springborg, professor of national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School, in Monterrey, CA. They found their way into NPR, Foreign Affairs, The Guardian UK, Reuters Africa, several left blogs – in short; they are making their rounds. The general gist of these dispatches from the [...]
Slavoj Zizek: Universalism In Action
02/06/2011 by Leave a Comment
Few things better than a cup of Zizek on a Sunday morning, well – other than real freedom on the march.
“Trickle Down” Is Not A Horizontal Left/Right Phenomenon
02/06/2011 by Leave a Comment
Contrary to the majority of the Progressive/Liberal/Left who seem to revel and draw sustenance from the relatively dehumanizing, substantially trumped up, and inherently superficial dichotomy between the left and right; constantly being fueled, exaggerated, and refueled by our elites whose grasp on power depends on our acceptance and internalization of their projections – Plato's Allegory [...]
America’s Elites Do Not Believe In Democracy
02/01/2011 by Leave a Comment
Robert Grenier – a 27-year veteran of the CIA’s Clandestine Service, and Director of the CIA’s Counter-Terrorism Center from 2004 to 2006 has penned an Op-ed you can find here. He writes: Events in the Middle East have slipped away from us. Having long since opted in favour of political stability over the risks and uncertainties [...]
Deferred No More – Action Displaces Mere Dreams Of Dignity
01/31/2011 by Leave a Comment
Having posted the William Engdahl interview with RT: A Different Slant On The Jasmine Revolutions, which at least in terms of the ''Theory' of Creative Destruction' from which those well placed in the financial world derive much of their exorbitant wealth and power, Chris Hedges' article focuses on the stark realities on the ground, the arab [...]