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January 4, 2012

The Iowa caucus are an irrelevancy wrapped in insignificance surrounded by vast inconsequence.

"The Iowa caucus are an irrelevancy wrapped in insignificance surrounded by vast inconsequence."

Tweeteth Robert Reich
http://twitter.com/#!/RBReich/statuses/154364935953063936

January 2, 2012

Maybe Blind Allegiance In A Perfect Storm is Not The Best Position

We have a new year and new laws. We have an incumbent President who needs our votes and a SCOTUS that decides our votes don't count. Republicans have no viable candidate; only blind allegiance will give them votes.

More empty homes than there are homeless. State law allowing illegal immigrants to apply for college grants. Families who can't put food on the table if there is one. Everyone's hurting, everything's tight, very close to brother against brother, in a time of global economic war.

Men and women returning from bogus wars brain-damaged and worse.

OWS. Election year. Burst bubbles. Incumbent president. Rodent republicans. Global unrest. Online news sources. New creative communities.

A perfect storm?

Maybe NOW is the time to constructively criticize our political leaders, guide them, pressure them, give them the cover they need. The people lead; the leaders follow.

Or the day comes when constructively criticizing leaders makes you a "terrorist."

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