Comments on: Leadership Needed for Economic Justice http://www.virushead.net/vhrandom/2006/01/24/leadership-needed-for-economic-justice Contagious Thoughts, Mutating as Needed Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:07:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Nacho http://www.virushead.net/vhrandom/2006/01/24/leadership-needed-for-economic-justice/comment-page-1#comment-2969 Nacho Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:59:24 +0000 http://www.virushead.net/vhrandom/2006/01/24/leadership-needed-for-economic-justice/#comment-2969 Thanks for the post. I'm getting a bit cynical, so the other side of this for me is: don't expect the Democratic Party to do anything about these things. They have lost not only all momentum for reform, that is, they are no longer progressive in outlook, perpective, or action, they've also been spending too much time playing in the middle of the road and see themselves as more right-centrist than left. They also don't seem to "get it," and tend to believe people outside the beltway are just kvetching as usual. I spent 18 years breathing that Washington DC inside the beltway air - we need a true opposition party, and we need true progressiveness. Gary, as a society, and as part of an active and purposeful agenda by the Republican Party, so much time and effort has been spent undermining and dispersing the critical faculties of our citizens that I doubt "getting mad" will lead to the changes we want to see. Yet, we do need to get upset and most importantly morally awakened. Sadly, the Democratic Party (at least its leaders) have given up the language of moral imperative. This is not the same as the much touted "moral values" after last election. I hope The Dem. Party finds the philosophical and ethical grounding so sorely needed (it is called civic virtue and is right there in front of them in Liberal Democracy theory). Thanks! Thanks for the post. I’m getting a bit cynical, so the other side of this for me is: don’t expect the Democratic Party to do anything about these things. They have lost not only all momentum for reform, that is, they are no longer progressive in outlook, perpective, or action, they’ve also been spending too much time playing in the middle of the road and see themselves as more right-centrist than left. They also don’t seem to “get it,” and tend to believe people outside the beltway are just kvetching as usual. I spent 18 years breathing that Washington DC inside the beltway air – we need a true opposition party, and we need true progressiveness.

Gary, as a society, and as part of an active and purposeful agenda by the Republican Party, so much time and effort has been spent undermining and dispersing the critical faculties of our citizens that I doubt “getting mad” will lead to the changes we want to see. Yet, we do need to get upset and most importantly morally awakened. Sadly, the Democratic Party (at least its leaders) have given up the language of moral imperative. This is not the same as the much touted “moral values” after last election. I hope The Dem. Party finds the philosophical and ethical grounding so sorely needed (it is called civic virtue and is right there in front of them in Liberal Democracy theory).

Thanks!

]]> By: Gary http://www.virushead.net/vhrandom/2006/01/24/leadership-needed-for-economic-justice/comment-page-1#comment-2966 Gary Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:13:49 +0000 http://www.virushead.net/vhrandom/2006/01/24/leadership-needed-for-economic-justice/#comment-2966 Found you through Granny. Very good passionate writing. I think this post is about shining a light on what's true. Dispelling the myth that America is the best, the brightest, the envy of the world is needed to then look at the truth of what needs to change. I lived in the US for about 15 years of my life, I feel for its soul and its people and really hope they will inform themselves, get mad, toss the idiots out and find leaders who will act from responsibility and a deeper world view. We all need you to do that... Found you through Granny. Very good passionate writing.

I think this post is about shining a light on what’s true. Dispelling the myth that America is the best, the brightest, the envy of the world is needed to then look at the truth of what needs to change.

I lived in the US for about 15 years of my life, I feel for its soul and its people and really hope they will inform themselves, get mad, toss the idiots out and find leaders who will act from responsibility and a deeper world view. We all need you to do that…

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