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Is not it amazing how Americans fall under the deceptions' spell?
Well. Here is the answer to it:
79% of Americans believe in miracles,
75% - in Heavens
35% - in UFO
31% - in witches
and 16% - in the Darvin's Theory of Evolution

OBAMA WAS INVENTED and CREATED for the reson to keep the system moving. Was not it clear?! The created image was postered in front of 79% of those who belive in miracles.
Those, who believe in miracles, disreqarded even $60 millions by for the election of this poster boy.
The creration of OBAMA IS DANGEROUS in many ways. But for those who believe in Heavens , the "worldly life" is not of any concern, is bot it?
There is NO WAY to "wake up" America.
So, enjoy the dream.

"Oh well. I deceive myself, too. I know where this is headed. I know what it would take to stop it. I know that's not about to happen, and I know that blogging about it isn't going to make any difference. But I do it anyway."
A small voice of morality among the crush of death dealers is a good thing.
I hope that the morality will prove larger than he deceptions carried out in the name of "freedom".
Maybe not today, but some time to come.
Thanks for your energy and anger.

"I know where this is headed. I know what it would take to stop it. I know that's not about to happen, and I know that blogging about it isn't going to make any difference. But I do it anyway."

Good on you, WP. I fully understand that, and as you know I did it myself for a long time too. But not anymore.

I am enjoying reading YOUR blog these days. As always, you make good points, and it's always enjoyable to read a good writer provoking thoughtful insights. You help your readers maintain their sanity, and sanity is (yes, even today) something worth maintaining.

My own sanity has taken a battering these past five years. But it seems to me we've been in a particularly weird twilight zone these past few months, and will be staying there a while longer.

The US election was of course a farce. Candidates say things just to win, you never know if they mean it or not until they get power. And now we wait again until Obama takes power, still wondering what he'll do. It's the same thing in Iraq, of course, and Afghanistan - an endless "Wait and see" game.

Sure, we can draw our own conclusions about what will happen. We can write down our predictions and then point to them in another six months, when we are proven right (again). But the Juggernaut rolls on and our words are crushed beneath its wheels.

I am over here on a distant hillside, feeling the sunshine on my face. Seems like I haven't felt it for a long time. I am showing my kids where the frogs lay their eggs in the creek. I am delicately changing my bandages every morning. I hear the sounds of war in the distance, see the smoke clouds on the horizon, hear the battle calls.

And ignore them, at least for now.

Which proves these intertube thingos are slick.

Now let's give $50 Billion to the Ecumenical Council of Righteous Vengeance, which will cure global warming, end all human suffering, dismantle the root causes of poverty, war and terrorism, and rewrite the basic tenets of human nature.

War is over, if you want it. Nothing to kill or die for.

Hail! Hail the ECRV!

This can work I tell ya.... Who's with me?

Arrrrrrrrrrrgh................!

Great essay, Mr. Patriot. It made me cry reading it on the subway. I agree that Americans are in the grips of their own self-deception, but I don't think the situation is as hopeless as many would say. The further the distance we are from actual working class people and their lives, the greater the pessimism that anything can change.

In my work with victims of the racist criminal justice system (and their families), I am struck repeatedly by the high level of consciousness about the true nature of the state and the intentions of our ruling class. The myth of American exceptionalism is propagated by the ruling class and nurtured by the bourgeois "intellectual" class that dominates the media and government. But the poor, the dispossessed, the unemployed and underemployed, veterans, and the struggling working classes do not share the myths shoved down their throats. Sure, they may mouth the words and vote Obama out of desperation, but they also understand they need to organize to achieve real change.

The Obama administration cannot solve any of the horrendous problems facing this society, nor will it seek to solve them. It only seeks control, and suppression of righteous anger. The only people who believe the nonsense produced by the chattering classes and their minions are those who travel in the same circles, who read their newspapers and listen to their commentaries. How many people even watch CNN in a given day -- a million maybe? The rest of us get our important news from lived experience, and from each other. We know the economy is in its death throes. We know there are no solutions within the capitalist/imperialist framework and that we don't want to pay off criminal bankers and their ilk. We know we don't want to kill people in foreign countries or send our children to kill and die, or pay for it with our grandchildren's money. We know we don't want the government spying on us. We know we want nationalized health care, and affordable (free) education, and useful jobs for all who can work and support for those who cannot, and safe and generous retirement pensions, and even a bit of happiness for ourselves, our families, our communities, and the world.

It's been slow and frustrating, but I think we can get there. Don't believe the hype. There is a real radicalization happening in America that will sweep away this treasonous, genocidal, and sociopathic ruling class.