Caitlyn Johnstone has been writing some pretty good articles lately. Today she hit one out of the park.
Her framing of the issue in this article is just a masterpiece - and if it catches on, it just might be a way to fight back against the warmonger Democrats in the public mind.
I'll post an excerpt below the fold, but it is really worth clicking the link to read this article in full.
This started for me with adding a comment to this from gjohnsit:
http://caucus99percent.com/content/refugee-ban-political-kabuki
The distraction, the other hand, the man behind the curtain.
Let's review, shall we?
The burning question of the day remains whether to try to reform the Democratic Party from within or to give up on them as a lost cause and build new from the ground up.
The title requires some explanation, of course, because it is not immediately "transparent", that term du jour (proudly joining "alternate facts" and other English language butchery).
Among all the major headlines today, the one with the potential for the most lasting impact and damage is that Donald Trump has narrowed down his Supreme Court nominee list down to two or three and will formally nominate someone next week. The only reason he is set to nominate anyone at all, of course, is that the Republicans in the Senate refused to even hold a vote on President Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland in an unprecedented maneuver last year.
I've been a fan of Chris Hedges since I read War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning. I respect his opinions.
Whether you believe that Russians are under your bed or not depends almost entirely on whether you personally identify as a Democrat.
Consider today's poll.
In a few weeks Donald Trump will give Democrats a golden opportunity to show just how hypocritical he is.
That opportunity is Steven Mnuchin.
[S]tart with values, not policies and facts and numbers. Say what you believe, but haven't been saying. For example, progressive thought is built on empathy, on citizens caring about other citizens and working through our government to provide public resources for all, both businesses and individuals. Use history. That’s how America started. The public resources used by businesses were not only roads and bridges, but public education, a national bank, a patent office, courts for business cases, interstate commerce support, and of course the criminal justice system. From the beginning, the Private Depended on Public Resources, both private lives and private enterprise.
Over time those resources have included sewers, water and electricity, research universities and research support: computer science (via the NSF), the internet (ARPA), pharmaceuticals and modern medicine (the NIH), satellite communication (NASA and NOA), and GPS systems and cell phones (the Defense Department). Private enterprise and private life utterly depend on public resources. ... And stop defending “the government.” Talk about the public, the people, Americans, the American people, public servants, and good government. And take back freedom. Public resources provide for freedom in private enterprise and private life.
The conservatives are committed to privatizing just about everything and to eliminating funding for most public resources. The contribution of public resources to our freedoms cannot be overstated. Start saying it.
Of course, having, as the Republicans do, hundreds of radio stations and a major news network devoted to the messaging would greatly help. Still, every liberal-minded person that speaks a clear message grounded in values, whether to one or a million-and-one, would also help.
As the postmortems of Hillary's still alive and unwell corpus corruptus are still running rampant, especially amongst the smart people, it is once again noting that asking the wrong questions never reveals correct answers.
