> But some of those ideas, with concerted effort
> and great determination (often taking years, even decades), eventually
> come to the fore, even prevail. In a free society, neither
> cor****ations or any other institution can stop them.
That explains why BushCo was doing everything possible, even risking
war crimes charges, to intimidate citizens with his vastly overhyped
threats of terrorist attacks and to make the U. S. less free with the
Patriot Act.
Reducing freedom was their only hope of survival.
9/11 hyping - Iraq was their Hail Mary pass.
> "All the armies of the world cannot stop an idea when its time has
> come" -
> Victor Hugo
Change comes from ideas and ideas only, not merely repeating the word
"change." Gore and Kerry had position papers but no real ideas.
Position papers do not bring about change.
If he doesn't entertain ideas then he isn't an agent of change.
Another dead give away is if there is no real demonization, and _no_,
merely claiming a politician is "total bs" is not "demonization."
Demonization means destroying someone any way possible especially with
his _private life_ like when Voltaire published dirt on Rousseau or
the GOP impeached Clinton for ***. Think of the oldest cliche of
all time "hell hath no fury . . .", i. e., Mia Farrow - Woody Allen
-- _that's_ what is meant by "demonization."
Of course, the opponents of change can never agree on how to discredit
the idea man so they always wind up contradicting or undermining each
others' claims as to why the idea man is so evil and therefore his
idea is evil and should be censored.
This is particularly true when the idea has been circulating over
several years. The ones who are still in the sneering phase always
wind up talking to someone who has started to fear the idea or
otherwise take it seriously. This is what Paine, a true agent of
change, meant by "tumult."
Another indicator is time is required for real change. If a
candidate's own sup****ters suggest he has no shelf life, then it's
obvious he will not bring about any change. That's what Paine meant
by "time makes more converts than reason."
Last, the corp. media gush hyping "you are soooo beeeeauuuutiful" want
change about as much as Saddam wanted an invasion of Iraq. Some of
Obama's sup****ters, had they been awake, should have been thinking,
"sumthin' ain't adding up right . . ." The media have the most to
lose from change. Change from the internet is killing the corp.
media. The media fear change more than anyone or anything.
Obama's campaign is just easy listening. Obama is correct that he is
much like Reagan, who as Goldwater pointed out toward the end of the
Gipper's tenure, never really did anything, "but he sure gave a fine
speech."
Bret Cahill
A long habit of not thinking a thing _wrong_ gives it a superficial
appearance of being _right_ and provokes at first a great outcry in
defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more
converts than reason.
Thomas Paine _Common Sense_ 1776
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