New Yorker: "A Clear Violation of Obama's Promise"

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174. Merrily - I know exactly that sensation of dread

sensation of dread when you get another reply, and then figure it too is negative.

Progressives are always on the chopping block.

When Allende was killed, who did the Death Squads go after? Not people supporting either major party there in Chile - but the Progressives.

Same in Argentina and every other nation on earth.

I can only imagine how happy the Democratic Party leadership would be if those of us with Progressive leanings were rounded up and taken away. No longer would there be the annoying voices saying, "Hey you can't blame Republicans for what has happened in the last five years with Monsanto - Obama supported Monsanto where it counts, with his appointments."

And ditto the annoying remarks we Progressives make about the economically enslaved appointments that tie Obama to the Criminal Financial officials and Big Shots.

The one thing that has allowed hope - real hope - to spring up in my inner being is the Community Rights movement. It is really creating change with regard to local issues. (And if enough communities catch on,then they will make this a national movement.) Get a bunch of local activists enthused about something, and then they collect enough signatures to get a ballot initiative or ordinance and Blam, the Corporate State is being dismembered in county after county.

Already a community in New Hampshire has blocked a major utility based in Canada from sweeping through their community. Not only that, they accomplished this without the support of either party's leadership, and in defiance of what the governor and other elected officials wanted.

Same thing has happened with city of Pittsburg PA and fracking.

Another community back east blocked a pig farm with its 14,000 pigs from coming in and destroying their water, soil and from making their air stink like pig poop. And some other community stopped Nestle Inc cold in its efforts to take away their water for the purpose fo filling up Nestle water bottles.

My county is about to effect major change as I type this. We are stating that the right to plant a seed, any seed, is inherently a human right, and that no federal/state agency officials can harass us, nor can housing associations tell us that we can't have tomatoes in the front yard etc.