“who wants to be suckled on the teet of revolution
when the formula for complacency comes in a can?”

maybe that’s why it’s called a boob tube?

“wow upside done spells mom”

and if i may bold enough to quote myself:

“does anyone care to be suckled on the teet of revolution?”

We are, overall, too well fed and glued to the television to have a revolution. Change what you can in your immediate vicinity and pray for the ripple effect.

bottoms up?

On that note, I’m off in search of that drink I’ve been craving since early this morning!

search engine phrase “THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE BLOGGED” and you’ll find lots of info and commentary on this topic

in the immortal words of me… “THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE BLOGGED!”

We’ve become too complacent and too lazy (intellectually and physically) to foment revolution. Revolution takes dedication, tenacity, and willingness to sacrifice your own life and the lives of all you love. Fundamental change does not happen easily. A witty catchphrase won’t do it. Pointing out every example of hypocrisy won’t do it. Talking and writing about the problems won’t do it. Screaming and marching in the street won’t do it - eventually, voices are lost, feet are blistered, and the ranks thin and die before change actually happens.

How many people among us are willing to fight and die for what they believe? We can talk and petition and gripe and vent and lambast - but the people who most need to hear just tune out the voices that don’t agree with them. Do you really think that presenting the truth will change the mind of someone who thinks they are right and you are stupid and insignificant? The most beautifully presented argument using the highest principles of rhetoric and based entirely in objective truth (if such exists) will not change the mind of someone who is unwilling to listen and who does not want to hear.

Change is not readily accepted by society. Even most people who recognize the glaring problems would prefer to go with the flow than to risk the unknown consequences of change, hoping that change will be gradual and positive, and won’t require a bit of effort on their parts.

We are lazy and complacent. I’m lazy and complacent - sure, I’ll write about my disgust with politics and politicians, but do I do anything substantial? Nope. I’m sitting here at a desk writing, probably secretly hoping someone else will actually do something to make life better for all of us - implementation of true symbiosis between employers, employees, producers, and consumers; true meritocracy but with a place for everyone, and with special attention paid to the fact that everyone has SOMETHING to offer, and we as a society should help people recognize their strengths and encourage them to use them; and a partridge in a pear tree?

at first i thought i was blowing things out of proportion… but as i stew (or is that gumbo?), the madder i get. a year ago i got turned down by teachnola because i had too much teaching experience. i guess they planned to teach newbies how NOT to teach.

it’s rough trying to part of the solution when THE PROBLEM is still in charge. too bad we’re not living in the late 1700’s or early 1800’s. revolution was a reality, not just the speed of a piece of vinyl (it hadn’t been invented yet). it makes me smirk at the fact that so-called ron paul revolution wasn’t a revolution at all, rather a marketing ploy that had less tenacity than hillary’s war room machine. revolutions of thought or action take more than a news cycle or 15+ minutes of fame. nowadays even che has an agent and a t-shirt. or is that tou-CHE?

Stop by http://g-bitch.com for a lot of great content about the educational system here.

I agree with JAUG, red pen it and then send copies around.

as i headrd to bed to sleep on (and off) my rejection, i couldn’t help but wonder what he meant by “we wish you the best in your search to make a difference this summer.” It’s like, “Hello, McFly! I was trying to make a difference BUT you went and rained on my parade.” Then again it’s new orleans, and we can always reschedule. My search to make a difference? It’s as if he’s talking about camelot and the quest for the holy grail. “You can come on the crusade… it will be a splendid, marvelous, fantastic, awe-inspiring adventure… it will be for the greater glory of god and country… a spiritual and emotional joy. hallelujah, hallelujah, viva la bam! yada yada yabba dabba do! OOPS… just a second, sorry everybody but you. Yes, you - the one with qualifications. The name’s Galahad… right … Mr. Galahad, oh i mean Sir Galahad… you can sit this one out this one time. We’ve decided to take ‘couldn’t find a grail if it bit him on the ass man’ instead. Meanwhile good luck with your search to make a difference. tata! cheerio! don’t forget to water the plants and feed the fish in the moat.”

Further food for thought - career politicians (in all parties) want to keep the “average voter” as ignorant as possible, and as dependent upon politicians (i.e., the government) as possible. If they succeed in that goal, they will be re-elected as often as they run, because the people will not be able to comprehend the calamitous decisions being made “on their behalf,” and they will just vote for whoever makes the best “feel-good” argument, even if it’s wholly insubstantial, and even if it consists of nothing but a series of platitudes on a completely irrelevant issue with no bearing on daily life.

The career politicians play on the innate selfishness and laziness of their constituents - always offering the immediate easy out while glossing over the true costs to society, which, of course, generally are not felt until said career politicians have retired and been replaced by a new lot claiming to offer new ideas, but they are always just more of the same, except more audacious, less respectful, and more corrupt.

It’s not even 8:30 in the morning, and I feel like I need a stiff drink. A really stiff drink, like half a bottle of Chartreuse, would make the day more bearable. Thanks for the early a.m. depressing dose of the reality we’re allowing to come into being.